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On July 18, a new version of NetSurf was released — a fast and lightweight web browser aimed at low-spec devices and compatible not only with GNU/Linux and other *nix systems but also with RISC OS, Atari, AmigaOS, and Windows, as well as having an unofficial port for KolibriOS. The browser uses its own engine and supports HTML4 and CSS2 (with HTML5 and CSS3 in early development), as well as JavaScript […]
Ubisoft has revealed details of a major update titled "Sunken Treasures" for Anno 1800. This update will introduce a six-hour storyline with dozens of new quests. The plot will revolve around the disappearance of the queen. Her search will take players to a new cape — Trelawney, where they will meet the inventor Nate. He will invite players to hunt for treasures. The new […]
The Openwall project has released version 0.7 of the LKRG (Linux Kernel Runtime Guard) kernel module, providing detection of unauthorized changes to the running kernel (integrity checking) or attempts to alter the privileges of user processes (exploitation detection). This module is suitable for protecting against already known exploits for the Linux kernel (for example, in situations where updating the kernel is problematic), as well as […]
The Nintendo Switch is being emulated on PCs faster than previous Nintendo platforms like the Wii U and 3DS. Less than a year after the console's release, the emulator Yuzu was introduced (created by the same team behind Citra, the Nintendo 3DS emulator). This is mainly thanks to the NVIDIA Tegra platform, whose architecture is well-known to programmers and is quite […]
Estonian developers of the infamous DeepNude application, which allows users to "undress" a person using neural networks, have initiated the sale of the service and its associated assets. This was reported on their official Twitter account. Among the items for sale are an account on a social network, the actual codes and algorithms of DeepNude, the application, and its database, as well as the domain deepnude.com. The starting price is set at $30,000, and the sale […]
Perfect World Entertainment and Panic Button Games have announced pre-order bonuses for the upcoming console version of Torchlight II. You can already pre-order Torchlight II from the PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store, while the game’s page on Nintendo eShop will appear later. Bonuses for purchasing the game before its release include one universal and one exclusive for […]
The release of Slackel 7.2 has been announced, built on the developments from the Slackware and Salix projects, and is fully compatible with the repositories offered in them. A key feature of Slackel is the use of the constantly updated Slackware-Current branch. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. The size of the bootable image, which can operate in Live mode, is 1.5 GB (32 and 64 bit). The distribution can be used on systems with […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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