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According to online sources, last week, thousands of documents containing confidential information belonging to the Mexican embassy in Guatemala were made publicly available. A total of over 4,800 important documents related to diplomatic activities, as well as containing personal data of Mexican citizens, were stolen. The theft of documents is attributed to a hacker known on Twitter as @0x55Taylor. He […]
Konami has published a list of games that will be included in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Last month, Konami introduced anniversary collections in honor of the company's fiftieth anniversary. But only now has the content of the Castlevania Anniversary Collection been revealed: Castlevania (1987, NES); Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (1988, NES); Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (1989, NES); Super Castlevania IV (1991, […]
The South Korean company LG has introduced its first device with the intelligent voice assistant "Alice" developed by Yandex: this gadget is the smart speaker XBoom AI ThinQ WK7Y. It is noted that the novelty provides high-quality sound. The speaker is certified by Meridian, a well-known manufacturer of audio components. The assistant "Alice" residing inside the speaker allows users to control music playback through voice commands, remembers user preferences, and recommends […]
The results of the annual Debian Project Leader elections have been announced. A total of 378 developers participated in the voting, which is 37% of all eligible voters (last year the turnout was 33%, the year before 30%). This year, four candidates ran for the leadership position. Sam Hartman won the election. Sam joined the project in 2000 […]
The eighth season of the iconic series "Game of Thrones" has already started, and it won't be long before we find out who will sit on the Iron Throne and who will fall in the struggle for it. High-budget series and films pay particular attention to details. Observant viewers watching the series in the original have noticed that the characters speak with different English accents. Let’s explore what accents they speak with […]
In mid-January, the cryptocurrency Grin was launched based on the MimbleWimble protocol, designed to be more profitable to mine on graphics cards rather than custom ASICs. Grin mining utilizes the Cuckoo Cycle (Cuckatoo) hashing algorithms, which are expected to be continually developed, thereby making Grin mining less profitable on ASICs. However, ASIC developers disagree […]
A new version of Ubuntu has been released — 19.04 "Disco Dingo." Ready-made images have been created for all editions, including Ubuntu Kylin (a special version for China). Among the main innovations is the coexistence of X.Org and Wayland. Additionally, fractional scaling has been introduced as an experimental feature, working in both modes. The developers have improved the performance and responsiveness of the desktop, […]
The Epic Games Store officially does not support Linux, but now users of the open OS can install its client and run almost all games in the library. Thanks to Lutris Gaming, the Epic Games Store client now works on Linux. It is fully functional and can run nearly all games with minimal issues. However, one of the largest projects on the Epic Games Store, Fortnite, […]
Some users report that Microsoft has started sending notifications to computers running Windows 7, reminding them of the imminent end of support for this OS. Support will end on January 14, 2020, and users are expected to upgrade to Windows 10 by then. Apparently, the notification first appeared in the morning of April 18. Posts on […]
At the Shanghai International Auto Show, Infiniti unveiled the Qs Inspiration concept car featuring a fully electric powertrain. The Qs Inspiration is a sporty sedan with a dynamic appearance. There is no traditional grille at the front, as it is simply unnecessary for an electric vehicle. Unfortunately, the technical specifications of the power platform are not disclosed. However, it is known that the car is equipped with an e-AWD all-wheel drive system.
The release of Valgrind 3.15.0 is now available, a toolset for debugging memory management, detecting memory leaks, and profiling. Valgrind supports Linux (X86, AMD64, ARM32, ARM64, PPC32, PPC64BE, PPC64LE, S390X, MIPS32, MIPS64), Android (ARM, ARM64, MIPS32, X86), Solaris (X86, AMD64), and macOS (AMD64) platforms. The new version features: A significantly redesigned and expanded heap profiling tool, DHAT (Dynamic Heap Analysis).
Bluecherry is a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) solution for video surveillance, consisting of a server running on GNU/Linux and a client application that operates on GNU/Linux, MacOS, and Windows, as well as through third-party mobile apps for Android and iOS. Until April 18, 2019, only the Bluecherry client was open-source, but starting from this date, the development company decided to fully open the source code of […]