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A critical vulnerability in the Librem One service, discovered on the day of its launch

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In the Librem One service, designed for use on the Librem 5 smartphone, a critical security issue emerged shortly after launch, undermining the project portrayed as a secure platform for privacy. The vulnerability was found in the Librem Chat service and allowed access to the chat as any user, without knowing the authentication parameters. In the backend code used for LDAP authorization (matrix-appservice-ldap3) […]

The pre-installed applications will remain in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.

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Microsoft will continue to pre-install a standard package of applications, particularly games. This applies at least to the upcoming Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903). Earlier rumors suggested that the company might drop pre-installations; however, it seems that is not the case this time. Reports indicate that Candy Crush Friends Saga, Microsoft Solitaire Collection, Candy Crush Saga, March of Empires, Gardenscapes […]

The Unisoc Tiger T310 chip is designed for budget 4G smartphones

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Unisoc (formerly Spreadtrum) has introduced a new processor for mobile devices: the product is designated Tiger T310. It is known that the chip includes four computing cores in a dynamIQ configuration. This consists of one powerful ARM Cortex-A75 core with a clock frequency of up to 2.0 GHz and three energy-efficient ARM Cortex-A53 cores with a clock frequency of up to 1.8 GHz. The configuration of the graphics unit […]

Facebook has announced a major update to Messenger: speed and protection

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Facebook developers announced a major update for Facebook Messenger, which is said to make the app faster and more convenient. This year, 2019, is expected to usher in significant changes for the program. The company stated that the new version will focus on data privacy. It is also noted that if the social network were created today, it would begin with a messaging system. […]

Research: Which fitness trackers deceive their owners

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Ahead of the famous London Marathon, held annually since 1981, the publication Which? has released a list of fitness trackers that are least accurate in measuring distance. The most inaccurate device was the Garmin Vivosmart 4, which had an error margin of 41.5%. The Garmin Vivosmart 4 was found to significantly underestimate the runner's distance. While the runner actually covered 37 miles, the device reported […]

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This article will be of interest to both testers and developers, but it is primarily aimed at automation specialists who face the challenge of configuring GitLab CI/CD for integration testing under conditions of limited infrastructure resources and/or the absence of a container orchestration platform. I will explain how to set up deployment of test environments using Docker Compose on a single GitLab shell runner and […]

The number of registered accounts on Steam has reached one billion

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Silently and unnoticed by the gaming community, the billionth account was registered on Steam. The Steam ID Finder shows that the account was created on April 28, receiving a Steam ID filled with zeros, all without any fanfare or fireworks. Valve did not respond to this event, possibly because this number does not hold as much significance for the company as the number of daily […]

The Most Terrifying Poisons

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Hello, %username% Yes, I know, the headline is cliched and there are over 9000 links on Google describing frightful poisons and horror stories. But I don’t want to list the same old information. I don’t want to compare LD50 doses and claim originality. I want to write about the poisons that you, %username%, are at high risk of encountering every […]

Google's Financial Report: Everything Seems Fine, But Nothing Great

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Alphabet, the parent company of internet giant Google, has published its financial results for the first quarter of 2019. According to the report documentation, its revenue for the specified period amounted to $36.3 billion, an increase of 17% compared to last year's first quarter. However, the revenue growth rate has noticeably slowed down, as the increase in 2018 compared to 2017 was […]

Integrate static analysis into the process, rather than using it solely to search for bugs.

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The abundance of materials on static analysis that have recently come to my attention inspired me to write this article. Firstly, there's the PVS-studio blog, which actively promotes itself on Habr through reviews of errors found by its tool in open-source projects. Recently, PVS-studio implemented support for Java, and of course, the developers of IntelliJ IDEA, whose built-in analyzer is currently, perhaps, […]

Running IntelliJ IDEA inspections on Jenkins

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IntelliJ IDEA currently features the most advanced static Java code analyzer, far surpassing such "veterans" as Checkstyle and Spotbugs. Its numerous "inspections" examine code from various angles, from coding style to specific bugs. However, since the analysis results are displayed only in the developer's local IDE interface, they provide little benefit to the development process. […]

Processor coolers may become plastic, and this is not a conspiracy by manufacturers.

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A group of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology continues to work successfully in a very interesting field. Nine years ago, MIT staff published a report in the journal Nature Communications, detailing the development of an intriguing technology for straightening polyethylene molecules. In its normal state, polyethylene, like other polymers, resembles a mash of numerous clumps of stuck-together spaghetti. This makes the polymer excellent […]

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