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How data centers save holidays

Throughout the year, Russians regularly go on holidays – New Year breaks, May Day, and other shorter weekends. This is a traditional time for binge-watching series, spontaneous purchases, and sales on Steam. During the pre-holiday period, retail and logistics companies experience heightened demand: people order gifts from online stores, pay for their delivery, buy tickets for trips, and communicate. Calendar peaks […]

New article: Testing the Wi-Fi system based on Keenetic Ultra II and Keenetic Air (KN-1610): both old and young

Last December, Keenetic made several important announcements, but for this review, we are only interested in two. Firstly, the company continues to support older models by adding new features to the firmware. Secondly, among these new features, the Wi-Fi system has finally appeared in the release. We will explore this using devices from different generations: the 2015 model […]

Firefox 66.0.5 and 60.6.3 ESR update. Disabling certain APIs when accessed without HTTPS.

Hot on the heels of the release of Firefox 66.0.5 and 60.6.3 ESR, additional corrective updates have been published. These updates continue the work of restoring extensions that were disabled due to an expired intermediate certificate. In particular, the issue with updating the intermediate certificate when a master password is set, which controls access to the saved account database, has been resolved. Since replacing the certificate requires the master password to be entered, […]

Installing Windows 10 on a smartphone is now easier, but not on just any phone

After the release of Windows 10 for ARM processors, enthusiasts began experimenting with running the OS on various mobile devices. Some have managed to run it on the Nintendo Switch, while others have done so on Windows Mobile and Android smartphones. Now, there is a way to easily install 'the tens' on the Lumia 950 XL. A group of enthusiasts called LumiaWOA has released a build of the OS along with a set of tools that allow […]

Microsoft is preparing .NET 5 with support for macOS, Linux, and Android

Following the release of .NET Core 3.0 this year, Microsoft will launch the .NET 5 platform, which will represent a significant enhancement to the overall development system. The main innovation compared to .NET Framework 4.8 will be support for Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS, and WebAssembly. Meanwhile, version 4.8 will remain the last, as only the Core family will continue to evolve. It has been reported that […]

10. Check Point Getting Started R80.20. Identity Awareness

Welcome to the anniversary — 10th lesson. Today we will discuss another Check Point blade — Identity Awareness. At the very beginning, when we described NGFW, we established that it is essential to have the ability to regulate access based on accounts rather than IP addresses. This is primarily due to the increased mobility of users and the widespread adoption of […]

Principles of BGP protocol operation

Today we will examine the BGP protocol. We won’t spend too long discussing why it is used as the sole protocol. There is quite a bit of information available on this topic, for example here. So, what is BGP? BGP is a dynamic routing protocol and the only EGP (External Gateway Protocol). This protocol is used for building routing on the internet. Let's explore how […]

Release of mobile OS Sailfish 3.0.3

Jolla has released version 3.0.3 of the Sailfish operating system. Builds are available for Jolla 1, Jolla C, Sony Xperia X, and Gemini devices, accessible as an OTA update. Sailfish uses a graphical stack based on Wayland and Qt5 libraries, with the system environment built on Mer, which has been developing as a component of Sailfish since April, along with Mer distribution packages from Nemo. User […]

Microsoft Edge for macOS is now available for installation ahead of schedule.

At the end of last year, Microsoft announced a major update for the Edge browser, with the highlight being the switch to the Chromium engine. During the Build 2019 conference, held on May 6, the Redmond software giant officially unveiled the updated web browser, including a version for macOS. Just yesterday, it was discovered that an early release of Edge (Canary 76.0.151.0) for Mac computers […]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

At Red Hat Summit 2019, a new version of the RHEL distribution based on Fedora 28 was introduced. This release is the last in the series created without the direct involvement of Red Hat's owner, IBM. Noteworthy new features include Wayland now being the default protocol for the GNOME desktop environment. Application Streams is a system for delivering various software versions (as modules […]

Release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 distribution.

Red Hat has released version 8 of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution. Installation builds are prepared for x86_64, s390x (IBM System z), ppc64le, and Aarch64 architectures, but are only available for download by registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal. The source code of the rpm packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is distributed through the CentOS Git repository. The distribution will be supported at least until 2029. […]

Video: The kamikaze drone DroneBullet takes down an enemy drone.

The military-industrial company AerialX from Vancouver, Canada, specializing in the manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles, has developed the AerialX kamikaze drone, which will help prevent terrorist acts involving drones. AerialX CEO Noam Kenig describes the new device as a "hybrid of a missile and a quadcopter." Essentially, it's a kamikaze drone that looks like a miniature missile but has the maneuverability of a quadcopter. With a takeoff weight of 910 grams, this pocket-sized […]

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