Category: Blog

Release of Cozystack 1.0, an open source PaaS platform based on Kubernetes

The release of the open source PaaS platform Cozystack 1.0, built on Kubernetes, is now available. The project aims to provide a ready-made platform for hosting providers and a framework for building private and public clouds. The platform is installed directly on servers and covers all aspects of preparing the infrastructure for providing managed services. Cozystack allows you to launch and provision Kubernetes clusters, databases, and virtual machines. The platform code […]

KDE Development Weekly Report: Rounded Selection Style in KDE

The latest KDE weekly development report has been published, presenting changes for KDE Plasma 6.7, which is expected to be released in June. Among the changes made this week: A rounded selection style has been implemented in QtWidgets-based applications such as Dolphin, Okular, and KMail. This change unifies the appearance and ensures a consistent transition to the selection style previously used […]

Second beta version of Android 17

Google has released the second beta version of the Android 17 open source mobile platform. A preliminary testing program is available to evaluate the platform's new features. Firmware builds are available for the Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9a/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10/10 Pro/10 Pro XL/10 Pro Fold, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet. The Android 17 release […]

iPhone and iPad become the first consumer devices cleared to access NATO classified data

Apple announced that its iPhone and iPad smartphones have become the first consumer devices approved for use on NATO classified networks. This means that a standard iPhone running iOS 26 can access restricted NATO data without the need for any specialized security software or hardware modifications. "This achievement confirms that Apple has changed the traditional approach […]

Samsung has given up on ultra-thin smartphones after the failure of the Galaxy S25 Edge—there won't be a three-folding TriFold 2 either.

While Apple only came up with the idea for an ultra-thin iPhone Air smartphone last fall, Samsung Electronics has been offering its ultra-thin Galaxy S25 Edge since May. After collecting sales data, the South Korean giant has concluded that the market simply doesn't need another ultra-thin model right now. The chief operating officer of Samsung Electronics' mobile division […]

Samsung explained why it chose not to incorporate magnets into the Galaxy S26's body.

Samsung has no plans to equip its smartphones with a magnetic system similar to those used in Apple and Google devices. This design decision is dictated by a desire to maintain a balance between the device's size and functionality. Won-Joon Choi, executive vice president and head of Samsung's mobile R&D division, explained the manufacturer's rationale in detail. The main obstacle to integrating magnets directly into the smartphone's body remains […]

GoldenDict-ng 26.3.0

On February 26, version 26.3.0 of the cross-platform, multi-format electronic dictionary GoldenDict-ng, a fork of the GoldenDict dictionary, was released. Dictionary features: Support for local dictionaries in the following formats: MDict, StarDict, ABBYY Lingvo DSL and .lsa/.dat, XDXF, Zim, Aard and Aard 2 (Slob), DictD, Epwing, SDictionary, Babylon and Babylon Glossary Builder, audio files in directories, and files combined into a ZIP archive. Support for network […]

Experimenting with AI to improve BIND 9 code and rework Next.js

Ondřej Surý, Director of DNS Engineering at ISC and former founder of CZ.NIC Labs, the developer of the Knot DNS server, summarized the results of experiments using large language models to analyze, fix, and modernize the BIND 9 DNS server codebase, prototype new projects, and prepare student training materials. His impressions of using AI boiled down to […]

The Open Source Endowment has been established to provide endowment for open source software development.

The Open Source Endowment, a nonprofit foundation focused on providing grants to significant open source projects, has been announced. Unlike existing foundations that distribute incoming donations, the Open Source Endowment is based on the idea of ​​creating an endowment, which allows for uninterrupted funding, unaffected by fluctuations in the technology market, budget cuts, and the volume of incoming donations. Open Source […]

Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco users are complaining en masse about their smartphones bricking when updating to HyperOS 3.

Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO smartphone users have begun complaining en masse about their devices not working after installing the HyperOS 3 firmware. It turns out the update activates a regional lock, bricking the devices. According to Gizchina, the affected devices are so-called "gray" ones, which are Chinese versions of phones that were illegally flashed with the global firmware for sale on […]

A living brain grown on a chip played DOOM - not very skillfully, but it

A year ago, the Australian company Cortical Labs unveiled the unique CL1 personal computer—a compact desktop system containing approximately 200,000 living human neurons grown on a micrometer-sized electrode array. The neurons inside the system are kept alive by a special power and oxygen delivery system. This brain-on-a-chip was recently challenged to play DOOM. And it […]