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I've had very bad luck in life. Throughout my life, I've been surrounded by people who are engaged in something real. And I, as you might guess, am a representative of two of the most pointless, contrived, and unreal professions that can be imagined — a programmer and a manager. My wife is a school teacher. Plus, of course, she is also a homeroom teacher. My sister is a doctor. Her husband, of course, is one too. […].
At the end of last year, Microsoft decided to replace its EdgeHTML rendering engine with the more widely used Chromium. The reasons cited included the latter's higher speed, support for various browsers, fast updates, and so on. Notably, the ability to update the browser independently of Windows itself became one of the decisive factors. According to researchers from Duo, the ‘classic’ […].
Not long ago, we published a semi-serious forecast titled ‘What You Will Pay For in 20 Years’. These were our own expectations based on emerging technologies and scientific achievements. But in the U.S., they went further. A whole symposium was held there, including discussions on predicting the future awaiting humanity in 2050. The organizers approached the issue with utmost seriousness: […].
Quietly and unnoticed, a minor release of Wire version 3.35 for Android occurred just a few minutes ago. Wire is a free cross-platform messenger with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default (which means all chats are secret), developed by Wire Swiss GmbH and distributed under GPLv3 (clients) and AGPLv3 (server) licenses. Currently, the messenger is centralized, but there are plans for future federation […].
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The release of the minimalist cross-platform web browser NetSurf 3.9 has occurred, capable of running on systems with just a few dozen megabytes of RAM. The release has been prepared for Linux, Windows, Haiku, AmigaOS, RISC OS, and various Unix-like systems. The browser's code is written in C and is released under the GPLv2 license. This new release is notable for its support of CSS Media Queries, improvements in JavaScript handling, and fixes for accumulated bugs. The browser […]
Once, Parallels decided to accommodate those employees who had long been with the company and did not want to change it, but wanted to relocate to be closer to the West, obtain an EU passport, and become more mobile and independent in their movements. Thus, the idea was born to expand the geographical presence and open the Parallels R&D center […]
The vulnerability reward program for discovering vulnerabilities in the Google Chrome browser was launched in 2010. To date, thanks to this program, developers have received about 8,500 reports from users, and the total amount of rewards has exceeded $5 million. It has now been reported that Google has increased the bounty for discovering serious vulnerabilities in its own browser. In the program […]
The Microsoft Edge Canary build number 77.0.222.0 has introduced a new feature to enhance privacy in the browser. It allows users to choose which data to delete after closing the application. This feature will come in handy if the user is working on someone else's computer or is simply paranoid enough to remove all traces behind them. The new option is available in the Settings -> Privacy and services […]
A method has been published that allows any Chrome extension to execute external JavaScript code without granting the extension enhanced permissions (without unsafe-eval and unsafe-inline in manifest.json). Access rights imply that without unsafe-eval, the extension can only execute code that is part of the local delivery, but the proposed method bypasses this restriction and allows any JavaScript loaded […]
A vulnerability has been identified in the fbdev subsystem (Framebuffer) that could lead to a 64-byte kernel stack overflow when processing improperly formatted EDID parameters. Exploitation can occur by connecting a malicious monitor, projector, or other output device (for instance, a specially prepared device simulating a monitor) to the computer. Interestingly, Linus Torvalds was the first to respond to the vulnerability notification, suggesting […]
Modern software increasingly resembles a standard file downloader from a remote server. Thanks to the high connection speed, users often don't even notice this. However, there are situations when a standalone installer is absolutely necessary, particularly for companies and corporations. Obviously, no one in their right mind would download the same software […]
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