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In the upcoming release of Firefox 70, scheduled for October 22, the methods of displaying HTTPS and HTTP protocols in the address bar have been revised. Pages accessed via HTTP will be marked with an unsafe connection icon, which will also be shown for HTTPS in case of certificate problems. The link for http will be displayed without the protocol 'http://', but for HTTPS, the protocol display will remain. In […]
Google has released Chrome OS 76, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and web browser Chrome 76. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard applications, web applications are used; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The Chrome build […]
Nomination: For the development of contract theory in neoclassical economics. The neoclassical approach implies the rationality of economic agents, widely uses the theory of economic equilibrium and game theory. Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström. Contract. What is it? I am an employer, and I have several employees. I tell them how their salaries will be structured. Under what circumstances and what they will receive. These circumstances […]
A Python application with an interface for automatically connecting to one of the NordVPN servers of the desired type, in a specific country or to a chosen server. The server can be selected manually based on statistics for each of the available ones. Recent changes: added the ability to force quit; conducted a check for DNS leaks; added support for connections through Network Manager and openvpn; added […]
Google has decided to discontinue the separate indication of EV (Extended Validation) certificates in Chrome. Previously, for websites with such certificates, the name of the company verified by the certification authority was displayed in the address bar, but now these sites will show the same secure connection indicator as those with domain validation certificates. Starting with Chrome […]
In the release of Google Chrome 76, the company fixed a problem that allowed websites to track whether a visitor was using incognito mode. Unfortunately, the fix did not resolve the issue. Two other methods were discovered that can still be used to track the mode. Previously, this was accomplished using the capabilities of the Chrome file system API. In simple terms, if a site could access the API, […]
Today, after 4 years and 5 months of work, we are pleased to announce the release of Xfce 4.14, a new stable version that replaces Xfce 4.12. In this release, the main goal was to migrate all core components from Gtk2 to Gtk3, and from 'D-Bus GLib' to GDBus. Most components also gained support for GObject Introspection. Along the way, we completed work on […]
At the recently held Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas, the Pwnie Awards 2019 ceremony took place, which highlighted the most significant vulnerabilities and absurd failures in the field of computer security. The Pwnie Awards are considered the equivalent of the Oscars and Razzies in computer security and have been held annually since 2007. Major winners and nominations: Best Server […]
Canonical has announced the availability of installing the Ubuntu 19.10 distribution using the ZFS file system on the root partition. This implementation is based on the ZFS on Linux project, which is provided as a module for the Linux kernel and has been included in the standard kernel package since Ubuntu 16.04. In Ubuntu 19.10, support for ZFS will be updated to version […]
Alan Kay is the Yoda for IT professionals. He was instrumental in the creation of the first personal computer (Xerox Alto), the SmallTalk language, and the concept of "object-oriented programming." He has often expressed his views on education in Computer Science and recommended books for those who want to deepen their knowledge: Alan Kay: how I would teach Computer Science 101 […]
Hello everyone! A year ago, I wrote an article about how I organized a university course on signal processing. Judging by the feedback, there are many interesting ideas in the article, but it's large and difficult to read. I have long wanted to break it into smaller parts and write them more clearly. However, rewriting the same thing twice doesn't seem to work. Additionally, […]
Google may add support for a cross-platform clipboard in Chrome, allowing users to sync content across all platforms. In other words, this will enable copying a URL on one device and accessing it on another. This feature may be useful when transferring a link from a computer to a smartphone or vice versa. Of course, all of this works through the account […]
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