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Mushkin has released SSDs from the Helix-L series, the first information about which appeared at the January CES 2019 electronics show. The products are made in the M.2 2280 format (22 × 80 mm). This allows them to be used in desktop and portable computers, including ultrabooks. The drives are PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe 1.3 solutions, utilizing 3D TLC flash memory chips [...].
Codemasters has announced the development of a sequel to one of its most popular series—GRID. The new racing simulator will be released on September 13, 2019, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Although this will be the fourth installment in the series, the developers chose not to include a number in the title, simply naming the simulator GRID. "Get ready for intense racing competitions on city streets [...].
A new series of vulnerabilities has been found in Windows that allows access to the system. A user under the pseudonym SandBoxEscaper presented exploits for three vulnerabilities at once. The first allows a user to elevate privileges in the system using the task scheduler. An authorized user has the opportunity to elevate their rights to system level. The second vulnerability affects the Windows error reporting service. This allows attackers to exploit it [...].
It's an important day for Red Hat, the Russian open source community, and all involved – Jim Whitehurst's book "Open Organization: The Passion that Yields Results" has been released in Russian. It vividly and thoroughly describes how we at Red Hat pave the way for the best ideas and the most talented people, as well as how to avoid getting lost in chaos and unite [...].
On May 16, after four years of development, a new stable version of OpenSCAD – 2019.05 was released. OpenSCAD is a non-interactive 3D CAD program, somewhat like a 3D compiler that generates a model based on a script written in a special programming language. OpenSCAD is well-suited for 3D printing and for automatically generating a large number of similar models based on a given set of parameters. Full usage requires […]
The developers of the Python project have published a proposal (PEP 594) for a significant cleanup of the standard library. The removal from the Python standard library includes not only explicitly outdated and specialized features, but also components that have architectural issues and cannot be unified across all platforms. For example, it is proposed to exclude modules like crypt from the standard library due to their unavailability on Windows […]
Google developers posted a message on Twitter stating that there are currently issues with indexing new content in the search engine. This leads to situations where users cannot find recently published materials. The problem was identified yesterday, and it is most clearly demonstrated when the search filter is set to display records from […]
Without the recommended three years of practical experience *Note: This article pertains to the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification exam, which was valid until March 29, 2019. Since then, some changes have been made — they are described in the 'Additional' section* Google hoodie: check. Serious expression: check. Photo from the video version of this article on YouTube. Want to get a new hoodie like the one in my photo? Or maybe you're interested in the certificate […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense will fund six organizations as part of the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology program (abbreviated as 'N3'), first announced in March 2018. Participants in the program include the Battelle Memorial Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory […]
openITCOCKPIT is a free, open-source system designed for monitoring, observing, and alerting complex IT infrastructures. Key benefits compared to version 3.6.1 include: vulnerabilities have been resolved, minor bugs fixed, and: configuration of the Docker container via the web interface. Nagios kernel upgraded to 4.4.3. Ability to set the timezone for graphite-web. Container loading is now 100 times faster […]
After a year of development, the openSUSE Leap 15.1 distribution has been released. The release is based on the core package set from the in-development SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 distribution, onto which newer versions of user applications from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository are delivered. A universal DVD image, sized at 3.8 GB, is available for download, along with a slim installation image that allows package installation via the network […]
The new version of the Kali Linux 2019.2 distribution has been released, intended for security system testing. Change log: Numerous bug fixes. The Linux kernel 4.19.28 is now used. New versions of the packages seclists, msfpc, and exe2hex have been added. A new release of NetHunter 2019.2 has been formed — an environment for mobile devices based on Android. The number of supported devices in NetHunter has expanded. Source: linux.org.ru