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Release of Electron 8.0.0, a platform for building applications based on the Chromium engine.

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The release of the Electron 8.0.0 platform has been prepared, which provides a self-contained framework for developing cross-platform user applications using components from Chromium, V8, and Node.js as its foundation. The significant version number change is associated with the update to the Chromium 80 codebase, Node.js 12.13 platform, and V8 8.0 JavaScript engine. Among the changes in the Electron-specific API: the ability to check spelling in forms has been added.

Firefox Preview mobile browser adds support for extensions.

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Mozilla developers have added support for extensions in the codebase of the mobile browser Firefox Preview (Fenix), which is being developed to replace the Firefox edition for the Android platform. The new browser is based on the GeckoView engine and the set of Mozilla Android Components libraries. The ability to connect extensions based on the WebExtension API is available for testing in nightly builds of Firefox Preview. An 'Add-ons Manager' option has been added to the menu.

Release of the photo editing software RawTherapee 5.8.

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The release of RawTherapee 5.8 has been introduced, providing tools for editing photos and converting images in RAW format. The software supports a wide range of RAW file formats, including those from cameras with Foveon and X-Trans sensors, and can also handle the Adobe DNG standard as well as JPEG, PNG, and TIFF formats (up to 32 bits per channel). The project code is written in...

The book "Universe. A Journey Through Time and Space"

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The "Universe: A Journey Through Time and Space" is written by professional astronomer Sergey Yazev, the director of the Astronomical Observatory of Irkutsk State University. "Oh, if only we wrote about what is truly known, think about it, sober minds, how uninteresting reading would be!" It is a tale of our steps on the path of understanding the Universe — from boiling and turbulent matter to intelligent beings; […]

Release of the GNU screen 4.8.0 console window manager

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The release of the full-screen console window manager (terminal multiplexer) GNU screen 4.8.0 is now available, allowing a single physical terminal to work with multiple applications, each being assigned separate virtual terminals that remain active between different user sessions. Among the changes: Fixed a memory corruption issue that under certain conditions could lead to overwriting 768 bytes beyond the buffer. The overflow occurs while processing […]

Announcement of the plan to end support for CoreOS Container Linux

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The end-of-life date for the CoreOS Container Linux distribution has been set, which has been replaced by the Fedora CoreOS project (after acquiring the CoreOS project, Red Hat merged Fedora Atomic Host and CoreOS Container Linux into a single product). The last update for CoreOS Container Linux is scheduled for May 26, after which the project lifecycle will conclude. CoreOS related […]

Update of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.102.2 with vulnerability fixes

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The release of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.102.2 has been announced, which fixes the vulnerability CVE-2020-3123 in the DLP (data-loss-prevention) mechanism aimed at blocking the leakage of credit card numbers. Due to an error in boundary checking, conditions may be created for reading data from outside the allocated buffer, which can be exploited to perform a DoS attack and initiate a crash of the worker process. Additionally, […]

My move to Spain

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Moving to another country has been my dream since childhood. And if you're truly determined about something, it becomes a reality. I will share how I searched for a job, how the entire relocation process went, what documents were needed, and what questions were resolved after the move. (Many photos) Phase 0. Preparation My wife and I started actively preparing about 3 years […]

A collection of charts and results from various studies with brief annotations by the author of the Telegram channel Groks.

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MediaTek has announced the Helio G80 processor, designed for use in relatively affordable smartphones with gaming capabilities. The chip features an octa-core configuration, including two ARM Cortex-A75 cores clocked up to 2.0 GHz and six ARM Cortex-A55 cores clocked up to 1.8 GHz. The graphics subsystem includes an ARM Mali-G52 MC2 accelerator. It supports operation with […]

Collection of Interesting Statistical Facts #4

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A collection of graphs and results from various studies with short annotations from the author of the Telegram channel Groks. Engaging infographics about the trillion-dollar smartphone economy. Sales of the phones themselves account for nearly half of all revenue. Purchases of applications make up a quarter of that amount, with advertising accounting for even more. Accessories add 16% to their cost. The share of music exceeds that of video. A couple of […]

Translation errors that led to catastrophic consequences

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A correct and accurate translation is a complex and responsible task. The more critical the translation, the more catastrophic the consequences a translator's mistake can lead to. Sometimes such an error costs a human life, and among them, there are those that have cost tens of thousands of lives. Today, we will discuss translation errors that have proven to be too costly for history. In light of […]

Release of Chrome 80

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Google has released the Chrome 80 web browser. A stable version of the open-source Chromium project, which underpins Chrome, is also available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, a notification system in case of crashes, the ability to load Flash modules on demand, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transfer of RLZ parameters during searches. The next release, Chrome 81 […]

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