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VK has finally launched the long-promised dating app

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VK has finally launched its dating app Lovina. The social network began accepting user registration applications back in July. Users can register with their phone number or through their VK account. After authorization, the app will automatically match users with conversation partners. The main communication methods in Lovina are video stories and video calls, as well as a "carousel of video calls" that allows users to interact with random partners who change […]

Comparison of network driver performance in 10 programming languages

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A group of researchers from German universities published the results of an experiment in which 10 variations of a standard driver were developed for 10-gigabit Intel Ixgbe (X5xx) network cards using different programming languages. The driver operates in user space and is implemented in C, Rust, Go, C#, Java, OCaml, Haskell, Swift, JavaScript, and Python. The primary focus during coding was on achieving […]

The author vkd3d has passed away.

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CodeWeavers, the company sponsoring the development of Wine, announced the passing of its employee — Józef Kucia, the author of the vkd3d project and one of the key developers of Wine, who also contributed to the development of Mesa and Debian projects. Józef made over 2500 changes to Wine and implemented most of the code related to Direct3D support. Source: linux.org.ru

Release of Out Of Memory Handler oomd 0.2.0

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Facebook has released the second version of oomd, a user-space Out Of Memory (OOM) handler that forcefully terminates processes consuming too much memory before the Linux kernel's OOM handler is triggered. The oomd code is written in C++ and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Ready-made packages are available for Fedora Linux. For more details on oomd, see […]

DNS over HTTPS is disabled by default in Firefox port for OpenBSD

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The maintainers of the Firefox port for OpenBSD did not support the decision to enable DNS over HTTPS by default in new versions of Firefox. After a brief discussion, it was decided to leave the original behavior unchanged. Consequently, the network.trr.mode setting is set to '5', which unconditionally disables DoH. The following arguments were made in favor of this decision: Applications should adhere to system-wide DNS settings, and […]

Google Chrome can now send web pages to other devices

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This week, Google began rolling out the update for the Chrome 77 web browser for Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS platforms. The update will bring several visual changes and a new feature that allows users to send links to web pages to other devices. To invoke the context menu, simply right-click on a link, after which you can select the available devices you have […]

The implementation of DDIO in Intel chips allows for a network attack specifically targeting keystrokes in an SSH session.

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A group of researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and ETH Zurich has developed a network attack technique called NetCAT (Network Cache Attack), which allows remote identification of the keys pressed by a user during an SSH session by applying data analysis methods through side channels. This issue occurs only on servers that utilize RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) and DDIO technologies […]

Release of Chrome 77

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Google has launched the release of the web browser Chrome 77. At the same time, a stable version of the open-source project Chromium, which underpins Chrome, is also available. The Chrome browser features Google branding, a crash reporting notification system, the ability to load Flash modules on demand, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. The next release, Chrome 78 […]

Mozilla is testing a VPN for Firefox, but only in the USA

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Mozilla has launched a testing version of its VPN extension called Private Network for Firefox users. Currently, the system is only available in the USA and only for desktop versions of the software. Reports indicate that the new service is part of the revived Test Pilot program, which was previously announced as closed. The purpose of the extension is to protect users' devices when connecting to public Wi-Fi. […]

Easier than it seems. 20

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By popular demand — the continuation of the book 'Easier than it Seems.' It turns out that almost a year has passed since the last publication. To avoid you having to reread the past chapters, I’ve created this connecting chapter, which continues the plot and helps to quickly recall the summary of previous parts. Sergey lay on the floor, staring at the ceiling. He was planning to spend about five minutes like this, but almost […]

Fuel monitoring for diesel generators in data centers – how to do it and why it is so important?

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The quality of the power supply system is a crucial indicator of the service level of a modern data center. This is clear: absolutely all equipment necessary for the operation of the data center relies on electricity. Without it, servers, networks, engineering systems, and storage arrays will cease to function until power is fully restored. We explain the role that diesel fuel and our monitoring system play in ensuring the uninterrupted operation of Linxdatacenter in St. Petersburg […]

KeePass v2.43

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KeePass is a password manager that has been updated to version 2.43. What's new: Added pop-ups for certain character sets in the password generator. Added an option to 'Remember password hiding settings in the main window' (Tools → Options → Advanced tab; option enabled by default). A new intermediate password quality level has been added – yellow. When the URL override field in the dialog […]

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