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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 […]
Developers from PanicBarn and publisher No More Robots have announced that Not Tonight will be ported to Nintendo Switch by the end of the year. The game, reminiscent of Papers, Please in gameplay, will feature the subtitle Take Back Control Edition on the new platform. The project is set in an alternative United Kingdom where Brexit has already occurred and far-right representatives have come to power. […]
Microsoft aims to demonstrate that its election security system is not just a theory. Developers have introduced the first voting system utilizing ElectionGuard technology, which is designed to enable easier and more reliable voting. The hardware components of the system include a Surface tablet, a printer, and an adaptive Xbox controller to make voting more accessible to everyone […]
In June of this year, the small Swiss town of Rapperswil hosted the ZuriHac event for the tenth time. This time, over five hundred Haskell enthusiasts, from newcomers to the language's founding fathers, gathered. Although the organizers refer to this event as a hackathon, it is not a conference or hackathon in the traditional sense. Its format differs from traditional […]
Oracle has released Oracle Linux 8, based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 package base. The build is shipped by default with the standard package using the kernel from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (based on kernel 4.18). The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel specific to Oracle Linux 8 is still under development. Beta releases of Oracle […]
Unlocking the potential of AMD Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards turned out to be quite simple. As revealed by Igor Wallossek, editor in chief of the German version of Tom’s Hardware, all it takes is to increase the power limit of the graphics cards using the SoftPowerPlayTable (SPPT). This method of enhancing graphics card performance is relatively straightforward from an implementation perspective but can be quite risky for the graphics card itself. […]
Today, removing an unwanted element from a photograph is no longer a problem for many. Basic Photoshop skills or trendy neural networks can solve the issue. However, when it comes to video, the situation becomes complicated, as it requires processing at least 24 frames per second. Now, a utility has emerged on GitHub that automates these actions, allowing for the removal of […]
There are often reports online about environmental protection and the development of alternative energy sources. Sometimes even reports are made about how a solar power station was set up in an abandoned village so that local residents could enjoy the benefits of civilization not just for 2-3 hours a day while the generator runs, but continuously. But this all seems a bit distant from our lives, so I decided to […]
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After 6 months of development, the OPNsense 19.7 firewall distribution release has been presented, which is a branch of the pfSense project, created to form a fully open distribution that could possess functionality at the level of commercial solutions for deploying firewalls and network gateways. Unlike pfSense, the project is positioned as not being controlled by a single company, developed with direct […]
Eclypsium has identified two vulnerabilities in the firmware of the BMC controller supplied in Lenovo ThinkServer servers, allowing a local user to replace the firmware or execute arbitrary code on the BMC chip. Further investigation revealed that these issues also affect the firmware of BMC controllers used in Gigabyte Enterprise Servers, which are also employed in servers from companies such as Acer, AMAX, Bigtera, Ciara, […]
Among the upcoming changes in Fedora 31, it has been proposed to discontinue the creation of primary repositories for the i686 architecture. The formation of multi-lib repositories for x86_64 environments will be maintained, and i686 packages will remain in them. This change has not yet been reviewed by the FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), which is responsible for the technical aspect of Fedora distribution development. This proposal supplements the one approved for implementation in the branch […]
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