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Vulnerabilities in MySQL, VirtualBox, Solaris, and other Oracle products

Oracle has released a scheduled update of its products (Critical Patch Update), aimed at resolving critical issues and vulnerabilities. The June update addressed 245 vulnerabilities. Some of the problems include: 1 vulnerability in the MySQL server that can be exploited remotely without authentication. This issue is related to connection handling and has a severity level of 7.5 out of 10. The vulnerability has been fixed in releases […]

GrapheneOS ported to Android 17

The developers of GrapheneOS, which develops a secure free firmware based on Android, announced the readiness of the port based on the Android 17 platform released yesterday. The port is currently being moved to a public repository with the source code (the GrapheneOS developers gained access to the Android code and patches before public release, thanks to a partnership with one of the OEM suppliers). Today they plan to […]

Firefox 152

Firefox 152 is now available, featuring a redesigned settings interface and experimental support for JPEG XL. The browser's settings interface has been completely overhauled (browser.settings-redesign.enabled). Major sections have been split into separate pages, improving navigation through the settings. Additional intervals have been added for page zoom adjustment. The experimental settings section now includes the option to enable JPEG XL (JXL) support. When typing in the address bar, words […]

LDL 0.3 — a graphics library optimized for low-power systems.

A new release of the multimedia library LDL 0.3 has been published. It helps create graphical applications for both old and new operating systems. The code is written in C under the LGPL 3.0 free license. Key features of the library include support for systems. The code works on Windows 95+, macOS 10.6+, Linux 2.0+, and FreeBSD 3.0+. A simple API helps manage windows and collect signals from the mouse […]

VirtualBox 7.2.10 has been released.

Oracle has released a patch for the virtualization system VirtualBox 7.2.10, which includes 14 changes: initial support for Linux kernel 7.1 has been added for guest systems and host environments, additional fixes for the RHEL 9.8 distribution have been included, and a crash during kernel module compilation in openSUSE 16.0 has been resolved. Support for building source code using NASM assembler has been added […]

Release of Android 17 Mobile Platform

Google has released the open mobile platform Android 17. The source texts related to the new release are available in the project's Git repository (branch android-17.0.0_r1). Firmware builds have been prepared for Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9a/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10/10 Pro/10 Pro XL/10 Pro Fold, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet. Preliminary […]

Firefox 152 has been released with an updated configurator and support for JPEG XL.

The release of web browser Firefox 152 has occurred, and updates for the previous long-term support branches — 140.12.0 and 115.37.0 — have been created. The Firefox 153 branch will soon enter beta testing, with its release scheduled for July 21. Major innovations in Firefox 152 (1, 2, 3): the configurator interface has been redesigned, expanding the search capabilities for settings, and major sections have been separated […]

Release of the LDL 0.3 graphics library, optimized for low-power systems.

The release of the LDL 0.3 (Little DirectMedia Layer) multimedia library has been published, enabling the creation of graphical applications capable of running on both modern and outdated systems (Windows 95+, macOS/OS X/Mac OS X 10.6+, Linux kernel distributions 2.0+, FreeBSD 3.0+). It offers a simple cross-platform API for managing windows and processing events from input devices. OpenGL can be used for rendering […]

lzbench 2.3

After nearly eight months, version 2.3 of the lzbench console utility has been released, designed to compare many popular compression and decompression algorithms (the list can be obtained with the command lzbench -l). The utility is written in C, C++, Rust, and Zig, and is distributed under the GNU GPL 2 or 3 license — your choice. Changes: groups of compressor aliases have been reorganized […]

FreeBSD 15.1

The release of FreeBSD 15.1 has been announced — another update to the stable branch of FreeBSD 15, a universal UNIX-like operating system for servers, workstations, networking equipment, embedded systems, and cloud environments. According to the release schedule, the official announcement of FreeBSD 15.1 took place on June 16, 2026, and support for FreeBSD 15.1 is stated until March 31, 2027. FreeBSD 15.1 includes updates to the user environment, […]

Release of the KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment

After four months of development, the release of the KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment has been published. To evaluate the performance of the new KDE releases, you can use builds from the KDE Linux, KDE Neon, and openSUSE projects (Argon, based on openSUSE Leap, and Krypton, based on openSUSE Tumbleweed). Key changes in KDE Plasma 6.7: A unified style engine, Union, has been integrated, allowing the use of different technologies […]

Release of FreeBSD 15.1

After six months of development, the release of FreeBSD 15.1 has been formed. Installation builds are prepared for the amd64, aarch64, armv7, powerpc64, powerpc64le, and riscv64 architectures. Additional builds are supplied for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and cloud environments such as Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, and Vagrant. The FreeBSD 15.1 release will be supported until April 2027, and updates for the 15.x branch will […]

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