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Researchers from IOActive have identified a vulnerability (CVE-2023-31315) in AMD processors that allows for the configuration of SMM (System Management Mode, Ring -2) to be altered with privileged local access to the system, even if the SMM Lock mechanism is enabled, potentially enabling code execution at the SMM level. The SMM level has a higher priority than the hypervisor mode and […]
Researchers from IOActive have discovered a critical vulnerability in AMD processors that allows hackers to install virtually undeletable malware. The issue affects millions of computers and servers worldwide, reports Wired. The vulnerability, dubbed Sinkclose, has been identified in the System Management Mode (SMM) of AMD processors. This mode has high privileges and is intended for executing critical system functions. […]
The startup Perplexity AI, which has developed an AI-based search engine, has increased its monthly revenue sevenfold over the past two quarters, with the number of monthly system queries rising to 250 million compared to 500 million requests for the entire year of 2023. The Perplexity search engine has become one of the fastest-growing generative AI applications since the launch of ChatGPT by OpenAI […]
Tim Peters, the author of the hybrid sorting algorithm Timsort, a member of the Python Core Team, and a long-time contributor from the early versions of CPython, has been suspended by the Steering Council for three months due to a complaint regarding a breach of the code of conduct. Examples of violations leading to the temporary suspension include participation in discussions about changes to rules that allow the steering council […]
The Raspberry Pi project has introduced the new Raspberry Pi Pico 2 board, continuing the development of the compact Pico and Pico W boards equipped with their custom-designed microcontroller. The board is manufactured at a Sony factory and is available for $5. Like the previous Pico boards, the new model is primarily aimed at collaboration with Raspberry Pi computers, embedded systems development, and systems […]
OpenAI has announced an update to its ChatGPT service. Now, users on the free plan can create up to two images per day using the DALL-E 3 model. This change is part of the company's strategy to expand the functionality of its products. The DALL-E 3 version, launched in September 2022, was originally only available to subscribers of the paid ChatGPT Plus plan. Now, the service […]
System76 has announced the start of open testing for the Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS distribution, which includes a new desktop environment, COSMIC, developed in Rust. The main feature of the new release, aside from its lineage from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) and its long-term support capabilities, is the completely new COSMIC desktop environment, written in Rust. One of the key […]
The accompanying kernel packages from Canonical (Canonical Kernel Team) have announced a change in the process for selecting the Linux kernel version for upcoming Ubuntu releases. It has been decided to ship the distribution with the latest kernel available at the time of the release. Consequently, the stabilization and preparation of kernel packages for new versions of Ubuntu can now be done not only based on builds already […]
Correction updates have been issued for all supported branches of PostgreSQL 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, and 12.20, addressing 56 bugs identified over the past three months. Among other things, the new versions fix a vulnerability (CVE-2024-7348), classified as dangerous (severity level 8.8 out of 10). This vulnerability is caused by a race condition in the pg_dump utility, allowing an attacker with the ability to create and delete persistent objects […]
Looking Glass has begun shipping three new models of holographic displays. Larger 16-inch and 32-inch Looking Glass displays are available now, with the first priced at $4000, while the price of the second is available upon request. By the end of the month, it will be possible to purchase the compact Looking Glass Go holographic display, the size of a modern smartphone, for $299. Looking Glass has released a holographic […]
After nearly two years of development, System76, the creator of the Pop!_OS Linux distribution, has unveiled the first alpha release of the COSMIC desktop environment, written in Rust (not to be confused with the old COSMIC, which was based on GNOME Shell). Two ISO images have been created with COSMIC — for systems with NVIDIA GPUs (3 GB) and Intel/AMD (2.6 GB), built on the Pop!_OS distribution […]
Version 0.42 of the tiling Wayland compositor Hyprland has been released, focusing on customizability and high performance. The compositor is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD-3 license. Key changes and improvements include the removal of the dependency on wlroots: Hyprland no longer uses the wlroots library, which is commonly used for developing Wayland compositors; now Hyprland develops its components independently, allowing for the offer of unique and […]