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The main branch of nginx 1.25.5 has been released, within which the development of new features continues. The parallel-maintained stable branch 1.24.x contains only changes related to the elimination of serious bugs and vulnerabilities. In the future, based on the main branch 1.25.x, a stable branch 1.26 will be formed. The project code is written in C and distributed under the BSD license. Among the changes: In [β¦]
At the announcement in October 2023, the organizers of the ambitious esports tournament Esports World Cup from the Esports World Cup Foundation promised the largest prize fund in the history of the competition and did not deceive. Image source: Blizzard EntertainmentSource: 3dnews.ru
Nvidia introduced entry-level professional video cards RTX A1000 and RTX A400. Both new products are based on chips with Ampere architecture, made using Samsung's 8nm process technology. The new items replace the T1000 and T400 models released in 2021. A notable feature of the new cards is their support for ray tracing technology, which was absent from their predecessors. Image source: NvidiaSource: 3dnews.ru
Apple has allowed users from the European Union to download and install applications bypassing the App Store, directly from developer sites. To do this, developers will have to meet certain requirements and obtain permission from Apple, but the fact that iPhone users in the EU will be able to download and install applications from the company's websites is important. Image source: Mariia Shalabaieva / unsplash.com Source: 3dnews.ru
The Firefox 125 web browser was released and a long-term support branch update was created - 115.10.0. Due to problems identified at a late stage, build 125.0 was canceled and 125.0.1 was announced as a release. The Firefox 126 branch has been transferred to the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled for May 14. Key new features in Firefox 125: The built-in PDF viewer includes [β¦]
Surprisingly, an unusually large stellar-mass black hole was hiding relatively close to Earth. The discovery was made based on data from the European astrometric satellite Gaia. A black hole with a mass of 33 solar masses was discovered in a binary system along with a giant star. It is the largest object of its kind discovered in the Milky Way and is the second closest black [β¦]
Sber, according to RBC, is developing its own ERP system, which will become an alternative to the products of the German SAP, which has left the Russian market. Sber does not disclose the size of investments in the project, but market participants say that we can talk about billions of rubles. In 2022, SAP announced its withdrawal from Russia. On March 20, 2024, the company blocked Russian users from accessing its cloud [β¦]
Yandex has combined the capabilities of Internet search and large generative models, creating a new service called Neuro. It is designed to answer user questions, for which algorithms select and study the necessary sources in search results. After this, the YandexGPT 3 neural network analyzes the collected data and generates one capacious message with links to relevant materials. Image source: YandexSource: 3dnews.ru
PuTTY, a popular SSH client on the Windows platform, has a dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2024-31497) that allows the user's private key to be recreated using the NIST P-521 Elliptic Curve ECDSA algorithm (ecdsa-sha2-nistp521) . To select a private key, it is enough to analyze approximately 60 digital signatures generated by the problematic key. The vulnerability has been appearing since PuTTY version 0.68 and has also affected products [β¦]
After a year and a half of development, the GNU Project has released GNU Taler 0.10, a free electronic payment system that provides anonymity for buyers, but retains the ability to identify sellers for transparent tax reporting. The system does not allow tracking of information about where the user spends money, but provides tools for tracking the receipt of funds (the sender remains anonymous), which solves the inherent problems of BitCoin [β¦]
The Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup truck has not been on the market long enough to be subject to a recall campaign, but information distributed among a few owners indicates the presence of one dangerous defect: some cars accelerate randomly because the accelerator pedal is stuck in the maximum position. Image source: TeslaSource: 3dnews.ru
Publisher Deep Silver and developers from Warhorse Studios (Kingdom Come: Deliverance) on the eve of the official announcement presented a new teaser for the next game from the Czech studio. Image source: Warhorse StudiosSource: 3dnews.ru
