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Nim 2.2.10, a systems programming language, is released. Nim is a statically typed, compiled programming language with Python-inspired syntax and Lisp-like metaprogramming capabilities. The language compiles to C, C++, and JavaScript, delivering C-level performance with the expressiveness of high-level languages. The project's code is licensed under the MIT license. Nim's features include a macro system that operates on the AST in […]
The Tesseract-based optical character recognition (OCR) program dpScreenOCR 1.5.1 has been released. Using a global hotkey and the mouse, dpScreenOCR allows you to capture an arbitrary area of the screen for text recognition. Depending on the user's selection, the program can copy the recognized text to the clipboard, add it to the history, or send it to an external program. Ready-to-use builds are available for Linux […]
On April 23, 2026, the Tails project announced the release of a new version of its privacy-focused Linux distribution, Tails 7.7. Key changes include: Detection of outdated Secure Boot certificates: Microsoft has begun replacing Secure Boot certificates issued back in 2011. They are set to expire in June 2026. The new version of Tails now includes a notification: the system will warn the user […]
Canonical has published preliminary results of an independent security audit of the uutils coreutils (Rust Coreutils) toolkit, written in Rust and partially used in Ubuntu as a replacement for the GNU Coreutils package. The audit was conducted by Zellic, a company experienced in vulnerability analysis for Rust projects. The audit identified 113 security issues. The report is now available […]
The stable version of GNU Coreutils 9.11, a set of basic system utilities, is now available. It includes sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, and ls. Key features: Multibyte character support has been implemented in the cut, nl, unexpan, and expand utilities. The cut utility now has the "-w," "-F," and "-O" options for compatibility […]
Samsung and scientists from the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH, South Korea) have developed a thin optical system capable of switching displays from 2D to 3D. These displays remain thin, and viewing 3D images requires no glasses. Currently, the primary way to achieve glasses-free stereoscopic viewing is with displays based on light field technology, which have many […]
On April 23, the new long-term support version of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed “Resolute Raccoon,” was released. It can be downloaded and installed from the official website ubuntu.com. “Resolute Raccoon builds on the resiliency improvements introduced in the interim releases, including full-disk encryption with TPM support, improved application permissions support, Livepatch updates […]
A vulnerability called Pack2TheRoot (CVE-2026-41651) has been discovered in PackageKit, a D-Bus layer that unifies package management operations. This vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to install or remove arbitrary packages and gain root access to the system. The issue has been present since version 1.0.2 (2014) and was fixed in PackageKit 1.3.5. Researchers from Deutsche Telekom discovered the issue using the Claude Opus AI model. A working exploit has been developed that works […]
The adblock-rust ad blocking engine, developed by the Brave browser developers, has been added to the Firefox codebase. Brave's transition to adblock-rust has reduced memory consumption by 75% compared to the previously used engine—after the switch, Brave now uses 45 MB less memory in its default configuration. This savings is achieved by using the […]
It's no secret that Intel has been systematically reducing its involvement in open source. Of the company's approximately 1.3 GitHub repositories, 903 are already archived, and the last wave of closures occurred last December (see: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-OSS-Projects-Ended-2025). Now, as Intel winds down its open source activities, it's even gotten down to actually preaching the benefits of open source: the company has no employees left, […]
Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" has been released. It is a Long Term Support (LTS) release, receiving updates for 15 years (5 years for the general public, plus an additional 10 years for Ubuntu Pro users). Installation images are available for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, UbuntuKylin (China edition), Ubuntu […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2026-6770) has been discovered in the Gecko browser engine. It allows unique identifiers to be generated to track when multiple websites are opened from the same browser. The issue affects all Firefox-based browsers, including Tor Browser, and even works in private browsing mode. These identifiers are valid within the current browser process and are reset after a browser restart. The vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150/140.10.0 […]