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Hello! Let's take a look at the new features in — DataGrip 2019.1. Recall that the functionality of DataGrip is also included in our other paid IDEs, aside from WebStorm. Support for new databases In this release, four databases received official support in our tools: Apache Hive – a database management system based on the Hadoop platform. Greenplum – an analytical DBMS for data warehouses […]
The development of Visual Studio 2019 began last summer, and the first preview version was released in December 2018. Finally, Microsoft proudly announced that the final version of VS 2019 is now available for download and use by anyone, both for Windows and macOS. Moreover, Visual Studio 2019 for Mac comes with a refreshed branding […]
On April 1st, many information resources dedicated to IT topics, including ours, publish both genuine and humorous news. Such materials can vary widely in quality, from outright fantasies to quite plausible reports. Occasionally, however, there are very unusual "news items" that would merit coverage even after April 1st. For instance, this year, there was a "news item" about […]
All DNA sequences of the life forms studied by scientists are stored in a database owned by the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the USA. On April 1, a new entry appeared in the database: "Caulobacter ethensis-2.0." This is the world's first fully computer-simulated and then synthesized synthetic genome of a living organism, developed by scientists from ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich). However, […]
In this article, I want to discuss two features of NGINX Ingress related to displaying personalized error pages, as well as the existing limitations and ways to circumvent them. 1. Changing the default backend By default, NGINX Ingress uses a default backend that performs the corresponding function. This means that when an Ingress request is made specifying the host, […]
Hello everyone! We continue to launch new streams for the courses you already love, and we are excited to announce that a new cohort for the "Linux Administrator" course will start at the end of April. A new publication will be dedicated to this event. The original material can be found here. Virtual file systems act as a kind of magical abstraction, […]
The marathon of launching Windows 10 on various devices continues. This time, enthusiast Bas Timmer from the Netherlands, known by the nickname NTAuthority, managed to run the desktop OS on the OnePlus 6T smartphone. Naturally, this concerns the edition for ARM processors. He described his developments on Twitter, publishing brief messages with photos and videos. He noted that the system managed to […]
Microsoft has long been developing alternatives to traditional PCs. And now the next step has been taken. Recently, the beta version of Windows Virtual Desktop was presented, which is expected to lead to the demise of regular computers. What's the essence? Essentially, it's a sort of response to Chrome OS, where the user only has a browser and web services. Windows Virtual Desktop works differently. The system virtualizes […]
It was pouring outside like from a bucket. All the channels were buzzing about the superstorm gathering strength. It was supposed to pass a hundred kilometers to the north. We would have a regular storm with flooded streets, downed power lines, and fallen trees. I was occupied with everyday tasks. I worked in the morning and then spent the whole day flying over the desert on a military drone. I shot down an enemy […]
Innovations have become commonplace. And it's not about modern “innovations” like ray tracing technology in Nvidia's RTX graphics cards or the 50x zoom in Huawei's new smartphone. These things are more useful to marketers than to users. We're talking about real innovations that have fundamentally changed our approach and outlook on life. For the past 500 years, especially […]
Carbon nanotubes have found yet another application. A few days ago, a paper was published in Nature Scientific Reports that for the first time discusses the possibility of using multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in magnetic recording on hard drives. These are various complex CNT structures in the form of “matryoshkas,” “bundles,” and other configurations. The task in all cases comes down to one—filling […]
In this post, we will discuss how the cybergroup OceanLotus (APT32 and APT-C-00) recently exploited one of the publicly available exploits for CVE-2017-11882, a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, and how the group's malware ensures persistence in compromised systems without leaving traces. We will further describe how since the beginning of 2019, the group has been using self-extracting archives to execute code. OceanLotus specializes in cyber espionage, prioritizing […]