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Mail.ru Group, as reported by RBC, is implementing a new user identification mechanism for its email service. This involves the use of one-time passwords. They will be sent via SMS text messages or through push notifications appearing on the mobile device screen. It is anticipated that the new system will enhance security. One-time passwords will be valid for a limited time and only for one […]
The new Windows Terminal, which Microsoft announced at MS Build 2019, is now available for download in the store, according to the official blog. For those interested, the project repository is on GitHub. Terminal is a new Windows application for centralized access to PowerShell, Cmd, and Linux kernel subsystems packaged in the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The latter has become available for Windows builds […]
Valve, the game development company and creator of the popular digital distribution service for computer games and software "Steam," has announced the discontinuation of support for the Ubuntu distribution starting from version 19.10. This decision is related to Canonical's announcement of the phasing out of the 32-bit architecture. From this moment on, Valve will recommend using another distribution, Debian, in conjunction with Steam. Source: linux.org.ru
Cloudflare has published a report on yesterday's incident, which resulted in access issues to many resources on the global network for three hours, from 13:34 to 16:26 (MSK), including Cloudflare's infrastructure, Facebook, Akamai, Apple, Linode, and Amazon AWS. Issues in Cloudflare's infrastructure, which provides CDN for 16 million websites, were observed from 14:02 to 16:02 […]
Recently, Microsoft released a Canary build of the Edge browser based on Chromium. One of the new features is support for PWAs—Progressive Web Apps. In other words, using the new version of the browser, you can now right-click on the PWA shortcut and directly access various application functions. This feature is still experimental in the browser, so it needs to be activated manually. To do this […]
We’re excited to announce that starting today you can try the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by installing Windows build 18917 in the Insider Fast ring! In this blog post, we’ll cover how to get started, the new wsl.exe commands, and some important tips. Full documentation about WSL 2 is available on our docs page. Getting Started […]
Three and a half years after the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 3, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has unveiled the new generation of Raspberry Pi boards — the Raspberry Pi 4. The Model 'B' is now available for order and is equipped with a new SoC BCM2711, which is a completely redesigned version of the previously used BCM283X chip, manufactured using a 28nm process. The price of the board remains unchanged at $35 […]
Hello, Habr! Some time ago, I published a literary cycle called 'The Programmer's Ramblings' on Habr. The result turned out to be fairly decent. Thank you once again to everyone who left warm feedback. Now, I want to publish a new work on Habr. I wanted to write it in a unique way, but it ended up just like always: beautiful girls, a bit of homegrown philosophy, and very strange […]
Canonical has released a statement reconsidering its plans regarding the discontinuation of support for the 32-bit x86 architecture in Ubuntu 19.10. After reviewing feedback from Wine developers and gaming platforms, it was decided to provide a build and supply a separate set of 32-bit packages in Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS. The list of provided 32-bit packages will be prepared based on community requests and will include […]
A new service for Linux kernel developers has been launched — people.kernel.org, aimed at filling the gap left by the closure of Google+. Many kernel developers, including Linus Torvalds, used to maintain blogs on Google+ and felt the need for a platform that allows occasional note publishing in a format different from the LKML mailing list after its shutdown. The people.kernel.org service is built […]
Recently, TechCrunch announced the start of sales of 'grams' on July 10 at the Japanese exchange Liquid. Surprisingly, the world has fallen for the completely fictional story about a financial instrument from Telegram. Epigraph Major publications often publish rumors (information from verified sources), but you won't find another long-running saga like with TON, built entirely on leaks without any official information. Yes, it could have been […]
It seems I have given dozens of presentations for colleagues, clients, and public speaking throughout my IT career. For many years, PowerPoint has been my natural and reliable choice for creating slides. However, this year, the situation changed dramatically. From February to May, I had the opportunity to speak at five conferences, and I needed to prepare slides for my presentations […]