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Corrective updates for the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.101.5 and 0.102.1 have been published, addressing a vulnerability (CVE-2019-15961) that could lead to denial of service when processing specially formatted email messages (too much time is spent parsing certain MIME blocks). The new releases also resolve building issues with clamav-milter and the libxml2 library, reduce signature loading time, and add a build option […]
The group of companies CRT, part of the Sberbank ecosystem, announced the development of an advanced speech synthesis platform that reportedly ensures smooth and expressive reading of any text. The presented solution is the third generation of the speech synthesis system. High-quality audio signals are generated by complex neural network models. Developers claim that the result of these algorithms is the most realistic synthesis of Russian speech. The platform includes […]
At the end of the article, as usual, there is a brief summary. Do you read books on self-improvement, business, or efficiency? No? Great. Don't start. Still reading? Please don't do what those books suggest. Otherwise, you'll become an addict. Like me. The addiction period While I wasn't reading books, I was happy. Moreover, I was truly effective, […]
Hello, Habr! Today we continue the series of articles that will include 5 collections of free training courses from Microsoft. In the second part, we present the coolest courses for IT Administrators that colleagues enjoy the most. By the way! All courses are free (you can even try paid products for free); 5/5 in Russian; You can start learning immediately; Upon completion, you […]
OpenVSP is an open-source parametric CAD for designing and analyzing the geometry of aircraft (CFD, FEM). The program is developed by employees of NASA Langley Research Center and is included in the NASA Software Catalog. From September 17-19, 2019, the "OpenVSP Workshop 2019" took place, showcasing developments and plans for the 3.19.x branch. On November 9, OpenVSP 3.19.0 was released, and shortly […]
The release of the ALSA 1.2.1 sound subsystem has been announced. This is the first release of the 1.2.x branch (the 1.1 branch was established in 2015). The new version includes updates to libraries, utilities, and plugins that operate at the user level. The drivers evolve in sync with the Linux kernel. Notable changes include the migration of topology-related functions to a separate libatopology library (a method for the drivers to load handlers from space […]
Mayan writing was the only full writing system in the Americas, but thanks to the efforts of brave Spanish conquistadors, it was completely forgotten by the 17th century. Nevertheless, thousands of these symbols have survived on carved stones, frescoes, and ceramics, and in the 20th century, an ordinary Soviet graduate student proposed an idea that allowed them to be deciphered. This article will show how this […]
The article's title sounds like an epic fail, but in reality, it's not that straightforward. Overall, this story ended quite positively, albeit not at Google. But that's a topic for another article. In this article, I will discuss three things: how my preparation process went, how […]
The release of CoreBoot 4.11 has been published, which develops a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS. A total of 130 developers have contributed to this new version, preparing 1,630 changes. Major updates include: Support for 25 motherboards added: AMD PADMELON; ASUS P5QL-EM; QEMU-AARCH64 (emulation); Google AKEMI, ARCADA CML, DAMU, DOOD, DRALLION, DRATINI, JACUZZI, JUNIPER, KAKADU, KAPPA, PUFF, SARIEN CML, […]
The release of the main branch of nginx 1.17.6 has been formed, where the development of new features continues (in the concurrently maintained stable branch 1.16, only changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities are made). Major changes: New variables $proxy_protocol_server_addr and $proxy_protocol_server_port have been added, which contain the address and port of the server received from the PROXY protocol header; The directive limit_conn_dry_run has been added, which switches the ngx_http_limit_conn_module to […]
The new release of QuiteRSS 0.19 has been introduced, a program for reading news feeds in RSS and Atom formats. QuiteRSS features an integrated browser based on the WebKit engine, a flexible filter system, support for tags and categories, multiple viewing modes, an ad blocker, a file download manager, and import/export in OPML format. The project's code is available under the GPLv3 license. The release is timed to […]
Beginning November 22, Intel will start removing very old versions of BIOS and drivers from its website. This concerns solutions that are approximately 20 years old. The leading chipmaker has not specified which products will be affected, but it is evident that this relates to older Pentium and Celeron processors. There is some additional information about mirrors for drivers on Reddit, and […]