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California-based Qualcomm is moving forward, aiming not only to strengthen its leadership in the 5G market but also to cover new frequency ranges. Today, Qualcomm introduced two new systems on a chip, the FastConnect 6900 and 6700, which are expected to elevate the bar for the next generation of mobile devices in terms of increasing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speeds. As promised by […]
The developers of the free content management system Joomla have warned of the discovery of full backup copies of the site resources.joomla.org in a third-party storage, which included a database of users from the JRD (Joomla Resources Directory). The backups were not encrypted and included data on 2,700 participants registered on the resources.joomla.org site, where information about developers and providers creating websites based on Joomla is gathered. […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel 5.7. Among the most notable changes are: a new implementation of the exFAT file system, a bareudp module for creating UDP tunnels, pointer authentication protection for ARM64, the ability to attach BPF programs to LSM handlers, a new implementation of Curve25519, a 'split-lock' detector, BPF compatibility with PREEMPT_RT, removal of the 80-character line limit in code, accounting of […]
Hello everyone! My name is Andrew, and I work as a DevOps engineer at Exness in the development team. My main activities involve building, deploying, and supporting applications in Docker under the Linux operating system (hereinafter referred to as the OS). Recently, I was tasked with similar activities, but the target OS for the project became Windows Server […]
A couple of weeks ago, I published a review of the Pinebook Pro. Since the Raspberry Pi 4 is also based on ARM, some of the optimizations mentioned in the previous article are quite suitable for it. I would like to share these tips and see if you experience similar performance improvements. After setting up the Raspberry Pi in my home server, I noticed that […]
Thanks to a sensor with an enormous resolution of 108 MP, the main camera of the Galaxy S20 Ultra is capable of taking highly detailed photos and provides digital zoom compared to the standard 12 MP cameras on the Galaxy S20 and S20+. However, the S20 Ultra also has a limitation: its main camera is less convenient than the 12 MP cameras of the Galaxy S20 and S20+ when it comes to […]
A new version of the LSP Plugins effects package has been released, designed for sound processing during mixing and mastering of audio recordings. The most significant changes include the implementation of a series of new plugins — the Multiband Gate Plugin Series. The ability to filter sidechain using LFP and HPF has been added for the following plugins: compressors, gates, expanders, dynamic processors, and triggers. Spanish interface localization has been added (user modification Ignotus […]
I will talk about the approach to organizing local isolated development environments on my workstation. The approach was developed under the influence of the following factors: different languages require different IDEs and toolchains; different projects may use different versions of toolchains and libraries. The approach consists of conducting development inside LXD containers running locally on the laptop or workstation […]
Preface Imagine a scenario where a blockchain platform is rapidly evolving, and the number of users is quickly growing, reaching tens of millions, leading to a sharp increase in associated costs within a short time frame. What strategies are necessary at this stage to maintain operational efficiency without hindering developmental pace due to complex approval and validation processes? As many businesses would agree, […]
Last week, Microsoft released the WinGet package manager as part of the announcements at the Build 2020 conference. Many viewed this as further evidence of Microsoft's alignment with the Open Source movement. But not Canadian developer Keivan Beigi, the creator of the open-source package manager AppGet. He is currently trying to understand what happened over the past 12 months, during which he […]
Many companies had to urgently test their business processes for compatibility with remote work technology during self-isolation. Some of these companies were satisfied with the results and plan to retain some remote workplaces even after the pandemic is over. VMware is among them, preparing to allow up to 60% of its employees to work from home. Even before the crisis brought about by the new coronavirus pandemic, as explained […]
On May 30, the 20-year validity period of the AddTrust root certificate expired, which was used to create the cross-signed certificates of one of the largest certification authorities, Sectigo (Comodo). The cross-signature allowed for compatibility with outdated devices whose root certificate stores did not include the new USERTrust root certificate. Theoretically, the expiration of the AddTrust root certificate was expected to lead only […]