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Firefox 68 is available. Major changes: The address bar code has been completely rewritten - HTML and JavaScript are used instead of XUL. The external differences between the old (Awesome Bar) and the new (Quantum Bar) line are only that the ends of lines that do not fit into the address bar now fade instead of being cut off (...), and to delete entries from the history, instead of Delete / Backspace you need [ β¦]
As you know, Huawei is developing its own operating system that can replace Android. The development has been going on for many years, although we only learned about it recently when the US authorities blacklisted the company, prohibiting it from cooperating with American companies. And although at the end of June Donald Trump softened his position towards the Chinese manufacturer, which allowed him to hope [β¦]
The release of the Firefox 68 web browser, as well as the mobile version of Firefox 68 for the Android platform, has been presented. The release is categorized as an Extended Support Service (ESR) branch, with updates released throughout the year. In addition, an update of the previous branch with a long period of support 60.8.0 has been created. In the near future, the Firefox 69 branch will enter the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled [β¦]
The AMD Ryzen 3000 family of processors hit the market the day before yesterday, and the first tests showed that they are quite good at work. But, as it turned out, they have their own problems. It is reported that the "three thousandth" has a flaw that causes a boot failure in the latest Linux distributions of the 2019 version. The exact reason has not yet been reported, but, presumably, the whole point is in the instructions [...]
A year after the release of 11.2 and 7 months after the release of 12.0, the FreeBSD 11.3 release is available, which is prepared for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, aarch64 and armv6 architectures (BEAGLEBONE, CUBIEBOARD, CUBIEBOARD2, CUBOX-HUMMINGBOARD, Raspberry Pi B, Raspberry Pi 2, PANDABOARD, WANDBOARD). Additionally, images have been prepared for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and Amazon EC2 cloud environments. [β¦]
Mozilla presented the release version of the Firefox 68 browser for desktop operating systems, as well as for Android. This build belongs to the long-term support (ESR) branches, that is, updates to it will be released throughout the year. Browser add-ons Among the main innovations of the version, it is worth noting the updated and rewritten add-on manager, which is now based on HTML and [β¦]
Mozilla has placed intermediate certificates from the DarkMatter CA on the Certificate Revocation List (OneCRL), the use of which results in a warning in the Firefox browser. The certificates were blocked after a four-month review of DarkMatter's application for inclusion in the list of root certificates maintained by Mozilla. Until now, trust in DarkMatter was provided by intermediate certificates certified by the current QuoVadis certification authority, but the DarkMatter root certificate [β¦]
A new extension has appeared for the Google Chrome browser with the self-explanatory name Netflix Hangouts. It was developed by the Mschf web studio, and its purpose is very simple - to disguise the viewing of your favorite series from Netflix, so that your boss at work thinks that you are doing something useful. To start, you just need to select a show and click on the extension icon in the Chrome menu. After this the program [β¦]
A person far from the gaming industry can easily confuse modern interactive entertainment with reality. Recently, a similar situation happened to a politician from Pakistan. Khurram Nawaz Gandapur tweeted a clip from Grand Theft Auto V in which a plane on the runway avoids a collision with an oil tanker using a beautiful maneuver. The man took the video [β¦]
The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of Russia has developed a draft law that involves the creation of a βnationwide interactive encyclopedic portal,β in other words, a domestic analogue of Wikipedia. They plan to create it on the basis of the Great Russian Encyclopedia, and they intend to subsidize the project from the federal budget. This is not the first such initiative. Back in 2016, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the composition [β¦]
International antivirus company ESET warns of a new malware that threatens users of torrent sites. The malware is called GoBot2/GoBotKR. It is distributed under the guise of various games and applications, pirated copies of films and TV series. After downloading such content, the user receives seemingly harmless files. However, in reality they contain malicious software. The malware is activated after pressing [...]
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces that the advanced SuperCam instrument has been installed on board the Mars 2020 rover. As part of the Mars 2020 project, we would like to remind you that a new rover is being developed on the Curiosity platform. The six-wheeled robot will be engaged in astrobiological research of the ancient environment on Mars, studying the surface of the planet, geological processes, etc. Plus, the rover [β¦]
