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Users of uBlock Origin have noticed the use of a new tracking technique by advertising networks and web analytics systems that is not blocked by uBlock Origin or other extensions designed to filter unwanted content. The essence of the method is that website owners wishing to place tracking or advertising code create a separate subdomain in DNS that points to the advertising server […]
Last time we discussed how attempts to automate the learning process led to the creation of the very advanced PLATO system in the 1960s for its time. Many educational courses on various subjects were developed for it. However, PLATO had a drawback — access to the educational materials was available only to university students with special terminals. The situation changed with the arrival of personal computers. […]
The regional internet registry RIPE NCC, which is responsible for distributing IP addresses in Europe, Central Asia, and parts of Asia, has announced the allocation of the last available block of IPv4 addresses. In 2012, RIPE began distributing the last /8 block of addresses (approximately 17 million addresses) and reduced the maximum subnet size allocated to /22 (1024 addresses). Yesterday, the last /22 block was allocated, and there are no more available […]
A year and a half after the formation of branch 2.0, the release of the Devuan 2.1 "ASCII" distribution, a fork of Debian GNU/Linux, has been presented, delivered without the system manager systemd. The release continues to use the package base of Debian 9 "Stretch". The transition to the package base of Debian 10 will take place in the release of Devuan 3 "Beowulf", which is currently in development. Live builds and installation iso images have been prepared for download […]
Gartner's chart for those working in technology is akin to a high fashion exhibition. By looking at it, you can get a preview of the most hyped words of the season and what you'll hear at upcoming conferences. We decoded what lies behind the beautiful words on this chart, so you can speak about it too […]
Devuan is a Linux distribution derived from Debian to provide an alternative init software to systemd and alternative dependencies for the functions and libraries offered by systemd. The latest release of the project is Devuan 2.1, which simplifies the choice between SysV init and OpenRC during installation. The distribution no longer provides ARM or virtual machine images, and the option to exclude non-free firmware […]
LibreELEC is a minimal Linux-based operating system that serves as a platform for the Kodi media center. LibreELEC runs on several hardware architectures and can work on both desktops and single-board computers with ARM processors. LibreELEC 9.2.0 improves driver support for webcams, operates on Raspberry Pi 4, and adds additional firmware update support. The release […]
1. – Where are you going? – the guard asked indifferently. – To the company “Web 1251”. – It’s to the right down the path. The yellow building, second floor. The visitor, a student-looking young man, entered the cluttered area of the former research institute, walked down the path to the right, and followed the guard's instructions to ascend to the second floor of the yellow building. The corridor was deserted, with most doors lacking signage. […]
In the nightly builds of Firefox, which will form the basis for the upcoming release of Firefox 72 on January 7, user tracking protection via hidden identification methods (“browser fingerprinting”) is enabled by default. The protection against hidden tracking is included in the default unwanted content blocking mode and is applied according to additional categories in the Disconnect.me list, which includes hosts that have been caught in […]
According to online sources, over the past 12 months, more than 480 million mobile VPN applications were downloaded from digital content stores for Android and iOS platforms. Compared to the previous similar period, when about 311 million VPN applications were downloaded, there is a noted increase in popularity of solutions in this category by 54%. Users of Android devices downloaded 358.3 million […]
Hello, not long ago I learned about the wonder school School 21 from an ad. The first impression from everything I read was wonderful. Nobody bothers you, you get assignments, and you work at your own pace. There’s teamwork, interesting acquaintances, and two internships in the largest IT companies in the country, plus everything is free with accommodations in a dormitory (Kazan). In […]
Klaus Knopper has announced the release of KNOPPIX 8.6.1, an updated build of the live DVD distribution image based on Debian, featuring LXDE as the default desktop, KDE Plasma 5.14, and GNOME 3.30, without the systemd software package and with a new version of the Linux kernel 5.3.5. The new version includes: Updated Linux kernel and system software […]
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