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Mobile platform release Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3. Volla Plinius smartphone with Ubuntu touch

Firmware update released Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3, based on the package base Ubuntu 24.04. The firmware is being developed by the UBports project, which has taken over the development of the mobile platform. Ubuntu Touch, after Canonical disassociated itself from it. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed Lomiri. Update Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 will be formed in the coming days […]

OpenWrt update 25.12.3

OpenWrt 25.12.3, a minor release of the distribution developed for network devices such as routers, switches, and access points, has been released. OpenWrt supports over 2200 devices and offers a build system that simplifies cross-compilation and the creation of custom builds. These builds allow you to create ready-made firmware with the desired set of pre-installed packages, optimized for specific tasks. Ready-to-use builds have been published for 41 target platforms. Among […]

Dirty Frag vulnerabilities that modify the page cache to gain root access on any distribution Linux

In the core Linux Two vulnerabilities have been identified that are similar in nature to the Copy Fail vulnerability disclosed a few days ago, but affect different subsystems—xfrm-ESP and RxRPC. The series of vulnerabilities has been codenamed Dirty Frag (also referred to as Copy Fail 2). The vulnerabilities allow an unprivileged user to gain root privileges by overwriting process data in the page cache. An exploit is available that works […]

Telegram has received a major AI update—bots can now be summoned to any chat, along with other new features.

Telegram received a major update, almost entirely dedicated to AI and automation. The messenger now features a guest mode for bots, the ability for bots to communicate with each other, chat automation tools, and a search engine with over 100 million emoji and stickers. Telegram also updated its polls and moderation tools. The main new feature is the so-called guest mode for bots. Now AI bots […]

Release of Mesa 26.1, a free implementation of OpenGL and Vulkan

After three months of development, the release of the free implementation of the OpenGL and Vulkan APIs, Mesa 26.1.0, has been released. The first release of the Mesa 26.1.0 branch has an experimental status - after the final stabilization of the code, the stable version 26.1.1 will be released. In Mesa 26.1, support for the Vulkan 1.4 graphics API is available in the ANV drivers for Intel GPUs, RADV for AMD GPUs, NVK for […]

Demand for Anthropic's AI services skyrocketed 80-fold in the first quarter, prompting the company to tap Musk's supercomputer.

Unlike its competitor OpenAI, Anthropic is making more deliberate investments in expanding its computing power, which is impacting its ability to meet the booming demand for AI solutions. Anthropic's CEO admitted that demand for the company's services skyrocketed 80-fold in the first quarter, and therefore it is experiencing a shortage of computing power. At a developer conference in […]

Recreating a Unity Custom Shell Using Wayfire and Libadwaita

Developer MA Muqtadir, who is involved in the theme design Ubuntu Yaru, a developer of the Vanilla OS distribution, presented the first results of an experiment to recreate the Unity user interface using modern GNOME stack components and the Wayland protocol. The demonstrated prototype is built on the Wayfire compositing manager, which uses Wayland and enables the creation of lightweight user interfaces with 3D effects […]

Chrome Release 148

Google has published the release of the Chrome 148 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which is the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium in that it uses Google logos, has a system for sending notifications in the event of a crash, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, constant Sandbox isolation, supply of keys to the Google API and transmission of RLZ parameters […]

Incus Container Management System 7.0 LTS Release

Stéphane Graber, project leader Linux Containers and the former technical lead of the LXD project, announced the release of Incus 7.0 LTS, a community-created fork of the LXD container and virtual machine management system created after the original project was acquired by Canonical and licensed. The project's code is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. An online demo is available for review. Incus 7.0 LTS will […]

Laptops and storage devices excluded from parallel imports will not disappear from sale, but will become more expensive.

On May 27, a Ministry of Industry and Trade order will go into effect banning the import of laptops and other equipment from brands such as Samsung, Asus, Acer, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, IBM, and Toshiba into Russia through parallel import mechanisms. The impact on consumers will be minimal: "parallel" imports will become "gray" imports, and prices will increase slightly, according to experts interviewed by Forbes. In the spring of 2022, the Russian government approved […]

Release of CudaText 1.234.2.0

On April 30th, a minor update of the CudaText text editor was released. The editor is written in Free Pascal, supports Python extensions, and has several features borrowed from Sublime Text. The project's wiki (freepascal.org) lists the project's advantages, disadvantages, and features compared to Sublime Text and VSCode. This version includes: a fixed rule for strikethrough text in the Markdown lexer; fixed […]

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