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Release of programming language Python 3.8

After a year and a half of development, a significant release of the Python programming language, version 3.8, has been introduced. Maintenance updates for the Python 3.8 branch are planned to be released over the next 18 months. Critical vulnerabilities will be addressed for five years until October 2024. Maintenance updates for branch 3.8 will be issued every two months, with the first maintenance release, Python 3.8.1, scheduled for December. Among the added features are: […]

The release of PyPy 7.2, an implementation of Python written in Python

The release of the PyPy 7.2 project has been formatted, which develops an implementation of the Python language written in Python (using a statically typed subset of RPython, Restricted Python). The release has been prepared simultaneously for the PyPy2.7 and PyPy3.6 branches, providing support for the syntax of Python 2.7 and Python 3.6. The release is available for Linux (x86, x86_64, PPC64, s390x, Aarch64, ARMv6 or ARMv7 with VFPv3), macOS (x86_64), […]

A vulnerability in Sudo that allows privilege escalation using specific rules.

A vulnerability (CVE-2019-14287) has been identified in the Sudo utility, used to execute commands on behalf of other users, which allows for commands to be run with root privileges, given that there are rules in the sudoers configuration that explicitly forbid running as root after the permissive keyword 'ALL' (… (ALL, !root) …). In configurations […]

A vulnerability in Sudo allows executing commands with superuser privileges on Linux devices.

It has been revealed that a vulnerability has been discovered in the Sudo (super user do) command for Linux. Exploiting this vulnerability allows unprivileged users or programs to execute commands with superuser rights. It is noted that the vulnerability affects systems with non-standard settings and does not concern most servers running Linux. The vulnerability arises in cases where Sudo configuration settings allow for […]

Release of Python 3.8

The most interesting innovations include: Assignment expression: The new operator := allows for assigning values to variables within expressions. For example: if (n := len(a)) > 10: print(f'List is too long ({n} elements, expected <= 10)') Positional-only arguments: It is now possible to specify which function parameters can be passed using named arguments syntax and which cannot. Example: def f(a, b, \/, c, d, *, […]

In Debian 11, nftables and firewalld are suggested to be enabled by default

Arturo Borrero, a Debian developer who is part of the Coreteam of the Netfilter project and maintains Debian packages related to nftables, iptables, and netfilter, has proposed to migrate the upcoming significant release of the Debian 11 distribution to use nftables by default. If the proposal is approved, the iptables packages will be relegated to optional status, not included in the base distribution. The package filter […]

A speedrunner completed GTA: San Andreas in 25 minutes, breaking the record by three and a half hours.

Speedrunning Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has always required a lot of time. Even in the Any% category, where there are no additional conditions, the top position was held for five months by a player known as Ielreset, with a time of 3 hours and 52 minutes. However, his record was broken by speedrunner Powdinet, who completed GTA: San Andreas in just 25 minutes and 52 seconds. The enthusiast managed to […]

Harmony OS will become the fifth largest operating system in 2020

This year, the Chinese company Huawei launched its own operating system, Harmony OS, which could replace Android if the manufacturer can no longer use Google's software platform in its devices. Notably, Harmony OS can be used not only in smartphones and tablets but also in other types of devices. Now, network sources report that […]

Release of Monitoring System Zabbix 4.4

After 6 months of development, a new version of the Zabbix monitoring system 4.4 is now available, distributed under the GPLv2 license. Zabbix consists of three basic components: a server to coordinate checks, generate check requests, and accumulate statistics; agents to perform checks on external hosts; and a frontend for managing the system. To reduce the load on the central server and create […]

Release of GNU Binutils 2.33

The release of the GNU Binutils 2.33 system utility set has been presented, which includes programs like GNU linker, GNU assembler, nm, objdump, strings, and strip. In the new version: The assembler for ARM systems has added support for the SVE2 (Scalable Vector Extension 2), TME (Transactional Memory Extension), and MVE (Vector Extension) instruction sets. Support has been added for Arm Cortex-A76AE, Cortex-A77, Cortex-M35P processors, […]

Release of PoCL 1.4, an independent implementation of the OpenCL standard

The release of the PoCL 1.4 project (Portable Computing Language OpenCL) is now available, which develops the implementation of the OpenCL standard independent of graphics accelerator manufacturers and allows the use of various backends for executing OpenCL kernels on different types of graphics and central processors. The project's code is distributed under the MIT license. It supports operation on X86_64, MIPS32, ARM v7, AMD HSA APU, and various specialized TTA processors (Transport […]

You didn't expect it, but it has arrived: the announcement and release of the early version of Postal 4: No Regerts

The studio Running With Scissors unexpectedly announced Postal 4: No Regerts. According to the description, Postal 4: No Regerts is a satirical and 'outrageously comedic' first-person shooter in an open world. The developer calls the game 'the true sequel to what was lovingly recognized as the “Worst Game of All Time,” Postal 2!'. The narrative takes place several years after the events of Postal 2. Only […]

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