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The ban on the sale of open source software through the Microsoft Store has been lifted

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Microsoft has updated its terms of use for the Microsoft Store to change the previously added requirement that the catalog does not allow profits to be made from the sale of open source software that is normally distributed free of charge. The change was made after criticism from the community and the negative impact of the change on the funding of many legitimate projects. The motivation behind the ban on the sale of open source software in the Microsoft Store […]

Qt Creator 8 Development Environment Release

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The release of the integrated development environment Qt Creator 8.0, designed to create cross-platform applications using the Qt library, has been published. Both the development of classic C++ programs and the use of the QML language are supported, in which JavaScript is used to define scripts, and the structure and parameters of interface elements are set by CSS-like blocks. Ready assemblies are formed for Linux, Windows and macOS. IN […]

Google employee develops Carbon programming language aimed at replacing C++

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A Google employee is developing the Carbon programming language, which is positioned as an experimental replacement for C ++, expanding this language and eliminating existing shortcomings. The language supports basic C++ portability, can integrate with existing C++ code, and provides tools to simplify the migration of existing projects by automatically translating C++ libraries into Carbon code. For example, you can rewrite certain […]

Vulnerability in the Linux kernel that allows you to bypass lockdown restrictions

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A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel (CVE-2022-21505) that could easily bypass the Lockdown security mechanism that limits root access to the kernel and blocks UEFI Secure Boot bypass paths. To bypass, it is proposed to use the IMA (Integrity Measurement Architecture) kernel subsystem, designed to check the integrity of operating system components using digital signatures and hashes. Lockdown restricts access to /dev/mem, […]

VirtualBox 6.1.36 release

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Oracle has published a corrective release of the VirtualBox 6.1.36 virtualization system, which notes 27 fixes. Main changes: Eliminated a potential crash of the Linux guest kernel when enabling the "Speculative Store Bypass" protection mode for one vCPU VM. Fixed a GUI issue with using the mouse in the VM setup dialog when using KDE. Improved update performance […]

Release of nomenus-rex 0.7.0, a utility for bulk file renaming

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A new release of Nomenus-rex, a command-line utility for bulk file renaming, is available. It is configured using a simple configuration file. The program is written in C++ and distributed under the terms of GPL 3.0. Since the previous news, the utility has acquired functionality, and numerous errors and shortcomings have been fixed: New rule: β€œfile creation date”. The syntax is similar to the Date rule. Removed a fair amount of "boilerplate" code. Significant […]

Epic Games has joined the organization developing the Open 3D Engine

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The Linux Foundation has announced that Epic Games has joined the Open 3D Foundation (O3DF), which was established to continue the co-development of the Open 3D Engine (O3DE) after it was discovered by Amazon. Epic Games, which develops the Unreal Engine game engine, was among the main participants, along with Adobe, AWS, Huawei, Microsoft, Intel and Niantic. […]

Published code for two more games studio KD-Vision

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Following the source codes for the games "VanGery", "Perimeter" and "Moonshine", the source codes for two more games by the KD-Vision studio (formerly KD-Lab) were published - "Perimeter 2: New Earth" and "Maelstrom: The Battle for Earth Begins ". Both games are built on the Vista Engine, an evolution of the Perimeter engine that supports water surfaces and other new features. Source codes are published by the […]

Google Publishes Cirq Turns 1.0 for Quantum Computer Software Development

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Google has published the release of Cirq Turns 1.0, an open Python framework aimed at writing and optimizing applications for quantum computers, as well as organizing their execution on real hardware or in a simulator, and analyzing the results of execution. The project code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The framework is designed to work with quantum computers of the near future, supporting several hundred qubits and […]

Release of nginx 1.23.1 and njs 0.7.6

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The release of the main branch nginx 1.23.1 has been formed, within which the development of new features continues. In the parallel maintained stable branch 1.22.x, only changes related to the elimination of serious bugs and vulnerabilities are made. Next year, the 1.23 stable branch will be formed from the 1.24.x main branch. Among the changes: Optimized memory consumption in configurations in SSL proxying. In the directive […]

Intel microcode decryption toolkit published

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A group of security researchers from the uCode team has published the source code for decrypting the Intel microcode. The Red Unlock technique developed by the same researchers in 2020 can be used to extract the encrypted microcode. The proposed possibility of microcode decryption allows you to explore the internal structure of the microcode and methods for implementing x86 machine instructions. Additionally, the researchers recovered the update format with microcode, encryption algorithm and […]

Release of Nebula Graph 3.2 graph-oriented DBMS

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The release of the open DBMS Nebula Graph 3.2 has been published, designed for efficient storage of large sets of interconnected data that form a graph that can number billions of nodes and trillions of connections. The project is written in C++ and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Client libraries for accessing the DBMS are prepared for the Go, Python and Java languages. The DBMS uses distributed [...]

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