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Firefox will drop support for direct pre-installation of add-ons.

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The developers of Firefox have decided to discontinue support for extensions that are installed through direct file copying to the extensions directory (/usr/lib/mozilla/extensions/, /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/, or ~/.mozilla/extensions/), which is processed by all instances of Firefox in the system (regardless of user). This method is usually applied for pre-installing extensions in distributions, substituting extensions during the installation of some application in the system, or for isolated delivery of an extension […]

Python is entering a new cycle of significant release formation

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The Python language developers have decided to switch to a new release preparation scheme. New major releases of the language will now be released once a year, rather than once every eighteen months as it was previously. Thus, Python 3.9 can be expected in October 2020. The total development time for a major release will be 17 months. Work on the new branch will be […]

Skills, Rules and Knowledge for IT professionals and individuals

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Last time we touched on educational issues such as the scholastic approach to learning, and we also briefly discussed the detrimental practice of prioritizing skill training at the expense of knowledge acquisition. Now it’s time to delve deeper into these two fundamental categories and understand the key differences between them. So, both definitions: skills and knowledge, along with much […]

Guido van Rossum retires

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The creator of the Python language, who has spent the last six and a half years at Dropbox, is retiring. During these 6.5 years, Guido worked on Python and fostered Dropbox's development culture, which was undergoing a transition from a startup to a large company: he was a mentor, guiding developers to write clear code and to adequately test it. He also laid out a plan for migrating the codebase […]

OpenVPN 2.4.8 Update

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A corrective release of the package for creating OpenVPN 2.4.8 virtual private networks has been generated. The new version restores the ability to build with the LibreSSL cryptographic library and provides support for building with OpenSSL 1.1 without deprecated APIs. PSS (Probabilistic Signature Scheme) padding processing has been implemented in cryptoapicert (necessary for TLS 1.2 and 1.3). The size of the incoming connection queue awaiting processing (backlog in […]

An incorrect version was mistakenly distributed instead of Python 3.5.8

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Due to an error in organizing caching in the content delivery system, an early build was distributed when attempting to download one of the releases of the recently published Python 3.5.8 corrective update, which did not include all the fixes. The issue affected only the Python-3.5.8.tar.xz archive; the Python-3.5.8.tgz build was distributed correctly. All users who downloaded the 'Python-3.5.8.tar.xz' file within the first 12 hours after the release are advised to verify the integrity of the downloaded data using the checksum […]

Hackers have breached the latest version of Denuvo in Borderlands 3

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Hackers celebrate another victory over Denuvo. The Codex group has cracked the latest version of the DRM protection in Borderlands 3. The game is already available on related resources. The same anti-piracy protection is used in Mortal Kombat 11, Anno 1800, and several other games that have not yet appeared on torrent trackers. The hackers did not state whether they would release the rest of the projects to the public […]

Release of the Wi-Fi demon IWD 1.0

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The release of the IWD 1.0 (iNet Wireless Daemon) Wi-Fi daemon, developed by Intel as an alternative to wpa_supplicant for connecting Linux systems to wireless networks, is now available. IWD can serve as a backend for network configurators such as Network Manager and ConnMan. The key goal of developing the new Wi-Fi daemon is to optimize resource consumption, such as memory and disk size. IWD […]

Android-x86 8.1-r3 build available

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The developers of the Android-x86 project, which aims to port the Android platform to x86 architecture by an independent community, have released the first stable version of the build based on Android 8.1, which includes fixes and enhancements that ensure seamless operation on x86 architecture platforms. Universal Live builds of Android-x86 8.1-r3 for x86 32-bit (656 MB) and x86_64 architectures are prepared for download […]

Informal relationships in the team: why and how to manage them

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Many years ago, I took a position as a developer at a company and soon witnessed an unusual scene. The team lead from the neighboring department called his subordinate in the middle of the workday and, quite loudly and casually, said to him: "Hey, here’s some money. Go to the store, buy whiskey and snacks." I thought, "No way! This is all strange..." But the situation kept repeating […]

How the fantastic author Arthur C. Clarke almost closed the magazine 'Technology for Youth'

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When I became the very smallest chief at the newspaper, my then-editor-in-chief — a woman who had become a seasoned journalist during the Soviet era — told me: "Remember, now that you’ve started to grow — managing any media project is like running through a minefield. Not because it’s dangerous, but because it’s unpredictable. We are dealing with information, and it’s hard to calculate […]

Microsoft has announced updates in DirectX 12: simplified ray tracing and distance-based detailing.

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Microsoft has introduced updated DirectX 12 APIs as part of the Windows Insider preview early access program and detailed the new features. These capabilities will be available in the release next year and include three main functions. The first feature concerns ray tracing. It was initially included in DirectX 12, but now it has been expanded. Specifically, additional shaders have been added to […]

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