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On April 23, the non-profit organization Mozilla, engaged in a number of projects aimed at free access, privacy, and security on the Internet, as well as developing the Firefox web browser, published its third report on the "health" of the global web in 2019, addressing the impact of the Internet on society and our daily lives. The report presents a rather ambiguous picture. It primarily notes that […]
The release of the Live distribution NomadBSD 1.2 has been introduced, representing a FreeBSD edition adapted for use as a portable desktop loaded from a USB drive. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. DSBMD is used for mounting drives (supporting CD9660, FAT, HFS+, NTFS, Ext2/3/4), wifimgr is used for wireless network configuration, and DSBMixer is used for volume control. The size of the boot image is 2 […]
It has happened that the manufacturers of solid-state drives who have not yet established their own teams of controller developers but still want to keep an eye on the SSD market for enthusiasts have no real choice today. The only suitable option for them to assemble truly high-performance drives with an NVMe interface is offered by just one company – Silicon […]
The Linux Foundation, a non-profit organization overseeing a wide range of work related to Linux development, has announced that 43 companies have joined its ranks, with 38 joining as silver members. Notable new members include the automotive giant Volkswagen and Mail.Ru, which joined through its cloud services development division. Silver members of the Linux Foundation pay an annual fee […]
R is packed with a variety of functions. Below, I will highlight ten of the most interesting ones that many might not know about. This article arose after I discovered that my discussions on some of the features of R that I use at work were met with enthusiasm by my programmer acquaintances. If you are already familiar with all of this, I apologize for […]
In addition to the Coffee Lake-H Refresh mobile processors, Intel has today officially introduced new 9th generation Core desktop processors that also belong to the Coffee Lake Refresh family. A total of 25 new models were introduced, most of which are Core processors with a locked multiplier, meaning they are not overclockable. The most advanced new entry in the Core family is the Core […]
Three and a half years ago, the "most legal company in Silicon Valley," as Rambus is quietly called, decided to work on a new image. Around that time, the company underwent a change in leadership, with a new director promising to transform Rambus into a fabless developer of various interesting solutions. The company's first product was buffers for DDR4 server memory and regular memory. The company does not disclose details, but only […]
Researchers from NCC Group revealed details of a vulnerability (CVE-2018-11976) in Qualcomm chips, allowing the extraction of closed encryption keys located in the isolated Qualcomm QSEE enclave (Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment), based on ARM TrustZone technology. The issue manifests in most Snapdragon SoCs found in Android platform smartphones. Fixes addressing the problem have already been included in the April update […]
BioWare announced that it is postponing major updates for Anthem that were previously scheduled for this month. The developers acknowledged that it is much more important to focus on the project's quality. "We are paying more attention to things like bug fixes, stability, and gameplay flow than to new first act features," wrote BioWare's lead producer Ben Irving and the head of […]
The release of the Electron platform 5.0.0 has been prepared, providing a self-sufficient framework for developing cross-platform user applications based on components of Chromium, V8, and Node.js. The significant change in version number is due to the update to the Chromium 73 codebase, Node.js 12 platform, and V8 7.3 JavaScript engine. The previously expected discontinuation of support for 32-bit Linux systems has been postponed, and the 5.0 release in […]
Xiaomi has introduced the first television in the new ART TV series (or Mural TV): a 65-inch 4K panel made with a Samsung display. The TV is only 13.9 mm thick. Thanks to its flat back, the panel can be pressed flush against the wall, mimicking a painting. In standby mode, the Mi ART TV can display artworks from 45 authors in 22 […]
For China, mass production of SSD controllers is as crucial as establishing domestic production of NAND flash memory and DRAM. Limited production of 32-layer 3D NAND and DDR4 chips has already begun in the country. But what is the situation with controllers? According to EXPreview, about ten companies in China are developing SSD controllers. All of them utilize that or […]