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Google has introduced the second beta version of the open mobile platform Android 17. A preview testing program has been proposed to evaluate the new capabilities of the platform. Firmware builds have been prepared for 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 release of Android 17 […]
On February 26, version 26.3.0 of the cross-platform multi-format electronic dictionary GoldenDict-ng was released – a fork of the GoldenDict dictionary. The dictionary features support for local dictionaries in formats such as: MDict, StarDict, ABBYY Lingvo DSL and .lsa/.dat, XDXF, Zim, Aard and Aard 2 (Slob), DictD, Epwing, SDictionary, Babylon and Babylon glossary builder, files with sounds in directories, and combined in zip archives. It also supports network […]
Ondřej Surý, Director of DNS Engineering at ISC, who previously created the CZ.NIC Labs project developing the Knot DNS server, summarized the experiments using large language models to analyze, correct, and modernize the codebase of the BIND 9 DNS server, prototype new projects, and prepare materials for student training. Impressions from using AI boiled down to […]
OpenZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager originally developed for Solaris and now supported by the OpenZFS community. Supported platforms: Linux: compatible with kernel versions 4.18 — 6.19 FreeBSD: compatible starting from version 13.3+, 14.0+ In this release: fixed accounting of available space for special/dedup entries; compatibility with Linux 6.19: build from the source tree: fix […]
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside have developed a new class of attacks on wireless networks — AirSnitch (PDF). The attacks allow bypassing client isolation mechanisms in Wi-Fi networks that prevent clients from directly communicating with each other. In the worst-case scenario, the attacks enable an attacker to redirect the victim's traffic (MITM) for analysis or modification of unencrypted requests, as well as to spoof […]
ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 9.3 has been released with the implementation of a server for ONLYOFFICE online editors and collaborative work. The editors can be used to work with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project code is distributed under the free AGPLv3 license. Ready builds have been created for Linux, Windows, and macOS. At the same time, the ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 9.3 product release has been formed, based on a single codebase with online editors. […]
Kernel developers have extended the support periods for three supported LTS branches of the Linux kernel. Support for branch 6.18 has been extended from 2 to 3 years, 6.12 from 2 to 4 years, and 6.6 from 3 to 4 years. The support for branches 6.1, 5.15, and 5.10 remains unchanged. For regular kernel releases, updates are released only until the next stable branch is released (for example, […]
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) distributed under the Apache license. Key changes: After a thorough analysis of the FreeRDP client code, several vulnerabilities have been fixed. Configuration isolation has been added. Third-party client/server applications must check the new APIs freerdp_setApplicationDetails and winpr_setApplicationDetails, allowing customizable space in configuration files and runtime data for each application. For developers, we have placed most […]
Following the vulnerability discovered at the end of January that allowed logging in as root without password verification, several privilege escalation methods have been identified in the telnetd server from the GNU InetUtils package, resulting from the incomplete resolution of the vulnerability found in 1999 (CVE-1999-0073). The vulnerabilities are caused by the ability of telnetd to transmit environment variables from the client to the server using the ENVIRON option. Such variables […]
Rumors of Solaris's demise have once again been disproven, as Oracle has released the Solaris operating system version 11.4 SRU 90 (Support Repository Update). Among the updated packages are: BIND 9.20.15, cups 2.4.15, Go 1.25.5, GNU Binutils 2.45, openssl 3.0.18, PHP 8.4.16, python 3.13.9, sqlite 3.51.0, xorg-server 21.1.20, Firefox 140.4.0esr, FreeType 2.14.1, GNU Screen 5.0.1, gtk3 3.24.51, samba […]
Firefox 148 is now available. A new section titled 'AI Management' has been added to the settings, allowing users to disable any AI-related features (which also removes uploaded language models). The new tab page in containers has learned to utilize user-uploaded wallpapers. The ability to receive remote enhancements no longer requires telemetry to be enabled and is now available in settings ('Allow Firefox to improve functionality, performance, and […]
The board of directors of The Document Foundation, which oversees the LibreOffice office suite, has approved the resumption of development for the LibreOffice Online project, enabling remote work with the office suite via the Web. LibreOffice Online has a client-server architecture and can be used as an alternative to services such as Google Docs and Office 365 — on the server, LibreOffice Core handles composition and rendering […]