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A new feature has appeared on GitHub allowing users to fund open-source projects. If a user cannot participate in the development, they can financially support a project they like. A similar system operates on Patreon. The system allows for fixed monthly contributions to developers registered as participants. Sponsors are promised benefits like priority bug fixes. GitHub, however, will not […]
Yandex presented a range of new products and services during Yet Another Conference 2019, one of which was a 'smart' home with the voice assistant Alice. Yandex's smart home incorporates intelligent lighting, smart sockets, and other household devices. You can ask Alice to turn on the lights, lower the temperature on the air conditioner, or increase the music volume. To manage the smart home...
Google has published a study titled 'How Effective Is Basic Account Hygiene in Preventing Account Theft', which outlines what account owners can do to prevent theft by malicious actors. We present you with a translation of this study. However, the most effective method used by Google itself was not included in the report. I had to write about this method at the end...
Google and Binomial have released the source code for Basis Universal, a codec for efficient texture compression, along with its universal file format '.basis' for distributing image and video-based textures. The reference implementation code is written in C++ and is provided under the Apache 2.0 license. Basis Universal complements the previously published Draco 3D data compression system and aims to address...
The Audi e-tron electric car, which is the first fully electric vehicle from the German company, received a high safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) after conducting crash tests. Currently, Euro NCAP is the primary organization that evaluates vehicle safety based on independent crash tests. The safety rating for the Audi e-tron electric car turned out to be more than positive. Safety […]
This article does not cover the full setup of DPI and everything related to it, and the scientific value of the text is minimal. However, it describes a simple method for bypassing DPI that many companies have overlooked. Warning #1: this article is exploratory in nature, does not encourage anyone to take action, and is not intended for use. The idea is based on personal experience, and any coincidences are purely accidental. Warning #2: […]
It took developers of ZFS on Linux (abbreviated as ZoL) about two years and 5 RC releases to produce a highly significant release — ZFS-0.8.0. New features include 'native' encryption for both file systems and volumes. The aes-256-ccm algorithm is used by default. Keys for the dataset are managed using the 'zfs load-key' command and related subcommands. Encryption during zfs send/receive. This allows for the storage of backups […]
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After nearly two years of development, ZFS on Linux 0.8.0 is released, implementing the ZFS file system as a module for the Linux kernel. The module has been tested with Linux kernels from 2.6.32 to 5.1. Ready installation packages will soon be prepared for major Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL/CentOS. The ZFS on Linux module is already included […]
GitHub has implemented a sponsorship system to provide financial support for open projects. The new service offers a new form of participation in project development—if a user is unable to contribute to development, they can connect to interesting projects as a sponsor and assist through financing specific developers, maintainers, designers, documentation authors, testers, and other participants involved in the project. With […]
How many open bugs do you have in your backlog? 100? 1000? How long have they been there? A week? A month? Years? Why does this happen? No time? Need to focus on higher priority tasks? "We’ll implement all the urgent features right now, and then we’ll definitely have time to tackle the bugs"? … Some use a Zero Bug Policy, while others have a well-developed work culture […]
Hello everyone! My name is Yulia, and I am a tester. Last year, I shared information about Bug Cleaning Day — an event held at our company to clean up the bug backlog. It’s a viable way to significantly reduce it (by 10 to 50% in different teams) in just one day. Today, I want to tell you about our spring format of Bug Cleaning Day — […]
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