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The 1.0.0 release of the console utility ugrep-indexer, written in C++ and designed to speed up recursive searches using the ugrep utility (when using the -index key in it). Changelog: Loading the .ugrep-indexer configuration file from the working or home directory with user-specified default parameters; display current indexing settings (disabled with the --no-messages switch); improved output of indexing statistics; updating documentation; refactoring [β¦]
Eric S. Raymond, one of the founders of the OSI (Open Source Initiative), who was at the origins of the open source movement, published the Autodafe toolkit, which allows you to convert the assembly instructions and scripts used by the Autotools utilities into one regular Makefile that can easily read and changed by developers. The project code is written in Python and distributed under the BSD license. Part [β¦]
A vulnerability has been identified in the Flatpak toolkit, designed to create self-contained packages that are not tied to specific Linux distributions and are isolated from the rest of the system (CVE-2024-32462). The vulnerability allows a malicious or compromised application supplied in the flatpak package to bypass the sandbox isolation mode and gain access to files on the main system. The problem only appears in packages that use Freedesktop portals (xdg-desktop-portal), which are used for [β¦]
The openSUSE project developers have announced support for repeatable builds in the openSUSE Factory repository, which uses a rolling update model and serves as the basis for building the openSUSE Tumbleweed distribution. The openSUSE Factory build configuration now allows you to ensure that the binaries distributed in packages are built from the provided source code and do not contain hidden changes. For example, any [β¦]
AutoCAD and other software from the American company Autodesk are rightfully considered one of the best for design and spatial modeling. The company suspended operations in Russia in 2022, and now there are reports that pirated versions of its programs have been blocked. Many engineers, architects and designers in Russia were left without their usual software. True, literally in a few hours the exit [...]
Streaming giant Netflix announced the start of filming the fourth season of The Witcher series based on the fantasy saga of Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski and clarified the fate of the show. Image source: NetflixSource: 3dnews.ru
M**a has unveiled Llama 3, a large, next-generation language model that it unashamedly calls βthe most capable open source LLM yet.β The company has released two versions: Llama 3 8B and Llama 3 70B, respectively, with 8 and 70 billion parameters. According to the company, the new AI models are significantly superior to the corresponding models of the previous generation and are among [β¦]
Tough competition and slowing revenue growth are forcing Chinese electric vehicle makers to look at the European market, which until recently was not as closed to their products as the North American market. Dongfeng and Chery companies are considering the possibility of organizing the assembly of their electric vehicles in Europe for the local market. Image source: XinhuaSource: 3dnews.ru
The Kommersant newspaper, citing a representative of the software developer for computer clubs Langame, reports that the Association for the Development of Cybersports Infrastructure (ARKI) has appeared in Russia. Image source: ESL GamingSource: 3dnews.ru
Not long ago, the media wrote about the launch of a beta version of the digital content store AltStore PAL, which is an alternative to the App Store. Now it has been announced that the platform has been officially launched in the European Union and is available to residents of the region. Image source: AltStore PAL Source: 3dnews.ru
StringZilla β SIMD- and SWAR-optimized library for C++ (with bindings for C, JavaScript (Node.js module), Python, Rust and Swift) for fast string operations: search for substrings and character set (forward and reverse), sorting, Levenshtein distance, Hamming distance and others. However, the functionality is not the same for all languages. The project is distributed under the Apache-2.0 license. According to the author of the libraries, [...]
Google has published the release of the Chrome 124 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which serves as the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium in the use of Google logos, the presence of a system for sending notifications in case of a crash, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), a system for automatically installing updates, permanently enabling Sandbox isolation, supplying keys to the Google API and transferring [β¦]
