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Mozilla has begun testing the Firefox Voice extension, which implements an experimental voice navigation system that allows the use of voice commands to perform standard actions in the browser. Currently, only English language commands are supported. To activate, click on the indicator in the address bar and issue a voice command (the microphone is off in the background). Standard voice control systems […]
The final implementation of the BLAKE3 algorithm has been released, providing a cryptographic hash function designed for applications such as file integrity checks, message authentication, and generating data for digital signatures. BLAKE3 is not intended for password hashing (for passwords, yescrypt, bcrypt, scrypt, or Argon2 should be used), as it aims for the fastest hash calculation with guaranteed absence of collisions and protection against pre-image attacks […]
Singapore, Cyprus, China, the Netherlands — these are the countries that first come to mind when talking about offshore locations for IT companies. But in this article, I will discuss a country that borders Russia and surprisingly offers very attractive conditions for startup companies in the IT sector. Tried and tested! Let's go? Gamardzhoba, geniatsvale! The necessity to open my own IT company arose from […]
A beta release of the OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 distribution has been formed. The project is being developed by the community after Mandriva S.A. transferred control of the project to the non-profit organization "OpenMandriva Association." A Live build of size 2.7 GB (x86_64) is offered for download. In this new version, the Clang compiler used for building packages has been updated to the LLVM 9.0 branch. In addition to the standard Linux kernel, compiled in […]
As is known, next Tuesday, January 14, Microsoft will release the last set of security updates for Windows 7. After that, support for the 2009 OS will officially cease. Unofficially, tech-savvy individuals will likely be able to use updates provided under paid support, but that is not the focus here. Many users have certainly thought that with the end of OS support and the imminent arrival of the new […]
Dozens of human rights organizations sent an open letter to Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, requesting a change in the policy governing the pre-installation of applications on devices running Android, so that users can independently remove manufacturer-installed software. The organizations are concerned that pre-installed applications may be exploited by unscrupulous manufacturers to collect data […]
I recently read an article in which Mark Zuckerberg made predictions about the next decade. I really enjoy the topic of predictions and try to think along those lines myself. In the article, he states that every decade there is a shift in the technological platform. In the 90s, it was the personal computer; in the 2000s, the internet; and in the 2010s, the smartphone. On […]
New significant releases of OpenWRT have been assembled — an open Linux distribution for home network routers. Key user-visible innovations include: all devices now use the 4.14.x kernel. The ath79 architecture has been added, which supports devices that were previously classified under the ar71xx architecture. The difference is the use of Device Tree instead of explicitly specifying the characteristics of each device in C files. Routing performance has been significantly enhanced through the implementation of […]
Yesterday, Mozilla released a patch for its Firefox browser that fixes a zero-day vulnerability. According to reports from network sources, the vulnerability was actively exploited by attackers, but representatives from Mozilla have not commented on this information yet. It is known that the vulnerability affected the IonMonkey JavaScript JIT compiler for SpiderMonkey, one of the core components of Firefox that handles JavaScript operations. Experts categorized the issue as […]
One of the most mysterious and unresolved phenomena is the human brain. There are many questions surrounding this complex organ: why do we dream, how do emotions affect decision-making, which nerve cells are responsible for perceiving light and sound, why do some people like sprats while others adore olives? All these questions concern the brain since it is […]
In the discussion about Linux kernel schedulers, user Jonathan Danty complained that changes to the kernel broke an important third-party module—ZFS. Here is what Torvalds wrote in response: 'Keep in mind that the principle of
A vulnerability (CVE-2019-5188) has been identified in the e2fsck utility included in the e2fsprogs package, which allows for remote code execution during file system checks containing specially formatted directories. The vulnerability has been confirmed in releases from 1.43.3 to 1.45.4. It has been fixed in the e2fsck 1.45.5 update. However, the issue remains unpatched in distributions such as Debian, Arch Linux, SUSE/openSUSE, Ubuntu, and RHEL. The vulnerability was caused by […]