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Release of hostapd and wpa_supplicant 2.11, implementations of the wireless protocol stack

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After two and a half years of development, the release of hostapd/wpa_supplicant 2.11 has been published, which provides support for wireless protocols IEEE 802.1X, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, and EAP. The suite includes the wpa_supplicant application for connecting to a wireless network as a client and the background process hostapd for managing access points and the authentication server, which includes components such as WPA Authenticator, […]

Google has reconsidered its decision to eliminate third-party cookies in Chrome but promises to enhance privacy.

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After years of uncertainty, Google announced that it is no longer considering plans to completely eliminate third-party cookies in the Chrome browser. Instead, a new interface will be introduced that allows users to choose whether they want to share their data with websites and advertisers. The Privacy Sandbox ad display and analysis standard is still viewed by the company as an important initiative, but already […]

Google has reversed its decision to discontinue support for third-party cookies in Chrome

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The Vice President of Google overseeing the Privacy Sandbox project announced the cancellation of the plan to disable support for third-party cookies in the Chrome browser, which are set when accessing domains different from the current page’s domain. Third-party cookies are used to track user movements across sites in the code of advertising networks, social media widgets, and web analytics systems. Instead of a complete ban on third-party cookies in Chrome […]

Postgres Professional has updated the free course on PostgreSQL 16 administration

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Postgres Professional, a leading Russian database management system developer, has released an updated course on administrating the open-source PostgreSQL database. The curriculum has been enhanced with information on the latest versions 14, 15, and 16, including: a unified overview replacing four topics in the 'Access Management' section, which will later have a separate detailed course; a partially modified structure for a more logical and coherent presentation; Physical and logical replication […]

Release of the Glibc 2.40 system library

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After six months of development, the release of the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.40 has been published, which fully complies with the ISO C11 and POSIX.1-2017 standards. The new release includes fixes from 68 developers. Notable improvements implemented in Glibc 2.40 include: new exponential and logarithmic functions added to the math.h header file, defined in the C23 standard: exp2m1, exp10m1, log2p1, […]

The free course on PostgreSQL administration has been updated.

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Postgres Professional has released an updated introductory course DBA-1 on administering the open-source database management system PostgreSQL. The material is available for self-study on the website, as well as in authorized training centers. Key changes include: added information about PostgreSQL versions 14, 15, and 16; four topics in the 'Access Management' section have been replaced, for which a detailed standalone course will be developed later; the structure has been partially modified: […]

Release of the database anonymization tool nxs-data-anonymizer 1.9.0

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Nxs-data-anonymizer 1.9.0 has been released — a tool for anonymizing PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB/Percona database dumps. The tool is written in Go and is released under the Apache License 2.0. It supports data anonymization based on templates and functions from the Sprig library. Nxs-data-anonymizer can be used through unnamed pipes in the command line to redirect the dump from the source database directly to the target […]

OpenBSD has added support for VA-API for hardware-accelerated video decoding

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Changes have been accepted into OpenBSD that add the libva 2.22.0 library to the Xenocara X11 stack used in OpenBSD to form the graphical environment, based on modified versions of X.Org 7.7, X Server 21.1.11, freetype 2.13.0, and Mesa 23.1.9. The inclusion of the libva library allows for the use of the VA-API (Video Acceleration API) for hardware acceleration of video encoding and decoding in various […]

Gemrb V0.9.3

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After a year of work, GemRB version 0.9.3 has been released. GemRB is a portable implementation of the Infinity Engine from Bioware with open-source code. The Infinity Engine is the engine used in classic games like Baldur’s Gate (1 and 2), Planescape: Torment, and many others. Change log: GemRB v0.9.3 (2024-07-10): New features: full i18n support (language), custom log entries; […]

OpenMandriva ROME 24.07

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OpenMandriva ROME 24.07 has been released, a new version of the distribution with a continuous update model. Key updates: Transition to KDE Plasma 6: Plasma 6 is now used by default. Desktop environment options: Versions with LXQt 2.0.0 (Qt6) and GNOME 46.3. Wayland support: An ISO image with Plasma 6 Wayland is available, although Wayland is not yet replacing X11 by default for most users. […]

Incident involving the removal of one of the directors of the GNOME Foundation

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The board of the GNOME Foundation has expelled Sonny Piers from the board of directors and all GNOME committees, as well as blocked his account on GitLab and the GNOME Discourse project. Sonny was suspended back in May, but this has only now been announced. The decision to expel was made in a closed meeting, without publishing the voting protocol and without […]

Microsoft has released a tool for recovering computers after a global outage.

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Microsoft has released an official Recovery Tool to address the fallout from the global PC outage caused by a CrowdStrike software update. The issue affected over 8.5 million Windows computers worldwide, crippling critical infrastructure operations. According to Microsoft, the problematic update impacted more than 8.5 million Windows devices. However, this represents less than 1% of […]

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