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Chris Lattner, founder and chief architect of LLVM, as well as the creator of the Swift programming language, along with Tim Davis, former head of AI projects at Google such as Tensorflow and JAX, have introduced a new programming language, Mojo, which combines ease of use for research developments and rapid prototyping with the capability for producing high-performance end products. This is achieved through the use of […]
Corrective updates for the collaborative development platform GitLab 15.11.2, 15.10.6, and 15.9.7 have been released, fixing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-2478) that allows any authenticated user to attach their own runner (task execution application for building project code in continuous integration) to any project on the same server through manipulation of the GraphQL API. Details of exploitation are not yet […]
The release of the memory testing program Memtest86+ 6.20 is now available. The program is not tied to any operating systems and can be run directly from BIOS/UEFI firmware or from the bootloader to conduct a complete memory check. If issues are detected, the built-in Memtest86+ faulty memory block map can be used in the Linux kernel to exclude problematic areas using the memmap option. […]
The project developing the open microkernel seL4 has received the ACM Software System Award, an award granted annually by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the most prestigious international organization in the field of computer systems. The award is given for achievements in the mathematical proof of operational reliability, which demonstrates full compliance with formally specified requirements and acknowledges readiness for use in critical applications. The seL4 project […]
The portable edition release of the OpenBGPD routing package 8.0 has been presented, developed by the OpenBSD project developers and adapted for use in FreeBSD and Linux (support for Alpine, Debian, Fedora, RHEL/CentOS, and Ubuntu is claimed). To ensure portability, parts of the code from the OpenNTPD, OpenSSH, and LibreSSL projects were used. The project supports most of the BGP 4 specifications and complies with RFC8212 requirements, but does not attempt to cover everything […]
The release of the AlaSQL 4.0 DBMS is available, intended for use in web applications in browsers, in mobile applications based on web technologies, or in server-side handlers based on the Node.js platform. The DBMS is presented as a JavaScript library and allows the use of SQL language. It supports data storage in traditional relational tables or in nested JSON structures that do not require strict schema definition. For […]
The release of the SFTPGo 2.5.0 server has been published, allowing remote access to files using SFTP, SCP/SSH, Rsync, HTTP, and WebDav protocols, as well as providing access to Git repositories using the SSH protocol. Data can be served from the local file system and from external storage compatible with Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage. It is possible […]
A new web browser, Pulse Browser, built on the Firefox codebase, is available for testing and experiments with ideas to enhance usability and build a minimalist interface. Builds are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS platforms. The code is distributed under the MPL 2.0 license. The browser is notable for cleaning the code of components related to telemetry collection and replacing some typical […]
Administrators of the Packagist package repository revealed information about an attack, resulting in the takeover of accounts managing 14 PHP libraries, including popular packages such as instantiator (526 million total installs, 8 million installs per month, 323 dependent packages), sql-formatter (94 million total installs, 800 thousand per month, 109 dependent packages), doctrine-cache-bundle (73 million […]
Google has released version 113 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which forms the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium by incorporating Google logos, a crash notification system, modules for playback of copy-protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, always-on Sandbox isolation, the delivery of keys to Google API, and transmission of […]
Google plans to upgrade the browser interface in Chrome version 117, scheduled for September 12, replacing the secure data transmission indicator, shown as a lock in the address bar, with a neutral 'settings' icon that doesn't evoke any associations with security. For connections established without encryption, the 'not secure' indicator will continue to be displayed. This change underscores that security is now a default state, […]
An experimental branch of the APT (Advanced Package Tool) package management toolkit has been released, from which a stable version 2.8 will be prepared after stabilization. This version will be integrated into Debian Testing and will be included in the release of Debian 13, as well as added to the package base of Ubuntu. In addition to Debian and its derivatives, the APT-RPM fork is also used in […]