Category: Internet News

The release of the JavaScript engine Duktape has been published.

The Windows 10 operating system includes various troubleshooting tools that allow you to either save files or perform a clean reinstall of the system. However, it seems that the folks in Redmond are experimenting with other recovery formats. After all, a bootable USB drive or DVD is not always at hand, nor is there access to another computer. In the latest build of Windows 10 Insider Preview, numbered 18950, a section was discovered […]

Course "Start in Data Science": the first step in working with data

We are launching a new course for beginners — "Start in Data Science." For just 990 rubles, you will dive into Data Science: learn about specializations, choose a profession, and enhance your skills in working with data. Data Science is the science of data and its analysis. Many believe that entering this field is very difficult: tedious, lengthy, and requires a physics or math education. But […]

“How to set up networks for novice analysts” or a review of the online course “Start in Data Science”

It's been 'a thousand years' since I've written anything, but suddenly there was an unexpected reason to dust off the mini-series of publications on 'Starting Data Science from Scratch.' In a contextual advertisement on one of the social networks, as well as on my favorite 'Habr', I came across information about the course 'Start in Data Science.' It cost a mere pittance, and the course description was vibrant and promising. 'Why […]

Release of Wi-Fi daemon IWD 0.19

The release of Wi-Fi daemon IWD 0.19 (iNet Wireless 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. A key goal of developing this new Wi-Fi daemon is to optimize resource consumption, such as memory usage and disk size. IWD […]

The i3wm window manager 4.17 is available.

The release of the tiling window manager i3wm 4.17 has taken place. The i3wm project was created from scratch after a series of attempts to address the shortcomings of the wmii window manager. i3wm features well-readable and documented code, uses xcb instead of Xlib, correctly supports operation in multi-monitor configurations, employs tree data structures for window positioning, provides an IPC interface, supports UTF-8, and maintains minimalism in window design. […]

New vulnerabilities in the WPA3 wireless network protection technology and EAP-pwd

Mathy Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen have discovered a new attack method (CVE-2019-13377) on wireless networks using WPA3 protection technology, which allows retrieval of password characteristics that can be used for offline password cracking. The issue arises in the current version of Hostapd. It is worth noting that these authors previously identified six vulnerabilities in WPA3 in April.

GitHub is among the defendants in the case of the Capital One user database leak

Law firm Tycko & Zavareei has filed a lawsuit related to a data breach affecting more than 100 million clients of Capital One banking holding, including details of approximately 140,000 social security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers. In addition to Capital One, GitHub is also included as a defendant, being accused of providing the means to host, display, and use the information obtained.

MAGMA release 2.5.1

MAGMA (A collection of next-generation linear algebra libraries for use on GPUs. Developed and implemented by the same team that develops the LAPACK and ScaLAPACK libraries) has released a new important version 2.5.1 (2019-08-02): added support for Turing; it can now be built via cmake, for which the CMakeLists.txt has been corrected for proper spack installation; fixes for using without FP16; improved compilation on various […]

Details of the board game Darksiders: The Forbidden Land

Previously, THQ Nordic announced the board game Darksiders: The Forbidden Land, which will only be sold as part of the Darksiders Genesis Nephilim Edition collector's edition. The Darksiders: The Forbidden Land board game is designed for five players: four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and a Master. It is a cooperative dungeon exploration game where War, Death, Fury, and Strife unite to defeat The Jailer […]

Asynchronous Programming in JavaScript (Callback, Promise, RxJs)

Hello everyone. This is Sergey Omelnitsky. Not long ago, I hosted a stream on reactive programming where I talked about asynchronicity in JavaScript. Today, I would like to summarize this material. But before we dive into the main content, we need to start with an introduction. So, let's begin with definitions: what is a stack and a queue? A stack is a collection where elements […]

A vulnerability in LibreOffice that allows for code execution when opening malicious documents

A vulnerability (CVE-2019-9848) has been identified in the LibreOffice office suite, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code when opening documents prepared by an attacker. The vulnerability is caused by the LibreLogo component, which is intended for programming education and inserting vector graphics, translating its operations into code in the Python language. By executing LibreLogo instructions, an attacker can achieve code execution in Python […]

Google will charge search engines in the EU for default operation on Android

Starting in 2020, Google will introduce a new search engine selection screen for all Android users in the EU during the initial setup of a new phone or tablet. The chosen search engine will become the default in Android and the Chrome browser, if installed. Search engine owners will have to pay Google for the right to appear on the selection screen alongside Google search. The three winners […]

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