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After fiddling with the idea for a long time, Linus Torvalds has finally decided to add “lockdown” security feature in Linux Kernel 5.4. The feature will be optional and will be shipped as Linux Security Module in the upcoming Linux 5.4. The feature will bring a major change in how user-space interacts with the Linux […]
Richard Stallman recently gave a talk at Microsoft’s office, and all the speculation around it was kind of expected — many people concluded that Microsoft might have convinced the FSF-founder to jump the ship. It certainly hasn’t been the case, according to Stallman, who has come forward to clear the air. “I was invited, and […]
Microsoft is trying to find one more home for its revamped Edge browser. Its Technical Program Manager for web, Sean Larson, has put out a new survey on Twitter asking feedback from developers who depend on Linux for development, testing, and other stuff. The survey asks developers what distro they prefer for development, and whether […]
Banking is readily recognized as one of the main sectors undergoing significant transformation with the advent of AI (Artificial Intelligence). With deep pockets, the industry has the resources to put serious money into machine learning in every area from stock trading to customer service to mobile banking. Dispelling fear But there’s a real issue when […]
IEEE Spectrum, the popular magazine published by the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences, has released its annual list of top programming languages of 2019. Python has grabbed the first position in the list, making it the most popular programming language in 2019. The second position in the list is acquired […]
We recently informed you about the situation of Linux gaming on Steam and the number of Linux users are steadily increasing. Well, today another report from the creator of Ubuntu seeks to highlight the top 5 snaps being used across popular Linux distros. The report also highlights what a good chunk of Linux users does […]
Oracle Autonomous Linux OS has been announced to simplify cloud computing needs for server-side computers. It is the world’s first autonomous operating system and comes with Oracle OS management services. Oracle Autonomous Linux OS will mainly be used as a server-side solution on an enterprise scale. This Linux OS will provide a great deal of […]
After 8 release candidates, Linus Torvalds has finally released Linux Kernel 5.3. It is a major upgrade that brings many new features in terms of better hardware support, changes specific to Arm architecture and a couple of bug fixes. The extra release candidate RC8, as Torvalds says, was because of his busy travel schedule. Nonetheless, […]
Another day, another Android malware – This time; The Joker malware is here not to creep you out but steal from you. While “The Joker” might be your favorite villain fighting the dark knight, a new malware that goes by the name of it may not entertain you. It has been recently discovered by researcher […]
As with every app downloaded on our smartphones, we grant them specific permissions to help them perform their job. Often, these permissions are asked in the form of a pop-up which users accept without reading. After all, what harm can a simple app do? Turns out, a lot. Avast has released a report that details […]
Sony discontinued all handheld PlayStation controls in March 2019 which lead to a spike in DIY handheld consoles. Along similar lines, a Redditor named Darkwingmod has created a portable PS2 which uses Raspberry Pi 2 as SMB server to load games directly from Ethernet. Darkwingmod started the project way back in 2013, took a break […]
A new strain of ransomware named Lilocked or Lilu has affected thousands of Linux-based servers all over the world. The ransomware started infecting servers back in mid-July but in the last two weeks, the attacks have become more frequent. The very first case of Lilocked ransomware came to light when a user uploaded a ransomware […]
A Linux-based AI camera using the Microsoft Azure service has been officially announced. Microsoft made the announcement of the $249 “Vision AI Developer Kit” in their official blog post. According to Microsoft, this Linux-based AI camera can recognize patterns, images, and moving objects. Microsoft Azure servers will provide Azure cloud processing for image processing tasks. […]
Renowned computer programmer and free software advocate Richard Stallman was invited by Microsoft to give a talk to its employees at MS Research. While it was surprising for many, it wasn’t totally unexpected considering Microsoft’s recent love for open-source. The news was confirmed by Azure CTO Mark Russinovich who retweeted the post of Ale(ssandro) Segala. […]
What is video compression? Video compression is a technique of converting a video into a smaller sized file compared to the original video by erasing repetitive and non-functional content of the source video file. For eg., A video clip consists of frames. Think of each frame as an image that lasts for a specified duration […]
Just earlier this year in July, we gave you the latest update on the much-anticipated Libre 5 Linux smartphone that has been under development for quite some time. Back then, Purism announced the final specifications of its open source, Linux-based smartphone. Powered by a 1.5GHz i.MX8M Quad-Core processor, the smartphone will ship with 3GB RAM […]
Earlier this year in May, the folks at Offensive Security shipped Kali Linux 2019.2 — the second Kali release of 2019. The biggest feature of 2019.2 was the new Nethunter 2019.2 release that supports more than 50 Android smartphones. Going one step further, the developers have released the third point update of the year in […]
The RK3399 SoC has been used in a huge variety of devices. From Chromebooks to SBCs, routers, TV boxes, and even the upcoming Pinebook Pro. With its six cores, gigabit ethernet, USB 3.0, and PCIe support, it’s clearly an SBC powerhouse in the ARM world. I’ve often wondered what kind of benefit was actually gained […]
Last week we reported that the popular JavaScript library Standard JS has started showing giant ad banners in the npm command-line interface. However, this news wasn’t received well by developers and following the community’s negative reaction, npm has decided to ban terminal ads altogether. Ahmad Nassri, CTO of npm, Inc. told ZDNet, “we’re making updates […]
GNOME Foundation has partnered up with Endless to launch a new ‘Coding Education Challenge’ for budding programmers. The competition aims to encourage new projects that would offer innovative ideas to educators and students to promote coding around free/open-source software. Endless has issued $500,000 in funding to support the prizes. The prize money will be awarded […]
One can imagine that contributions to open source projects would be evaluated on the quality of code above anything else. However, researchers have found quite the opposite! In a paper titled, “Does Code Quality Affect Pull Request Acceptance?, submitted to “Information and Software Technology” journal; researchers tried to determine whether code quality issues such as […]