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Rest 1.36

The development team is excited to introduce Rust 1.36! What's new in Rust 1.36? Future trait stabilized, from new: alloc crate, MaybeUninit , NLL for Rust 2015, new HashMap implementation and a new flag -offline for Cargo. And now in more detail: In Rust 1.36, the Future trait has finally been stabilized. Crate alloc. As of Rust 1.36, parts of the std that depend […]

Valve has unveiled a new shader compiler for AMD GPUs

Valve offered on the Mesa developer mailing list a new ACO shader compiler for the RADV Vulkan driver, positioned as an alternative to the AMDGPU shader compiler used in the OpenGL and Vulkan RadeonSI and RADV drivers for AMD graphics chips. Once testing is completed and functionality is finalized, ACO is planned to be offered for inclusion in the main Mesa composition. Valve's proposed code aims to […]

75 vulnerabilities fixed in Magento e-commerce platform

In the open platform for organizing e-commerce Magento, which occupies about 20% of the market for systems for creating online stores, vulnerabilities have been identified, the combination of which allows you to carry out an attack to execute your code on the server, gain full control over the online store and organize payment redirection. The vulnerabilities were fixed in Magento releases 2.3.2, 2.2.9 and 2.1.18, which in total fixed 75 issues […]

People Can Fly would love to take on Bulletstorm 2, but for now it gives all the strength to Outriders

Fans of classic shooters highly appreciated Bulletstorm, introduced in 2011, which received a Full Clip Edition re-release in 2017. At the end of August, according to the executive director of the development studio People Can Fly, Sebastian Wojciechowski, a version for the hybrid console Nintendo Switch will also be released. But what about a potential Bulletstorm 2? This is really interesting to many people. It turns out that hope […]

Mozilla launches website showing how users can be tracked

Mozilla has introduced the Track THIS service, which allows you to visually evaluate the methods of advertising networks that track visitor preferences. The service allows you to simulate four typical profiles of online behavior through the automated opening of about 100 tabs, after which advertising networks begin to offer content corresponding to the selected profile for several days. For example, if you select the profile of a very rich person, the advertisement will start to […]

Rumors: The Last of Us: Part II will be released in February 2020 in four editions

Rumors regarding the release date of The Last of Us: Part II have been appearing in the information field since Sony placed the game in the “Coming Soon” section. After this, various sources pointed to February 2020, but there was no official confirmation. The same month was mentioned by a Nibel insider on his Twitter, referring to a Chinese user under the nickname ZhugeEX. IN […]

OpenWrt release 18.06.04

An update to the OpenWrt 18.06.4 distribution has been prepared, aimed at use in various network devices such as routers and access points. OpenWrt supports many different platforms and architectures and has a build system that allows you to simply and conveniently cross-compile, including various components in the build, which makes it easy to create ready-made firmware or a disk image […]

Intel NUC 8 Mainstream-G Mini PCs with Discrete Graphics Available Starting at $770

Several large American stores have begun selling the new compact desktop systems NUC 8 Mainstream-G, which were previously known as Islay Canyon. Let us recall that these mini-PCs were officially presented at the end of May. Intel has released the NUC 8 Mainstream-G mini PC in two series: NUC8i5INH and NUC8i7INH. The first included models based on the Core i5-8265U processor, while […]

Vivo Z1 Pro smartphone debut: triple camera and 5000 mAh battery

The Chinese company Vivo has officially introduced the mid-level smartphone Z1 Pro, which is equipped with a hole-punch screen and a multi-module main camera. A Full HD+ panel with an aspect ratio of 19,5:9 and a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels is used. The hole in the upper left corner houses a selfie camera based on a 32-megapixel sensor. The rear camera contains three blocks - with 16 million (f/1,78), 8 million (f/2,2; […]

yescrypt 1.1.0

yescrypt is a password-based key generation function based on scrypt. Advantages (compared to scrypt and Argon2): Improved resistance to offline attacks (by increasing the cost of an attack while maintaining constant costs for the defending party). Additional functionality (for example, in the form of the ability to switch to more secure settings without knowing the password) out of the box. Uses NIST approved cryptographic primitives. There remains the possibility [...]

ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop 4.0.93.0

ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop version 4.0.93.0 has been released. Major changes: Fixed potential GUI crashes Fixed an error when executing the command “sudo apt –reinstall install wget” A “Privacy Policy” button appeared in the installer Fixed a rare error when opening a directory on systems with GNOME environment Source: linux.org.ru

Successful fundraising for the Mobilizon project

On May 14, the French non-profit organization Framasoft, which recently introduced the federated video hosting project PeerTube, began raising funds for a new initiative - Mobilizon, a free and federated alternative to Facebook Events and MeetUp, a server for creating scheduled meetings and events. A total of three levels of funding were proposed with the following objectives: €20,000: event management tool; working on graphic […]