Category: Internet News

Release of Deepin 15.11, which develops its own graphical environment

The release of the Deepin 15.11 distribution, based on the Debian package base, has been presented, but developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment and around 30 custom applications, including the DMusic music player, DMovie video player, DTalk messaging system, and Deepin Software Center installation and app management center. The project is started by a group of developers from China but has transformed into an international project. The distribution supports […]

Release of build system CMake 3.15

The release of the cross-platform open-source build script generator CMake 3.15 has taken place, serving as an alternative to Autotools and utilized in projects such as KDE, LLVM/Clang, MySQL, MariaDB, ReactOS, and Blender. The CMake code is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. CMake is notable for offering a simple scripting language, functionality extension through modules, and minimal dependencies (no binding to […]

Application Development in SwiftUI. Part 1: Data Flow and Redux

After participating in the State of the Union session at WWDC 2019, I decided to delve deep into SwiftUI. I spent a lot of time working with it and have now started developing a real application that could be useful to a wide audience. I named it MovieSwiftUI — it's an app for searching for new and old movies and collecting them […]

Update of DNS servers BIND 9.14.4 and Knot 2.8.3.

Correction updates have been released for stable branches of the DNS server BIND 9.14.4 and 9.11.9, as well as for the experimental branch 9.15.2 currently in development. The new releases address a vulnerability (CVE-2019-6471) caused by a race condition that could lead to a denial of service (process termination upon assertion failure) when blocking a large number of incoming packets. Additionally, the new version 9.14.4 introduces support for the GeoIP2 API […]

The new Microsoft Edge may feature global media control.

Microsoft is working on a new global control for multimedia in its Edge browser based on Chromium. Reportedly, the control activated by clicking the 'Multimedia' button in the address bar will now be able to display not only a list of currently playing audio or video files but also other active multimedia sessions, which can then be switched between and managed individually. […]

In Kazakhstan, several major providers have implemented HTTPS traffic interception.

In accordance with the amendments to the law 'On Communications' in Kazakhstan that have been in effect since 2016, many Kazakh providers, including Kcell, Beeline, Tele2, and Altel, have today implemented systems to intercept clients' HTTPS traffic by substituting the originally used certificate. Initially, the interception system was planned to be implemented in 2016, but this operation has been constantly delayed, and the law has already become […]

Release of the Snort 2.9.14.0 attack detection system

Cisco has released Snort 2.9.14.0, a free intrusion detection and prevention system that combines signature matching methods, protocol inspection tools, and mechanisms for anomaly detection. Key new features include: support for port number masks in host caches and the ability to override application ID bindings to network ports; new client software templates for output requests […]

Long live the king: the brutal world of hierarchy in a pack of stray dogs

In large groups of people, a leader always emerges, whether consciously or not. The distribution of power from the highest to the lowest levels of the hierarchical pyramid has several advantages for the group as a whole and for individual members. After all, order is always better than chaos, right? For thousands of years, humanity has implemented a power hierarchy in various civilizations in diverse ways […]

Chicago-style heist: 75 Car2Go 'Mercedes' cars were stolen in one day

Monday, April 15, was supposed to be an ordinary day for the Car2Go car-sharing service employees in Chicago. Throughout the day, there was a surge in demand for luxury class Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The rental duration of these vehicles significantly exceeded the average trip length in Car2Go, and many cars were not returned at all. At the same time, dozens of cars belonging to […]

Firefox update 68.0.1

A corrective update Firefox 68.0.1 has been released, addressing several issues: The builds for macOS are signed with an Apple key, allowing their use in beta releases of macOS 10.15; The problem with the missing fullscreen button while watching video in fullscreen mode on HBO GO has been resolved; An error that caused incorrect messages for certain locales during requests using […]

In Chrome 76, a loophole for detecting incognito mode viewing will be blocked.

Google has announced a change in the behavior of incognito mode in Chrome 76, scheduled for release on July 30. Specifically, it will block the ability to exploit a loophole in the FileSystem API that allowed web applications to determine if a user was in incognito mode. Previously, while in incognito mode, the browser restricted access to the FileSystem API to prevent […]

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