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Release of VirtualBox 7.0.16

Oracle has released a patch for the VirtualBox virtualization system version 7.0.16, which includes 15 fixes. In addition to these changes, the new version addresses 13 vulnerabilities, 7 of which are labeled as critical (with four issues rated 8.8 out of 10, and three at 7.8 out of 10). Details about the vulnerabilities are not disclosed, but judging by the assigned severity level, […]

The Gentoo project has banned the acceptance of changes made with the help of AI tools.

The governing council of the Gentoo Linux distribution has approved rules that prohibit the acceptance of any content created using AI tools that process natural language requests, such as ChatGPT, Bard, and GitHub Copilot. Such tools should not be used when writing Gentoo components' code, creating ebuilds, preparing documentation, and submitting bug reports. The main concerns leading to the ban on AI tools […]

New versions nginx 1.25.5 and the FreeNginx fork 1.26.0

The release of the main branch nginx 1.25.5 has been completed, continuing the development of new features. Only changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities are made in the concurrently maintained stable branch 1.24.x. The stable branch 1.26 will be formed based on the main branch 1.25.x in the future. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the BSD license. Changes include: In […]

Release of Firefox 125

The release of the Firefox 125 web browser has occurred, and an update to the long-term support branch 115.10.0 has been formed. Due to issues identified at a late stage, the 125.0 build was canceled, and the release 125.0.1 has been announced instead. The Firefox 126 branch has entered beta testing, with a release scheduled for May 14. Key new features in Firefox 125 include: The built-in PDF viewer has included […]

Sber will create its own ERP system to replace SAP solutions

Sberbank, according to RBC, is developing its own ERP system that will serve as an alternative to the German products of SAP, which has exited the Russian market. The investment amount in the Sberbank project has not been disclosed, but market participants indicate that it could be in the billions of rubles. In 2022, SAP announced its departure from Russia. On March 20, 2024, the company closed access to its cloud services for Russian users […]

Vulnerability in PuTTY allows recovery of user’s private key

A dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2024-31497) has been identified in PuTTY, a popular SSH protocol client for the Windows platform. This vulnerability allows for the reconstruction of a user’s private key generated using the ECDSA algorithm with the NIST P-521 elliptic curve (ecdsa-sha2-nistp521). To derive the private key, it is sufficient to analyze about 60 digital signatures generated by the problematic key. The vulnerability is present starting from PuTTY version 0.68 and has also affected products […]

Release of the GNU Taler payment system 0.10, developed by the GNU project

After a year and a half of development, the GNU project has released version 0.10 of the free electronic payment system GNU Taler, which provides anonymity to buyers while maintaining the ability to identify sellers to ensure transparency in tax reporting. The system does not allow tracking of where a user spends their money but provides means to track incoming funds (the sender remains anonymous), addressing the issues inherent to BitCoin […]

An initiative to free the Servo browser engine from its dependency on Mozilla's SpiderMonkey

The developers behind the Servo browser engine have introduced an initiative to enhance modularity and move away from using the low-level APIs of the JavaScript engine SpiderMonkey, developed by Mozilla and utilized in Servo to support JavaScript and WebAssembly. In the future, Servo plans to transition to a higher-level API and abstraction layer for interacting with JavaScript engines, allowing them to eliminate unsafe direct calls to […]

GitLab blocked BPC, a browser extension for bypassing Paywalls

GitLab has blocked the repository of the BPC (Bypass Paywalls Clean) project, which is developing a browser extension for accessing materials distributed through paid subscriptions (Paywall). The deletion was prompted by a complaint to GitLab regarding the extension's violation of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Currently, the developers of the extension are considering migrating the project to another Git hosting platform. […]

The Redka project is developing the implementation of the Redis protocol and API over SQLite

The first releases of the Redka project have been published, aimed at providing the RESP protocol and API compatible with the Redis DBMS, but implemented on top of the SQLite library. Utilizing SQLite additionally allows for data access using SQL language, for instance, for generating reports or data analysis. Support for ACID transactions is included. Redka can be launched as a server accepting requests over the network or used as […]

The energy consumption of AI and data centers has forced U.S. energy companies to reconsider their development plans in the coming years.

U.S. energy companies are predicting an increase in electricity demand driven by the explosive growth of data center and generative AI markets. According to Datacenter Dynamics, many energy providers in the country are currently revising their capital expenditures in light of the rising demand from data centers. Analysts from Reuters reported that nine out of ten energy suppliers in the U.S. link the growth of their customer base and electricity demand to […]

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