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VMware EMPOWER 2019 conference: how was the first day

On May 20, the VMware EMPOWER 2019 conference started in Lisbon. The IT-GRAD team is present at this event and is broadcasting from the scene in the Telegram channel. Next - a report from the starting segment of the conference and a competition for readers of our blog on Habré. Products for users, not IT specialists The main topic of the first day was the Digital Workspace segment — […]

Release of Remotely - a new VNC client for Gnome

The first version of Remotely, a tool for remotely managing the Gnome desktop, has been released. The program is based on the VNC system, and combines a simple design, ease of use and installation. All you have to do is open the app, enter your hostname and password, and you're connected! The program has several display options. However, in Remotely […]

Since last year, US intelligence agencies have been warning companies about the dangers of cooperation with China.

According to a publication by the Financial Times, since last fall, heads of American intelligence agencies have been informing the heads of technology companies in Silicon Valley about the possible dangers of doing business in China. Their briefings included warnings about the threat of cyber attacks and intellectual property theft. Meetings on this matter were held with various groups, which included technology companies, universities […]

19% of the top Docker images don't have a root password

Last Saturday, May 18th, Kenna Security's Jerry Gamblin scanned the top 1000 Docker Hub images for their root password. In 19% of cases it turned out to be empty. Backstory with Alpine The reason for the mini-study was the Talos Vulnerability Report (TALOS-2019-0782) that appeared earlier this month, the authors of which - thanks to the discovery of Peter […]

How to start your DevOps transformation

If you don't understand what DevOps is, here's a quick cheat sheet. DevOps is a set of practices that reduce engineers' fears and reduce the number of failures in software production. As a rule, they also reduce time to market - the period from the idea to the delivery of the final product to customers, which allows you to quickly conduct business experiments. How to start DevOps transformation? […]

Firefox 67 release

The release of the Firefox 67 web browser, as well as the mobile version of Firefox 67 for the Android platform, has been presented. In addition, an update to the long-term support branch 60.7.0 has been created. In the near future, the Firefox 68 branch will enter the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled for July 9. Key innovations: The ability to automatically unload tabs to free up resources has been implemented. The function is activated when there is insufficient memory [...]

God Eater 3 received additional story missions, new heroes and aragami

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced the release of a story update for the action role-playing game God Eater 3. By updating to version 1.30, you can continue the story of the fight against the Aragas. The game has twelve new story missions, one free mission and six assault missions. In addition, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Marvelous First Studio have introduced two new heroes to God Eater 3 […]

AMD on the eve of the launch of Zen 2 announced the security and invulnerability of its CPUs to new attacks

For more than a year after the discovery of Specter and Meltdown, the processor market has been in a frenzy with the discovery of more and more vulnerabilities related to speculative computing. The most susceptible to them, including the latest ZombieLoad, were Intel chips. Of course, AMD did not fail to take advantage of this by focusing on the security of its CPUs. On a page dedicated to Specter-like vulnerabilities, the company proudly stated: “We at AMD […]

Nextcloud inside and outside OpenLiteSpeed: setting up reverse proxying

How do I set up OpenLiteSpeed ​​to reverse proxy to Nextcloud on the internal network? Surprisingly, a search on Habré for OpenLiteSpeed ​​does not give anything! I hasten to correct this injustice, because LSWS is a decent web server. I love it for its speed and fancy web administration interface: Although OpenLiteSpeed ​​is best known as a WordPress "accelerator", in today's […]

What will happen on February 1st?

Not that, of course, this was the first discussion of the issue on Habré. However, until now, the consequences have been mainly discussed, while, in our opinion, the root causes are much more interesting. So, DNS Flag Day is scheduled for February 1st. The effects of this event will occur gradually, but still faster than some companies will be able to adapt to it. […]

Discord with China: what are the risks for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA

Intel, AMD and NVIDIA depend to varying degrees on the Chinese market in terms of revenue, but the crisis in relations between the US and China will hit all three hard. In recent years, the Chinese market in terms of sales volumes of core products has been growing at a steady pace, without the former supply, the US economy will also begin to suffer For some, it will be easier to move from China, but for [...]

Rumors: the new game of the authors of Souls is being created with the participation of George Martin and will be announced at E3

Rumors about the participation of American science fiction writer George RR Martin in the development of a new game from From Software were partially confirmed by the writer himself. In a blog entry dedicated to the end of the Game of Thrones television series, the author of A Song of Fire and Ice mentioned that he advised the creators of a certain Japanese video game. The Gematsu resource revealed additional details about […]