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Mozilla has released the third significant version of the experimental browser Firefox Preview, developed under the codename Fenix. This version will soon be available in the Google Play Store (requires Android 5 or newer). The code is available on GitHub. The first stable release is expected in the first half of 2020. After the project stabilizes and all planned features are implemented, the browser will replace […]
The release of Tor 0.4.2.5 toolkit, used to organize the work of the Tor anonymous network, has been announced. Tor 0.4.2.5 is recognized as the first stable release of the 0.4.2 branch, which has been in development for the past four months. Updates for older branches 0.4.1.7, 0.4.0.6, and 0.3.5.9 have also been proposed. The 0.4.2 branch will be supported within the regular maintenance cycle — updates will cease after 9 months or after 3 […]
Some time ago, a study by Finnish scientists was published in the journal Cellulose, detailing the creation of optical fibers from cellulose. The idea of creating light-conducting fiber structures first took shape in 1910. Many decades later, fiber optic cables became an everyday reality and an indispensable means of energy-efficient information transmission over thousands of kilometers. The optical fiber created by Finnish scientists from cellulose is not suitable […]
The Qt project has released the first stable version of Qt for MCUs 1.0, a version of the Qt 5 framework for microcontrollers and low-power devices. The package allows developers to create graphical user interface applications similar to smartphone interfaces for various consumer electronics, wearables, industrial equipment, and smart home systems. Development is done using the familiar API and standard developer tools used […]
The release of the Live distribution NomadBSD 1.3 is now available, which is a FreeBSD edition adapted for use as a portable desktop bootable from a USB drive. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. DSBMD is used for mounting drives (supporting mounting of CD9660, FAT, HFS+, NTFS, Ext2/3/4), wifimgr is used for wireless network configuration, and DSBMixer is used for volume control. The size of the boot image is 2.3 […]
The release of the web browser Pale Moon 28.8 has been introduced, which forks from the Firefox codebase to provide higher performance, maintain the classic interface, minimize memory usage, and offer additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 license (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without […]
Microsoft has announced that the Collections feature is now available to all users of the Edge browser on the Canary and Dev channels. This feature allows users to collect, organize, export, and share content from the Internet, resembling an advanced version of bookmarks. Previously, the company tested the innovation with a limited group of users, but it is now adding it for everyone. New features include collection synchronization, header editing, and support […]
The release of the Lustre 2.13 clustered file system has been published, which is used in the majority (~60%) of the largest Linux clusters containing tens of thousands of nodes. Scalability in such large systems is achieved through a multi-component architecture. The key components of Lustre include metadata processing and storage servers (MDS), management servers (MGS), object storage servers (OSS), object storage (OST, supported to work over ext4 and ZFS), and clients. […]
In the coming days, Windows 10 Mobile will receive its final updates, and Microsoft is preparing to completely discontinue support for the mobile OS. This is partly reflected in the abandonment of support for other applications. Reportedly, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for the mobile system will no longer receive security updates, non-security fixes, free assisted support, or new […]
The IGF 2019 has concluded in Berlin. A week of intense debates among experts from around the globe under the UN flags about Internet Governance. All Internet stakeholders, who today shape the Internet, utilize the Internet, innovate the Internet, and protect the Internet across different continents gathered at the IGF. Numerous pressing issues were raised at the annual Forum, concerning all progressive […]
The article discusses several methods for determining the mathematical equation of a simple (pairwise) regression line. All the methods described here are based on the least squares method. We will denote the methods as follows: Analytical solution, Gradient descent, Stochastic gradient descent. For each method of solving the equation of the line, the article provides various functions, which are primarily divided into those written without […]
The release of the Exim mail server version 4.93 has occurred, incorporating results from the past 10 months of work. New features include the addition of the $tls_in_cipher_std and $tls_out_cipher_std variables, which contain the names of cipher suites corresponding to the names in RFC. New flags have been added to control the logging of message identifiers (set through the log_selector configuration): 'msg_id' (enabled by default) includes the message ID, and 'msg_id_created' includes the generated […]