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Microsoft will forcibly upgrade computers running Windows 11 24H2 to the current 25H2 version. Support for 24H2 officially ends on October 13, 2026 — this new measure is obviously part of the company's strategy to ensure that all devices remain up to date. The automatic installation of the new platform version will be rolled out on computers with Windows 11 24H2 in Home and Pro editions; systems with [ … ]
The release of the desktop-oriented operating system MidnightBSD 4.0.4 has taken place, based on FreeBSD with elements ported from DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. The basic desktop environment is built on Xfce (optionally, you can install the combination of GNUstep + Window Maker + GWorkspace). Unlike other desktop builds of FreeBSD, the MidnightBSD OS was originally developed as a fork of FreeBSD 6.1-beta, which was synchronized in 2011 [ … ]
An engineer from Amazon has identified a regression specific to Linux kernel 7.0, which is expected to be released on April 13. Changes to the task scheduler settings have led to a significant reduction in throughput and responsiveness when running the PostgreSQL database on ARM64 architecture systems. Using kernel 7.0, performance metrics during the pgbench "simple-update" test have nearly halved — from […]
Telegram founder Pavel Durov, commenting on the blocking of Telegram in Russia, stated that the messenger will continue to adapt, making its traffic more difficult to detect and block. According to Durov, 65 million Russians use the messenger daily via VPN, with more than 50 million sending messages every day. Ahead of the block, Telegram proposed that Russians subscribe to the Premium service for two years […]
Researchers from several universities in the USA and Australia have developed two Rowhammer-class attacks — GDDRHammer and GeForge — that allow for bit-flipping in GDDR memory chips when running unprivileged CUDA kernel on NVIDIA GPUs. Unlike the GPUHammer method introduced last year, the new attacks are not limited to affecting data processed in GPU memory, but allow for […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of Win32 API — Wine 11.6 — has been published. Since the release of 11.5, 28 bug reports have been closed and 261 changes made. The most significant updates include: Work has resumed on the wineandroid driver, enabling functionality on the Android platform. Heuristics for determining the order of DLL loading have been added to improve support for game mods. Continued efforts to improve compatibility with VBScript. […]
The world's first solar roof tile using thin-film perovskite has been developed in the Netherlands. This new element has relatively low efficiency; however, it allows a tiled roof to look like a regular roof rather than a collection of angled solar panels. The 'solar' tile is ready for mass production and could become an integral part of urban architecture, combining electricity generation […]
The release notes for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 (last update on 27.03.2026) reveal that the new Ubuntu Desktop with a Gnome-based environment now requires at least 6 GB of RAM and 25 GB of disk space. The server version 26.04 now requires 1.5 GB of RAM, while 22.04 only required 1 GB, and 18.04 required just 512 MB. On […]
The release of the OpenCloud 6.0 platform has been announced, allowing users to deploy a file-sharing and content collaboration system on their own servers. The project is presented as an open alternative to proprietary systems such as Microsoft SharePoint, Google Drive, and Dropbox, in compliance with the GDPR regulations in effect in the European Union. The project is based on a fork of the OCIS (ownCloud Infinite Scale) platform. Unlike the original codebase […]
The mobile platform /e/OS 3.6 has been released, focusing on user data privacy. The platform was founded by Gaël Duval, the creator of the Mandrake Linux distribution. The project supports 287 smartphone models and builds firmware for the most popular ones. Custom editions of devices with the pre-installed /e/OS firmware are prepared based on smartphones from OnePlus, Fairphone, Teracube, HIROH, and Pixel, distributed under brands […]
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the libinput library: CVE-2026-35093: Sandbox escape in plugins. A bug in the plugin loader allowed loading precompiled bytecode that bypasses runtime checks and thus is not sandboxed. This creates an opportunity for an attack that allows a malicious plugin to gain unrestricted access to the system, depending on user privileges. CVE-2026-35094: Use of […]
The first alpha release of the Pidgin 3.0 (2.95) instant messaging client has been presented. This release is noted as not yet suitable for everyday use. The builds are prepared in Flatpak format and hosted in the beta repository on Flathub. The Pidgin 3 branch has been in development since 2011, and prior to that, it was discussed for three years at the conceptual level. In Pidgin 3, a transition has been made […]