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Network sources report that hundreds of developers have discovered code missing from their Git repositories. An unknown hacker is threatening to publish the code if their ransom demands are not met within the specified time frame. Reports of attacks surfaced on Saturday. It appears that they are coordinated through Git hosting services (GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab). It remains unclear how the attacks were […]
Intellivision Entertainment has announced the continuation of the famous adventure Earthworm Jim, which turns 25 this year. The new project is being developed by a team that contributed to the original games. The release is planned exclusively for the upcoming Intellivision Amico console. According to the press release, programmers, artists, sound designers, and level designers from the original team are returning to create a new installment of Earthworm […]
After a series of minor versions, a significant new update of DoubleContact has been released — an autonomous and independent contact editor, primarily focused on editing, comparing, and merging phone books. Key changes compared to version 0.1: support for CSV format (currently supporting files from some Explay phones, as well as a universal profile that allows saving all contact information); support […]
At one time, Internet Explorer 6 was quite popular. It's hard to believe, but 10 years ago it held one-fifth of the market share. It was used both in Russia and abroad, predominantly by government agencies, banks, and similar organizations. It seemed like 'the six' would never end. However, its demise was accelerated by YouTube. Moreover, without approval from […]
Recently, Longsys, the largest Chinese OEM and ODM manufacturer of various flash storage devices, celebrated its 20th anniversary. During the festivities, a lot of interesting information was shared. In particular, among many partners supplying flash chips and controllers, the company Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) was mentioned. It is the first manufacturer of 3D NAND multi-layer flash memory in China. Currently, YMTC supplies […]
Hello, %username%! It's evening again, and once more I find myself with nothing to do, so I've decided to spend some time writing the third part of my series on poisons. I hope you've read the first and second parts and enjoyed them. In the third part, we'll take a little break. There won't be a discussion about the poisons you encounter on a daily basis — probably even […]
The use of 3D printing is no longer surprising to anyone. Objects can be printed at home and at work using both metal and plastic. The only thing left is to reduce the nozzle resolution and increase the variety of source materials. There is still a lot of work to be done in each of these areas. Researchers led by […] have reported another achievement in 3D printing enhancement.
Microsoft has released 3 preview extensions for its VSCode code editor. Remote WSL — Open any folder in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Remote Containers — allows the use of Docker containers, Remote SSH — Open any folder on a remote computer using SSH. All three extensions allow you to work with files on other computers or containers as […]
At the FMX 2019 graphic conference currently taking place in Stuttgart, Germany, focused on animation, effects, games, and digital media, Intel made an exceptionally interesting announcement regarding the future graphics accelerators of the Xe family. As announced by Jim Jeffers, the chief engineer and head of Intel's rendering and visualization improvement team, hardware […]
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The Unified Register of Notifications about the characteristics of cryptographic means and goods containing them at the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has information about two new smart speakers from Yandex. Recall that the first 'smart' column, the 'Yandex.Station', was presented by the Russian IT giant at the end of May last year. The device uses the intelligent voice assistant Alice. Users can request various information, inquire about […]
The release of Tor toolset 0.4.0.5 has been announced, used for organizing the operation of the anonymous Tor network. Tor 0.4.0.5 is recognized as the first stable release in the 0.4.0 branch that has been developed over the past four months. The 0.4.0 branch will be accompanied within the standard support cycle — the release of updates will cease in 9 months or 3 months after the release of the 0.4.1.x branch. Long-Term Support (LTS) […]