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GDB 14.1 is released (the first release of the 14.x series, the 14.0 branch was used for development). GDB supports source-level debugging for a wide range of programming languages (Ada, C, C++, D, Fortran, Go, Objective-C, Modula-2, Pascal, Rust, etc.) on various hardware (i386, amd64, ARM, Power, Sparc, RISC-V, etc.) and software platforms (GNU/Linux, *BSD, Unix, […]
The first release of the LDL (Little DirectMedia Layer) multimedia library, designed to run on legacy hardware, is now available. The library provides a simple cross-platform API for working with 2D graphics, managing windows and OS events, suitable for developing simple games and multimedia applications. In practice, the library is already used in the development of an alternative open game engine for the Arcanum game. Code […]
The release of the CoreBoot 4.22 project is available, within the framework of which a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS is being developed. The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. 135 developers took part in the creation of the new version, who prepared 977 changes. It is noted that starting with the next release, the project will switch to a new version naming scheme that uses a date reference (year.month.update), for example, in February 2024 […]
Saudi authorities are actively increasing the country's presence in the video game industry, investing in major companies and absorbing some players. These actions are the implementation of a plan to diversify the country’s economy, writes The Verge. Today it is dependent on fossil fuels, while the world is trending towards a rapid transition to environmentally friendly energy resources. There are other reasons too. Image source: […]
The US authorities, as is known, when providing subsidies to companies for the construction of chip production plants in the country, will require them to comply with restrictions on business development in China for ten years. The Japanese authorities have provided another mechanism for protecting national interests, requiring applicants to strengthen measures to protect intellectual property. Image source: NikonSource: 3dnews.ru
Google, according to Reuters, has sent a complaint against Microsoft to the UK antitrust authority: the Redmond giant is accused of anti-competitive behavior in the cloud market. Google says Microsoft's policies disadvantage other cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are facing growing scrutiny worldwide over their dominance of […]
The appearance of sequels to old forgotten games after many years is always a lottery. Do the authors of the new product understand what was good about the original game? Will there be a worthy sequel, or will it soon be forgotten? After completing Flashback 2, such questions are easy to answerSource: 3dnews.ru
Release 4M is presentedLinux 44.0, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a Live environment for playing multimedia files and solving user problems, but also as a system for recovery from failures and a platform for running LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB and […]
NVIDIA's Chinese partners in the production of video cards have lost legal ways to obtain AD102 graphics processors for GeForce RTX 4090 video cards due to another package of American sanctions. They have now started removing the relevant products from their sites. Image source: nvidia.comSource: 3dnews.ru
The European Space Agency intends to return to the club of space powers in mid-2024. The decision on this was made based on the results of an assessment of the full cycle of fire testing of the first stage of the Ariane 6 launch vehicle (Ariane 6) at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on November 23. Image source: ArianeGroupSource: 3dnews.ru
After more than three months of development, 4.7.0 of the LaTeX TeXstudio document editor, written in C++ using the Qt framework, was released (versions 5 and 6 are supported). List of changes: automatic removal of an inserted closing bracket if the opening one was deleted by pressing backspace; parsing optimized; The TeXdoc dialog now shows packages (optionally all) in a searchable list. New button […]
Google has released the Fuchsia 14 operating system, which is used to create preliminary firmware updates for the Google Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max photo frames. Google has been developing the Fuchsia OS since 2016, addressing the platform's scalability and security shortcomings. AndroidKey changes in Fuchsia 14: Expanded capabilities of the Starnix layer, which provides […]