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Since version 3.34, GNOME has completely switched to systemd user session instrumentation. This change is completely transparent to both users and developers (XDG-autostart is supported) - apparently, that’s why it went unnoticed by ENT. Previously, only DBUS-activated ones were launched using user sessions, and the rest was done by gnome-session. Now they have finally gotten rid of this extra layer. Interestingly, [...]
Corrective releases of the Ruby programming language 2.6.5, 2.5.7 and 2.4.8 were generated, in which four vulnerabilities were eliminated. The most dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2019-16255) in the standard Shell library (lib/shell.rb), which allows code substitution. If data received from the user is processed in the first argument of the Shell#[] or Shell#test methods used to check the presence of a file, an attacker can cause an arbitrary Ruby method to be called. Other […]
Like Firefox, Chrome plans to soon stop supporting the TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols, which are in the process of being deprecated and not recommended for use by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). Support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 will be disabled in Chrome 81, scheduled for March 17, 2020. According to Google in […]
After two years of development, the release of the full-screen console window manager (terminal multiplexer) GNU screen 4.7.0 has been published, which allows you to use one physical terminal to work with several applications, which are allocated separate virtual terminals that remain active between different user communication sessions. Among the changes: Added support for the SGR (1006) protocol extension provided by terminal emulators, which allows you to track mouse clicks in the console; Added […]
Scientists at Fudan University (Shanghai) and the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have created a 500-megapixel “super camera” that can capture “thousands of faces in a stadium in great detail and generate facial data for the cloud, finding a specific target in an instant." With its help, using a cloud service based on artificial intelligence, it will be possible to recognize any person in a crowd. In an article reporting […]
The personal data of millions of Sberbank clients, as reported by the Kommersant newspaper, ended up on the black market. Sberbank itself has already confirmed a possible information leak. According to available information, the data of 60 million Sberbank credit cards, both active and closed (the bank now has about 18 million active cards), fell into the hands of online fraudsters. Experts are already calling this leak the largest [...]
Online sources report that the Honor brand, owned by the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, is soon going to announce a new smartphone in the Note family. It is noted that the device will replace the Honor Note 10 model, which debuted more than a year ago - in July 2018. The device is equipped with a proprietary Kirin processor, a large 6,95-inch FHD+ screen, as well as a dual rear camera with […]
Polygon interviewed The Last of Us Part II game director Anthony Newman from Naughty Dog. The director shared new details regarding some game mechanics. According to the head, each character in the project has a heart rate that affects his behavior. Anthony Newman said: "Every aspect of the game has been updated to some level, […]
Not long ago, the Chinese company Xiaomi introduced the Mi Mix Alpha concept smartphone, priced at $2800. The company later confirmed that the smartphone will go on sale in limited quantities. After this, rumors appeared on the Internet regarding Xiaomi’s intentions to launch another smartphone in the Mi Mix series, which will receive some of the capabilities of the Mi Mix Alpha and will be mass produced. More […]
The DICE studio, with the support of Electronic Arts, has published a new trailer for Battlefield V. It is dedicated to the “Operation Metro” map, which was first added to the third part, and now in a reworked form will appear in the latest project of the series. The video demonstrates the main features of the battles in this location. The video begins with aircraft breaching the entrance to the metro and fighters bursting […]
It seems that the field of online advertising should be as technologically advanced and automated as possible. Of course, because such giants and experts in their field as Yandex, Mail.Ru, Google and Facebook work there. But, as it turned out, there is no limit to perfection and there is always something to automate. Source Communication group Dentsu Aegis Network Russia is the largest player in the digital advertising market and is actively […]
The full launch of the newest cooperative action movie Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint will take place on October 4 in versions for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (and later the game will drop on the Google Stadia cloud platform). The developers decided to remind you about the optimizations for PC that the project can offer. Ubisoft has a long-standing partnership with AMD, so its games like Far […]
