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Microsoft is developing not only its Edge browser but also contributing to the Chromium platform. This contribution has equally benefited both Edge and Chrome, and the company is currently working on several other enhancements. In particular, this includes 'percentage' scrolling for Chromium on Windows 10. At present, all 'chrome' web browsers scroll the visible part of the web page at […]
A vulnerability has been discovered in the sudo utility, which is used to execute commands on behalf of other users (CVE-2019-18634). This vulnerability allows users to escalate their privileges to the root user. The problem exists starting from sudo version 1.7.1 only when using the 'pwfeedback' option in the /etc/sudoers file, which is disabled by default but enabled in some distributions, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS. […]
Publisher "Library of the Proletarian". In this novel, the author depicts the challenging fate of the working class in the software development industry. It discusses honorable workers and the development of personal relationships amidst memory shortages. Highly recommended. /*Critic*/ All coincidences are not accidental. C++ has a complex personality due to a difficult childhood. It grew up in the hungry '80s and remembers how often there wasn’t enough space even for […]
Russian publishing houses are suffering losses of 55 billion rubles a year due to piracy, reports Vedomosti. The total volume of the book market is 92 billion. The main culprit is said to be the blocked (but not banned) messenger Telegram in Russia. According to Maxim Ryabiko, the General Director of the Association for the Protection of Rights on the Internet (AZAPI), around 200 channels are distributing […]
According to online sources, the company Google plans to release an application that combines the email service Gmail, cloud storage Google Drive, and the proprietary corporate messenger Hangouts. The new Google application is likely being created to attract the attention of corporate clients who have switched to using services from competing companies, including Microsoft. For example, Microsoft Teams and Slack provide […]
The upcoming Windows 10 20H1 build, also known as version 2004, will feature many new capabilities upon release. One of the innovations will be the optional status of Paint and WordPad. These two programs are among the oldest, and it seems they will be installable or removable independently, just like any other applications. Testing in build 19041, which was conducted […]
Developers of the email client Thunderbird have announced the transition of the project's development to a separate company, MZLA Technologies Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation. Until now, Thunderbird was under the auspices of the Mozilla Foundation, which oversaw financial and legal matters, but the infrastructure and development of Thunderbird were separated from Mozilla, and the project developed independently. The transition to a separate division is due to […]
Google has introduced a new service, Android Flash Tool (flash.android.com), which allows users to install firmware on connected Android smartphones via a browser. The builds are generated based on the latest snapshots from the master branch of the AOSP (Android Open Source Project), which have been verified through a continuous integration system and may be of interest to developers looking to test the latest changes in Android code or check the performance of their applications. […]
Speculations about Intel potentially implementing hardware acceleration for ray tracing in its upcoming Intel Xe GPU family have been around for quite some time. The company later confirmed this, but only for data center GPUs. Now, clear evidence of ray tracing support in Intel's consumer GPUs has been found in the drivers. A network source with the alias […]
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-7247) has been discovered in the OpenSMTPD mail server of the developing OpenBSD project, allowing remote execution of shell commands on the server with root user privileges. The vulnerability was identified during a re-audit conducted by Qualys Security (the previous audit of OpenSMTPD was conducted in 2015, and this new vulnerability has been present since May 2018). The issue has been fixed in OpenSMTPD release 6.6.2. All users are recommended to […]
iXsystems has released FreeNAS 11.3, a distribution for quick deployment of Network-Attached Storage (NAS). The distribution is based on the FreeBSD code base, featuring integrated ZFS support and management capabilities through a web interface built using the Python framework Django. Access to the storage can be organized using FTP, NFS, Samba, AFP, rsync, and iSCSI, and software […] can be applied to enhance storage reliability.
The Qt Company has announced changes to the licensing model of the Qt framework, which may have a significant impact on communities and distributions using Qt. Starting with version 5.15, LTS branches of Qt will be supported until the next major release is formed, i.e., for approximately six months (updates for LTS branches are issued for three years). This move is expected to accelerate the adoption of new branches and increase the number of […]