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Of Ubuntu On April 26.04, LTS, the "Programs and Updates" utility is planned to be removed.

It has been announced that in the upcoming issue Ubuntu On April 26, 2019 LTS, the Software & Updates utility will be removed from the default application set during a clean installation. Canonical justifies this decision by citing that many of the tool's features are overly complex or potentially dangerous for regular users. The primary concern is the potential for access to the main repositories to be disabled. Ubuntu via the graphical interface. Accidental deactivation […]

Release of Mesa 26.0, a free implementation of OpenGL and Vulkan

After three months of development, the release of the free implementation of the OpenGL and Vulkan APIs, Mesa 26.0.0, has been released. The first release of the Mesa 26.0.0 branch has an experimental status - after the final stabilization of the code, the stable version 26.0.1 will be released. In Mesa 26.0, support for the Vulkan 1.4 graphics API is available in the ANV drivers for Intel GPUs, RADV for AMD GPUs, NVK for […]

Available OpenVPN 2.7.0

Three years after the publication of the 2.6 branch, the release has been prepared OpenVPN 2.7.0, a package for creating virtual private networks that allows you to organize an encrypted connection between two client machines or provide a centralized VPN server for the simultaneous operation of several clients. Code OpenVPN distributed under the GPLv2 license, ready-made binary packages are generated for Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL and WindowsKey innovations: […]

China has launched the world's largest "flying minibus" – a 10-passenger eVTOL with 28 engines.

China's AutoFlight announced a significant breakthrough in low-altitude aviation, successfully testing the world's first electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft weighing 5 tons and capable of carrying 10 passengers. Previously, such a vehicle was designed to carry a maximum of six people. To ensure flight safety, the aircraft is equipped with 28 engines, and its design is somewhat reminiscent of a "shelf" aircraft […]

FocusWriter 1.9.0

FocusWriter 1.9.0 has been releasedβ€”a simple, distraction-free word processor accessible by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen. FocusWriter lets you customize your work environment by creating themes with font, color, and background image settings. It also offers live statistics updates, daily goals, the ability to open multiple documents, spell checking, and much more. When you open the program, your […]

Go 1.26

After six months of development, version 1.26 of the Go compiler and standard library has been released. Key changes include: A new built-in function that creates a new variable now allows an expression specifying the variable's initial value to be used as an operand. A simple example of this change is code like this: x := int64(300) ptr := &x Can be simplified to: ptr := new(int64(300)) Generic types can reference themselves […]

Vulnerability that allows bypassing the Intel TDX protection mechanism

Google and Intel have released the results (PDF) of a joint security audit of Intel TDX 1.5 (Trusted Domain Extensions). Intel TDX technology enables virtual machine memory encryption to protect them from tampering and analysis by host system administrators and physical attacks on the hardware. The audit identified six vulnerabilities and 35 non-impacting […]

Microsoft will save older PCs from expired Secure Boot certificates by silently updating them in Windows 11

Microsoft will automatically replace boot-level security certificates on devices. Windows before they expire at the end of this year. According to a Microsoft blog post, new Secure Boot certificates will be distributed as part of regular operating system updates. Windows 11. Secure Boot was introduced in 2011 to protect systems from any unauthorized changes to […]

Discord explained why most users won't have to undergo age verification.

Discord has officially clarified its updated user age verification policy: there will be no mass ID verification or face scanning. The new age verification system will only affect a small portion of the user base, while for the majority, everything will remain as before thanks to smart algorithms. Discord's administration emphasizes that an automatic age prediction system, based on the already […]

Go programming language 1.26 release

After six months of development, the Go programming language 1.26, developed by Google with the participation of the community, has been released. The language combines the high performance of compiled languages ​​with the advantages of scripting languages ​​such as ease of writing code, high development speed, and error protection. The project code is distributed under the BSD license. Go syntax is based on familiar elements of the C language with separate […]

It's time to start saving up for a PS6: Journalists have revealed the release date of the Horizon Forbidden West sequel.

Kotaku reporter Ethan Gach, citing sources, revealed how long fans of Guerrilla Games' post-apocalyptic open-world action games Horizon will have to wait for the sequel to Horizon Forbidden West. As a reminder, Horizon Forbidden West was released in February 2022 on PS4 and PS5, and arrived in spring 2024, along with the "Burning Shores" story expansion […]

Roskomnadzor admitted it had begun restricting Telegram and explained why.

Earlier today, unofficial sources reported that Russian authorities had begun restricting the Telegram messenger in the country. Now, Roskomnadzor, the agency responsible for such measures, has confirmed the restrictions, explained the reason for their actions, and explained how long they would last. The agency stated that it had indeed begun restricting the most popular means of communication among Russians, explaining […]

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