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[>] Альт Рабочая станция К 11.2
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2025-12-24 20:44:08


Доступен минорный релиз операционной системы «Альт Рабочая станция К» 11.2. Сборка подготовлена на x86_64 Одиннадцатой платформы (ветка p11 Salvia), на базе ядра 6.12 (LTS).

Скачать образ

• [ ftp.altlinux.org ]( http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p11/images/kworkstation/ )

• [ download.basealt.ru ]( https://download.basealt.ru/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p11/images/kworkstation/ )

• [ mirror.yandex.ru ]( https://mirror.yandex.ru/altlinux/p11/images/kworkstation/ )

В новом образе

• При установке системы появился выбор - активировать поддержку LVFS для удобных автоматических обновлений BIOS и прошивок устройств или отключить для полной ручной настройки в критически важных средах.

• Центр приложений Discover теперь поддерживает установку RPM-пакетов из файлов.

• Упрощена и стабилизирована система управления пакетами: поддержка SNAP удалена из установочного образа.

• По умолчанию включен фоновый сервис packagekit-background для предварительной загрузки пакетов, что ускоряет процесс обновления системы.

• Пользователи из групп wheel и netadmin теперь могут создавать системные подключения для всех пользователей в стандартном NetworkManager.

• В Kdenlive добавлена поддержка универсального формата проектов OpenTimeLineIO (OTIO) для совместной работы с другими видеоредакторами.

• Ключевые компоненты KDE теперь защищены от непреднамеренного удаления.

Обновлены версии приложений

• KDE Plasma 6 (Mesa 25.1, драйверы NVIDIA 580, Qt 6.9)

• Mesa 25.1

• Драйверы NVIDIA 580

• Qt 6.9

[ Техническая информация ]( https://www.altlinux.org/Альт_Рабочая_станция_К_11#Основные_новшества_в_11.2 )

Подробнее читайте на ресурсах сообщества:

• [ altlinux-announce-ru@ ]( https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/altlinux-announce-ru/2025/000063.html )

• [ community@ ]( https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/community/2025-December/689422.html )

[ Анонс «Альт Рабочая станция» 11.1 ]( https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/community/2025-August/689277.html )

[ Новость на basealt.ru ]( https://www.basealt.ru/about/news/archive/view/obnovlenie-alt-rabochei-stancii-k-112-udobnaja-nastroika-seti-novye-funkcii-dlja-ljudei-s-ogranichennymi-vozmozhnostjami-zdorovja )

[ Другие дистрибутивы ALT на сайте загрузки ]( http://getalt.ru )

https://www.linux.org.ru/news/russia/18177534

[>] 25.2% of Energy EU Used in 2024 Came From Renewables
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2025-12-24 20:22:01


An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2024, 25.2% of gross final energy consumption in the EU came from renewable sources, up by 0.7 percentage points compared with 2023. This share is 17.3 pp short of meeting the 2030 target (42.5%), which would require an annual average increase of 2.9 pp from 2025 to 2030.

Among the EU countries, Sweden recorded the highest share of its gross final energy consumption coming from renewable sources (62.8%). Sweden primarily relied on solid biomass, hydro and wind. Finland followed with 52.1%, relying on solid biomass, wind and hydro, while Denmark came in third with 46.8%, with most of its renewable energy sourced from solid biomass, wind and biogas. The lowest shares of renewables were recorded in Belgium (14.3%), Luxembourg (14.7%), and Ireland (16.1%).

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[>] YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
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2025-12-24 19:22:01


YouTube has been winning the streaming wars for years, but its real competitive advantage comes not from prime-time viewing but from its stranglehold on daytime hours when Americans are meditating, exercising, cooking, or simply looking for background noise. At 11 a.m. in October, YouTube commanded an average audience of 6.3 million viewers compared to Netflix's 2.8 million, according to Nielsen data. Amazon drew about a million viewers at that hour, and HBO Max, Paramount+ and Peacock each pulled fewer than 600,000.

The gap narrows significantly at night -- Netflix's audience swells to over 11 million at 9 p.m., trailing YouTube's 12 million -- but YouTube's dominance reasserts itself in overnight hours and through the next day. Netflix is responding by bringing at least 34 video podcasts to its service next year, including "The Breakfast Club," "The Bill Simmons Podcast," and "Pardon My Take." Amazon added the Kelce brothers' "New Heights" podcast to Prime Video in September. The strategy is intentional: roughly 75 percent of all podcast listening happens between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., according to Edison Research. YouTube said viewers watched 700 million hours of video podcasts on living room devices in October alone, a 75% increase from the previous year.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/1329210/youtube-has-a-firm-grip-on-daytime-tv?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] Why Are There No Large Market Cap Companies Globally in Edtech?
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2025-12-24 18:22:01


Goldman Sachs, in a note this week, via India Dispatch: There are various reasons that explains this: (i) A large part of the global education spend goes towards formal education (schools, colleges and universities), which are typically either run by governments or are not-for-profit institutions;

(ii) It is difficult to replicate education quality at scale in our view, since most teachers would have a different pedagogy, and thus standardization is harder to achieve vs that in other internet categories;

(iii) Education is fragmented - it includes various fields (schools, undergrad courses, medicine, engg, management, etc.), each with their own curriculum, and the same being vastly different across countries globally; this makes scalability difficult beyond a few certain specializations and regions.

Additionally, we believe the ability for online education to capture a sizable value share of supplemental education is limited since the perceived value of offline, including that from community, in-person engagement and doubt solving, rigour, etc., is typically higher.

However, we note that before China's double reduction policy in 2021, TAL and EDU had market caps of up to US$50 bn; these companies were mostly domestic focused and on the K-12 tutoring segment, which has large volumes. Similarly in India, Byju's reached a peak valuation of US$20 bn+ (link; again, focused on K-12), before issues around governance etc. impacted the business.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0846214/why-are-there-no-large-market-cap-companies-globally-in-edtech?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] Re: пустовато тут
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nnii(naste, 2) — shaos
2025-12-24 17:11:32


ну и перевёл бы его целиком или частично на ii. кстати, проблема та же, что я указывал в 2014 - в некоторых форумах темы с 0, с 2 или около того сообщениями, и чтобы всё прочитать, надо всё прокликивать. я бы хотел просто одним списком почитать все последние сообщения за последний год, например, прокликивать все форумы мне неудобно.

[>] [Перевод] Ёлочная игрушка, на которой запустили Doom
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2025-12-24 17:35:02


Опубликовано: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:01:28 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / Программирование микроконтроллеров / Хабр

Близятся Новый год и Рождество, а значит, ёлки и всё связанное с ними: гирлянды, украшения и, разумеется, игрушки. Праздник слишком уж весёлый, и я решил, что ему не хватает мрачной игры, поэтому напечатал маленькую ёлочную игрушку в виде модели IBM PC, засунул в неё самый маленький ЖК-дисплей, который смог найти, добавил туда процессор и логику, а также аккумулятор. Это устройство может висеть на ёлке и показывать демонстрационный режим Doom со звуком и музыкой. Но и это ещё не всё: если подключить ней любую BLE-клавиатуру или джойстик, то можно будет самому убивать миллиметровых зомби, какодемонов и импов. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/978176/

[>] US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoints Online
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2025-12-24 17:22:01


An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. The Europeans, characterized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as "radical" activists and "weaponized" nongovernmental organizations, fell afoul of a new visa policy announced in May to restrict the entry of foreigners deemed responsible for censorship of protected speech in the United States. "For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose," Rubio posted on X. "The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship."

The five Europeans were identified by Sarah Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, in a series of posts on social media. [...] The five Europeans named by Rogers are: Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index; and former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs. Rogers in her post on X called Breton, a French business executive and former finance minister, the "mastermind" behind the EU's Digital Services Act, which imposes a set of strict requirements designed to keep internet users safe online. This includes flagging harmful or illegal content like hate speech. She referred to Breton warning Musk of a possible "amplification of harmful content" by broadcasting his livestream interview with Trump in August 2024 when he was running for president.

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[>] 2015 Radio Interview Frames AI As 'High-Level Algebra'
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2025-12-24 14:22:02


Longtime Slashdot reader MrFreak shares a public radio interview from 2015 discussing artificial intelligence as inference over abstract inputs, along with scaling limits, automation, and governance models, where for-profit engines are constrained by nonprofit oversight: Recorded months before OpenAI was founded, the conversation treats intelligence as math plus incentives rather than something mystical, touching on architectural bottlenecks, why "reasoning" may not simply emerge from brute force, labor displacement, and institutional design for advanced AI systems. Many of the themes align closely with current debates around large language models and AI governance.

The recording was revisited following recent remarks by Sergey Brin at Stanford, where he acknowledged that despite Google's early work on Transformers, institutional hesitation and incentive structures limited how aggressively the technology was pursued. The interview provides an earlier, first-principles perspective on how abstraction, scaling, and organizational design might interact once AI systems begin to compound.

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[>] Выпуск XLibre 25.1.0
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2025-12-24 13:44:08


Спустя полгода после создания форка и первого выпуска создан стабильный выпуск сервера X11 XLibre 25.1.0. Этот сервер был создан из-за несогласия отдельных разработчиков с политикой проекта FreeDesktop.org, направленной на сворачивание поддержки и отказ от релизов X-сервера в пользу Wayland.

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18176833#cut ) )

[>] Lua 5.5.0
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2025-12-24 13:44:08


15 декабря, спустя примерно шесть месяцев после публикации [ предварительной бета версии ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18015519 ) , утверждён, сформирован и опубликован стабильный выпуск 5.5.0 языка программирования [ Lua ]( https://lua.org ) .

Финальное уведомление сообщества о событии произошло вчера, 22 декабря, в [ списке рассылки ]( https://groups.google.com/g/lua-l/c/jW6vCnhVy_s ) .

Lua – это встраиваемый, интерпретируемый язык программирования, используемый в [ огромном числе программных продуктов ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/17612736 ) как язык-компаньон.

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/18176474#cut ) )

[>] Ламповый компьютер, аппаратная трассировка, логика на пневмонике: «Битовые маски» с Артёмом Кашкановым
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2025-12-24 12:35:02


Опубликовано: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 07:59:32 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / DIY или Сделай сам / Хабр

«Битовые маски» — это подкаст о системном программировании, разработке процессоров и связанных темах. Недавно мы завершили первый сезон подкаста — 25 выпусков, насыщенных интересными беседами. В новой серии статей мы вспоминаем яркие моменты прошедших эпизодов. И начнем с 24-го, где гостем стал Артём Кашканов, известный энтузиаст в области ретроэлектроники, создатель проектов BrainfuckPC и DekatronPC. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/companies/yadro/articles/980018/

[>] Сравнение числа ошибок в коде, написанном людьми и AI
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2025-12-24 12:44:02


Исследователи из компании CodeRabbit проанализировали 470 pull-запросов (350 - созданные AI, 150 - написанные вручную) в открытых проектах на GitHub и пришли к выводу, что в изменениях, сгенерированных AI-ассистентами, присутствует в 1.7 раза больше значительных дефектов и в 1.4 раза больше критических проблем, чем во вручную написанном коде. В среднем в сгенерированных через AI pull-запросах присутствовало 10.83 проблем, в то время как в созданных вручную изменениях данный показатель составил 6.45.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64485

[>] STATS 2025-12-23
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2025-12-24 12:11:01


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[>] Ассемблер для гоферов. Стек. Особенности amd64, arm64 и arm. Часть 3
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Опубликовано: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 07:01:13 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / Assembler / Хабр

В этой части мы научимся создавать и использовать локальные переменные на стеке в наших ассемблерных функциях, а также поговорим о различиях процессорных архитектур и о том, как их использовать в Go-ассемблере. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/979326/

[>] What Might Adding Emojis and Pictures To Text Programming Languages Look Like?
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2025-12-24 11:22:02


theodp writes: We all mix pictures, emojis, and text freely in our communications. So why not in our code? That's the premise of "Fun With Python and Emoji: What Might Adding Pictures to Text Programming Languages Look Like?" (two-image Bluesky explainer; full slides), which takes a look at what mixing emoji with Python and SQL might look like. A GitHub repo includes a Google Colab-ready Python notebook proof of concept that does rudimentary emoji-to-text translation via an IPython input transformer.

So, in the Golden Age of AI -- some 60+ years after Kenneth Iverson introduced the chock-full-of-symbols APL -- are valid technical reasons still keeping symbols and pictures out of code, or is their absence more of a programming dogma thing?

[ Read more of this story ]( https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0323250/what-might-adding-emojis-and-pictures-to-text-programming-languages-look-like?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] Оценка производительности драйвера AMDGPU, включённого в ядре 6.19 для видеокарт GCN 1.x
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2025-12-24 10:44:02


Ресурс Phoronix сравнил производительность графических операций при использовании видеокарты Radeon HD 7950 в окружении Ubuntu 25.10 с ядром Linux 6.18 с драйвером Radeon и ядром 6.19-rc1 с драйвером AMDGPU в конфигурации c Mesa 26.0-devel. Ядро 6.19, релиз которого ожидается в феврале, примечательно активацией по умолчанию драйвера AMDGPU для видеокарт семейства GCN 1.0 "Southern Island" и 1.1 "Sea Islands".

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64481

[>] Meta* использует планировщик для Steam Deck на своих серверах
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2025-12-24 09:44:06


На конференции Linux Plumbers Conference 2025 инженеры компании Meta* рассказали о преимуществах использования scx_lavd на своих серверах. В докладе объясняют, какие сложности возникают при выборе планировщика и почему алгоритм для переносного игрового устройства интересен для решения задач в дата-центрах.

scx_lavd (Latency-criticality Aware Virtual Deadline scheduler) разрабатывается по контракту с Valve для использования в Steam Deck. Он основан на механизме sched_ext ядра Linux, который позволяет реализовывать планировщики с помощью BPF и динамически подключать их «на лету».

Попробовать scx_lavd и другие scx планировщики можно самостоятельно, следуя инструкциям [ scx ]( https://github.com/sched-ext/scx ) для своего дистрибутива.

* Meta, в том числе ее продукты Facebook и Instagram, признана экстремистской организацией в России.

https://www.linux.org.ru/news/linux-general/18176898

[>] Inside Uzbekistan's Nationwide License Plate Surveillance System
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2025-12-24 08:22:02


An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Across Uzbekistan, a network of about a hundred banks of high-resolution roadside cameras continuously scan vehicles' license plates and their occupants, sometimes thousands a day, looking for potential traffic violations. Cars running red lights, drivers not wearing their seatbelts, and unlicensed vehicles driving at night, to name a few. The driver of one of the most surveilled vehicles in the system was tracked over six months as he traveled between the eastern city of Chirchiq, through the capital Tashkent, and in the nearby settlement of Eshonguzar, often multiple times a week. We know this because the country's sprawling license plate-tracking surveillance system has been left exposed to the internet.

Security researcher Anurag Sen, who discovered the security lapse, found the license plate surveillance system exposed online without a password, allowing anyone access to the data within. It's not clear how long the surveillance system has been public, but artifacts from the system show that its database was set up in September 2024, and traffic monitoring began in mid-2025. The exposure offers a rare glimpse into how such national license plate surveillance systems work, the data they collect, and how they can be used to track the whereabouts of any one of the millions of people across an entire country. The lapse also reveals the security and privacy risks associated with the mass monitoring of vehicles and their owners, at a time when the United States is building up its nationwide array of license plate readers, many of which are provided by surveillance giant Flock.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/2220226/inside-uzbekistans-nationwide-license-plate-surveillance-system?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] iOS 26.3 Brings AirPods-Like Pairing To Third-Party Devices In EU Under DMA
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2025-12-24 06:22:01


Under pressure from the Digital Markets Act, Apple's iOS 26.3 adds AirPods-style proximity pairing and notification support for third-party accessories in the EU. The changes will roll out to European users in 2026. MacRumors reports: The Digital Markets Act requires Apple to provide third-party accessories with the same capabilities and access to device features that Apple's own products get. In iOS 26.3, EU wearable device makers can now test proximity pairing and improved notifications.

Here are the new capabilities that Apple is adding:
- Proximity pairing - Devices like earbuds will be able to pair with an iOS device in an AirPods-like way by bringing the accessory close to an iPhone or iPad to initiate a simple, one-tap pairing process. Pairing third-party devices will no longer require multiple steps.
- Notifications - Third-party accessories like smart watches will be able to receive notifications from the iPhone. Users will be able to view and react to incoming notifications, which is functionality normally limited to the Apple Watch. Notifications can only be forwarded to one connected device at a time, and turning on notifications for a third-party device disables notifications to an Apple Watch.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://devices.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/2247241/ios-263-brings-airpods-like-pairing-to-third-party-devices-in-eu-under-dma?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] John Carreyou and Other Authors Bring New Lawsuit Against Six Major AI Companies
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2025-12-24 06:22:01


A group of authors led by John Carreyrou has filed a new lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity, accusing the AI firms of training models on pirated copies of their books. TechCrunch reports: If this sounds familiar, it's because another set of authors already filed a class action suit against Anthropic for these same acts of copyright infringement. In that case, the judge ruled that it was legal for Anthropic and similar AI companies to train on pirated copies of books, but that it was not legal to pirate the books in the first place.

While eligible writers can receive about $3,000 from the $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement, some authors were dissatisfied with that resolution -- it doesn't hold AI companies accountable for the actual act of using stolen books to train their models, which generate billions of dollars in revenue. The plaintiffs in the new lawsuit say the proposed Anthropic settlement "seems to serve [the AI companies], not creators."

"LLM companies should not be able to so easily extinguish thousands upon thousands of high-value claims at bargain-basement rates, eliding what should be the true cost of their massive willful infringement."

[ Read more of this story ]( https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/2254257/john-carreyou-and-other-authors-bring-new-lawsuit-against-six-major-ai-companies?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers
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2025-12-24 05:22:01


Phoronix's Michael Larabel writes: An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck... On Meta Servers. Meta has found that the scheduler can actually adapt and work very well on the hyperscaler's large servers. [...]

The presentation at LPC 2025 by Meta engineers was in fact titled "How do we make a Steam Deck scheduler work on large servers." At Meta they have explored SCX_LAVD as a "default" fleet scheduler for their servers that works for a range of hardware and use-cases for where they don't need any specialized scheduler. They call this scheduler built atop sched_ext as "Meta's New Default Scheduler."

LAVD they found to work well across the growing CPU and memory configurations of their servers, nice load balancing between CCX/LLC boundaries, and more. Those wishing to learn more about Meta's use and research into SCX-LAVD can find the Linux Plumbers Conference presentation embedded below along with the slide deck (PDF).

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[>] ServiceNow To Buy Armis For $7.75 Billion As It Bets Big On Cybersecurity For AI
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from MarketWatch: ServiceNow announced a deal to acquire cybersecurity company Armis on Tuesday, marking a new milestone in the software giant's artificial-intelligence business strategy. The $7.75 billion all-cash transaction is part of ServiceNow's goal of advancing governance and trust in autonomous AI agents, and the company's largest transaction to date. "The acquisition of Armis will extend and enhance ServiceNow's Security, Risk, and [Operational Technology] portfolios in critical and fast-growing areas of cybersecurity and drive increased AI adoption by strengthening trust across businesses' connected environments," the company wrote in a press release.

While ServiceNow built its foundation IT service management products, the company has positioned itself as an "AI control tower" that orchestrates workflows across HR, customer service and security operations. Organizations today are operating in increasingly complex environments, with assets spanning from laptops and servers to smart grid devices, Gina Mastantuono, chief financial officer of ServiceNow, told MarketWatch on Tuesday. "But at the same time, cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and more complex," she added.

ServiceNow's Security and Risk business crossed $1 billion in annual contract value earlier this year, and the Armis acquisition is expected to triple ServiceNow's market opportunity in the sector. Armis currently has over $340 million in annual recurring revenue, with growth exceeding 50% year-over-year, according to the press release. The Armis acquisition would allow ServiceNow to create an "end-to-end proactive cybersecurity exposure and operations stack that enables enterprises to see, decide and act across a business' entire technology footprint," Mastantuono said.

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[>] Ireland's Diarmuid Early Wins World Microsoft Excel Title
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Irish competitor Diarmuid Early, dubbed the "Lebron James of Excel spreadsheets," has won the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, dethroning three-time champion Andrew Ngai. The BBC reports: The esport showpiece in December attracted competitors worldwide as 256 spreadsheet heads battled it out across knockout rounds to join the final 24 in Vegas. [...] A three-time champion in the financial Excel tournaments, this win was Diarmuid's first in the overall competition. He held the triple-world champion Andrew Ngai to second place, and won the $5,000 prize and title belt. [...]

Excel esports transforms a common office tool into a dynamic sport. More than 20 years old, the competitive scene has evolved from being finance based to now involving more general problem solving. Although it might help, Diarmuid said "it doesn't require accounting or finance knowledge." He described an example where Excel is used in solving a maze, scoring poker hands, or even sorting Kings and Queens into the battles in which they fought.

Generally there is a 30 minute challenge, with each challenge broken up into levels. The questions increase gradually in difficulty, with each correct answer gaining a player points. Whoever gets the most points wins, and in a tie, it is whoever got there first. "It's just, can you think on your feet and do things quickly in Excel?" he said. "If you solve the earlier levels in a neat way, that'll let you hit the ground running faster on the later ones."

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[>] Judge Blocks Texas App Store Age Verification Law
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A federal judge blocked Texas' app store age-verification law, ruling it likely violates the First Amendment by forcing platforms to gate speech and collect data in an overly broad way. The law was set to go into effect on January 1, 2026. The Verge reports: In an order granting a preliminary injunction on the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420), Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the statute "is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door and, for minors, require parental consent before the child or teen could enter and again when they try to purchase a book." Pitman has not yet ruled on the merits of the case, but his decision to grant the preliminary injunction means he believes its defenders are unlikely to prevail in court.

Pitman found that the highest level of scrutiny must be applied to evaluate the law under the First Amendment, which means the state must prove the law is "the least restrictive means of achieving a compelling state interest." The judge found this is not the case and that it wouldn't even survive intermediate scrutiny, because Texas has so far failed to prove that its goals are connected to its methods. Since Texas already has a law requiring age verification for porn sites, Pitman said that "only in the vast minority of applications would SB 2420 have a constitutional application to unprotected speech not addressed by other laws." Though Pitman acknowledged the importance of safeguarding kids online, he added, "the means to achieve that end must be consistent with the First Amendment. However compelling the policy concerns, and however widespread the agreement that the issue must be addressed, the Court remains bound by the rule of law." "The Texas App Store Accountability Act is the first among a series of similar state laws to face a legal challenge, making the ruling especially significant, as Congress considers a version of the statute," notes The Verge. "The laws, versions of which also passed in Utah and Louisiana, aim to impose age verification standards at the app store level, making companies like Apple and Google responsible for transmitting signals about users' ages to app developers to block users from age-inappropriate experiences."

"The state can still appeal the ruling with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has a history of reversing blocks on internet regulations."

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[>] LimeWire Re-Emerges In Online Rush To Share Pulled '60 Minutes' Segment
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: CBS cannot contain the online spread of a "60 Minutes" segment that its editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, tried to block from airing. The episode, "Inside CECOT," featured testimonies from US deportees who were tortured or suffered physical or sexual abuse at a notorious Salvadoran prison, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism. "Welcome to hell," one former inmate was told upon arriving, the segment reported, while also highlighting a clip of Donald Trump praising CECOT and its leadership for "great facilities, very strong facilities, and they don't play games."

Weiss controversially pulled the segment on Monday, claiming it could not air in the US because it lacked critical voices, as no Trump officials were interviewed. She claimed that the segment "did not advance the ball" and merely echoed others' reporting, NBC News reported. Her plan was to air the segment when it was "ready," insisting that holding stories "for whatever reason" happens "every day in every newsroom." But Weiss apparently did not realize that the "Inside CECOT" would still stream in Canada, giving the public a chance to view the segment as reporters had intended.

Critics accusing CBS of censoring the story quickly shared the segment online Monday after discovering that it was available on the Global TV app. Using a VPN to connect to the app with a Canadian IP address was all it took to override Weiss' block in the US, as 404 Media reported the segment was uploaded to "to a variety of file sharing sites and services, including iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent," including on the recently revived file-sharing service LimeWire. It's currently also available to stream on the Internet Archive, where one reviewer largely summed up the public's response so far, writing, "cannot believe this was pulled, not a dang thing wrong with this segment except it shows truth." "Yo what," joked Reddit user Howzitgoin, highlighting only the word "LimeWire." Another user responded, "man, who knew my nostalgia prof pic would become relevant again, WTF."

"Bringing back LimeWire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit," a Bluesky user wrote.

"We need a champion against the darkness," a Reddit commenter echoed. "I side with LimeWire."

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[>] 'Fragmented' Microsoft Tools Undercut Efficiency at Amazon and Whole Foods, Internal Deloitte Review Finds
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An anonymous reader shares a report: It's been more than eight years since Amazon bought Whole Foods, but the two companies still haven't aligned their setup for the Microsoft software their employees use. That disconnect was flagged in an 8-week Deloitte review of Whole Foods' use of Microsoft 365 apps earlier this year, according to an internal document obtained by Business Insider. Deloitte found that Whole Foods relies on "fragmented" Microsoft toolsets, has loose security and data-retention practices, and employs a complex user-management setup -- all of which contribute to inefficiencies and lower productivity when working with Amazon employees.

The consulting firm recommended a 24-month integration plan that would first move Whole Foods' corporate employees onto Amazon's backend system, followed by its frontline workers. The phased approach would ensure a "smooth transition for users and minimal disruption to business processes," while generating cost savings, the document said. The review, completed in May, highlights Amazon's ongoing challenges in integrating Whole Foods. Since acquiring the chain in 2017, the company has struggled to scale the business and integrate operations, resulting in frequent reorganizations and shifting strategic priorities.

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[>] Is the Dictionary Done For?
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In the late 1980s, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary sat on the New York Times best-seller list for 155 consecutive weeks and eventually sold 57 million copies, a figure believed to be second only to the Bible in the United States -- but those days are thoroughly gone. Stefan Fatsis's new book "Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary" chronicles what Louis Menand describes in The New Yorker as "a losing struggle" for legacy dictionaries to survive in the internet age.

The profession has been decimated: an estimated 200 full-time lexicographers worked in the US 25 years ago, and Fatsis believes that number is "probably closer to thirty" today. "By the time I finished this book," Fatsis writes, "it wasn't clear how long flesh-bone-and-blood lexicographers would be needed to chronicle the march of the English language."

Merriam-Webster is now owned by Encycloaedia Britannica, another print-era giant that stopped publishing physical volumes in 2012. The company's free website draws about a billion page views annually, but the content has shifted dramatically -- word games, trending slang and ads dominate rather than lexicographic depth. The scale of the challenge facing dictionaries is staggering. One study of digitized library books found the English lexicon grew from about 600,000 words in 1950 to over a million by 2000, and concluded that 52% of English words in printed books are "lexical dark matter" that appears in no standard reference work.

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[>] Europe's Public Institutions Are Quietly Ditching US Cloud Providers
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European public institutions are quietly migrating away from American cloud providers and office software, driven less by policy ambitions in Brussels than by the mundane legal reality that GDPR-mandated risk assessments keep flagging the US CLOUD Act as an unacceptable threat to citizen data.

Austria's Federal Ministry for Economy, Energy and Tourism moved 1,200 employees to the open-source platform Nextcloud in four months. Germany's Schleswig-Holstein has already transitioned 24,000 of its 30,000 civil servants to LibreOffice, Nextcloud and Thunderbird. The International Criminal Court in The Hague announced in November 2025 that it would replace Microsoft office software after chief prosecutor Karim Khan was temporarily locked out of his Outlook account.

Competition economist Cristina Caffarra estimates that 90% of Europe's digital infrastructure is now controlled by non-European companies. Forrester predicts no European enterprise will fully abandon US hyperscalers in 2026, but these targeted migrations for sensitive government applications are already underway.

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[>] Samsung's 2026 Gaming Monitors Promise 6K, 3D, and Up To 1,040Hz
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Samsung is breaking new ground with its 2026 lineup of gaming monitors, with the Odyssey 3D G90XH becoming the first to feature a 6K display with "glasses-free 3D." The new monitor comes with a 32-inch IPS panel, offering real-time eye-tracking that "adjusts depth and perspective" based on your position, along with a speedy 165Hz refresh rate that you can boost to 330Hz with a Dual Mode feature that switches to 3K.

[...] A 6K 3D display isn't the only notable upgrade coming to Samsung's lineup; the company is launching the Odyssey G6 G60H, which it says is the "world's first" 1,040Hz gaming monitor. The 27-inch monitor only supports this ultra-fast refresh rate in HD, while its native 1440p resolution still offers speeds up to a very fast 600Hz. It's also compatible with AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA G-Sync.

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[>] Основатель QEMU и FFmpeg опубликовал JavaScript-движок Micro QuickJS
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Французский математик Фабрис Беллар (Fabrice Bellard), основавший в своё время проекты QEMU, FFmpeg, BPG, QuickJS, TinyGL и TinyCC, опубликовал новый JavaScript-движок для встраиваемых систем - Micro QuickJS, способный компилировать и выполнять JavaScript-программы, потребляя всего 10 КБ ОЗУ. Вместе с Си-библиотекой движок занимает примерно 100 КБ постоянной памяти. Возможна компиляция JavaScript в байткод и отдельный запуск байткода. Код проекта написан на языке Си и распространяется под лицензией MIT.

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[>] Remote Work is Officially Dead, Says the World's Largest Recruiter
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The great return-to-office battle has effectively concluded and a clear pecking order has emerged, according to Sander van 't Noordende, the CEO of Randstad, a staffing giant that places around half a million workers in jobs every week. Remote work is becoming a status symbol reserved for star performers and those possessing rare skills. "You have to be very special to be able to demand a 100% remote job," van 't Noordende told Fortune. "That's increasingly the story. You have to have very special technology skills or some expertise."

The equilibrium appears to be settling at a hybrid model of three to four days in office for most workers. Van 't Noordende noted that apart from some banks in major cities, the five-day office week isn't returning as the norm despite hardline mandates from companies like Amazon and JPMorgan. Korn Ferry predicted this "hybrid hierarchy" at the start of 2025, forecasting that flexibility would become a perk reserved for top talent. At some companies, high performers are already being offered flexible schedules as a bonus while mid-range employees don't get the privilege, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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[>] Australia Poised for Desalination Boom as Water Shortages Loom
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Australia is on track for a significant expansion of desalination capacity -- converting seawater to freshwater -- to meet the needs of a swelling population at a time of declining average rainfall. From a report: The world's driest inhabited continent is projected to build or expand 11 desalination plants worth more than A$23 billion ($15 billion) over the next 10 years, according to a research report by Dominic McNally at Oxford Economics.

"Our population growth forecasts imply an additional 190GL/year in household water demand across major cities by 2035, while the booming data center industry also threatens to rapidly expand urban water use," he said. "This growing demand coincides with falling average rainfall in major population centers, increasing the vulnerability of existing infrastructure." Water construction activity slowed after 2010 as a severe drought receded. However, recent dry periods have reignited interest in water security and coincide with a new boom in water infrastructure investment, including desalination, McNally said.

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[>] 5K Gaming Is Too Hard, Even for an RTX 5090D
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Asus has been showcasing its new 5K 27-inch ROG Strix 27 Pro gaming monitor running at 5,120 x 2,880 resolution and up to 180Hz, but even Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 struggles to deliver smooth frame rates at this demanding pixel count. In testing conducted by Asus, the RTX 5090D -- a Chinese-exclusive variant with weaker AI performance -- achieved just 51 frames per second in a Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark at ultra ray traced settings. The test system ran an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D processor, had DLSS set to balanced, and kept frame generation disabled. The same configuration running at 4K managed 77 fps, around 50% higher.

The underlying math is simple: 5K resolution requires rendering 78% more pixels than 4K. That 218 PPI pixel density delivers impressive sharpness up close, but Asus chose an IPS panel over OLED technology to reach it, trading away deeper black levels and faster response times. Asus appears to be positioning the monitor as a dual-mode display -- 5K for productivity and video, 1440p at up to 330Hz for gaming. Early Chinese listings have it priced at the equivalent of $800, roughly what you'd pay for a larger 4K OLED panel.

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[>] Ryanair Fined $301M Over 'Abusive Strategy' To Limit Ticket Sales By Online Travel Agencies
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Speaking of Italy's competition authority , it has fined Ryanair $301 million for abusing its dominant market position to limit sales of tickets by online travel agents. The Guardian: The authority said Europe's largest airline had "implemented an abusive strategy to hinder travel agencies" via an "elaborate strategy" of technical obstacles for agents and passengers to make it difficult for online travel agents to sell Ryanair tickets and instead force sales through its own website.

The fine related to Ryanair's conduct between April 2023 and at least until April 2025, the authority said on Tuesday. It said Ryanair had prevented online travel agents from selling tickets on its flights in combination with other airlines and services, weakening competition. Ryanair said it would immediately appeal against the "legally flawed" ruling.

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[>] Опубликован postmarketOS 25.12, Linux-дистрибутив для смартфонов и мобильных устройств
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После 6 месяцев разработки представлен выпуск проекта postmarketOS 25.12, развивающего дистрибутив Linux для мобильных устройств, базирующийся на пакетной базе Alpine Linux, стандартной Си-библиотеке Musl и наборе утилит BusyBox. Целью проекта является предоставление Linux-дистрибутива для смартфонов и планшетов, не зависящего от жизненного цикла поддержки официальных прошивок и не привязанного к типовым решениям основных игроков индустрии. Сборки подготовлены для 62 устройств, включая PINE64 PinePhone Pro, Purism Librem 5, OnePlus 6, Fairphone 5, Google Nexus 10, Google Pixel 3a, Nokia N900, Lenovo A60xx, ASUS MeMo Pad 7, а также различные модели Samsung Galaxy и Xiaomi. Ограниченная экспериментальная поддержка предоставлена для более чем 600 устройств.

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[>] Apple and Google Asking Some Employees With H-1B Visas To Avoid International Travel
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Tech giants Google and Apple are asking some employees with H-1B visas to reconsider international travel, as their legal teams warned that visa processing delays could keep employees abroad for months, according to Business Insider. From a report: Law firms representing the tech giants sent memos advising staff who require visa stamps for reentry to stay in the U.S., warning that international travel could entangle them in visa screening delays following the introduction of a new social media screening requirement, according to the news agency. The policy subjects H-1B workers and their dependents to reviews of their social media histories.

"Please be aware that some US Embassies and Consulates are experiencing significant visa stamping appointment delays, currently reported as up to 12 months," BAL Immigration Law, which represents Google, said in a memo obtained by Business Insider. The law firm said the delays were affecting H-1B, H-4, F, J and M visas.

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[>] Apple Fined $116 Million Over App Privacy Prompts
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Apple has been fined $116 million by Italy's antitrust regulator over the "excessively burdensome" privacy rules it imposes on third-party apps. From a report: The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) says that Apple abused its dominant app store market position by burdening developers with "disproportionate" terms around data collection that exceed privacy law requirements, compared to rules for native iOS apps.

The fine specifically targets the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy Apple launched in 2021, which requires third-party developers to ask users for consent twice to track their data across other apps and websites. Apple's own apps can obtain this permission in a single tap. AGCM says that the burden of consenting twice led to a reduction in user consent rates for advertising profiling, thus harming developers whose business models depend upon revenue generated by personalized ads.

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[>] Lua 5.5.0
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15 декабря, спустя примерно шесть месяцев после публикации [ предварительной бета версии ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18015519 ) , утверждён, сформирован и опубликован стабильный выпуск 5.5.0 языка программирования [ Lua ]( https://lua.org ) .

Финальное уведомление сообщества о событии произошло вчера, 22 декабря, в [ списке рассылки ]( https://groups.google.com/g/lua-l/c/jW6vCnhVy_s ) .

Lua – это встраиваемый, интерпретируемый язык программирования, используемый в [ огромном числе программных продуктов ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/17612736 ) как язык-компаньон.

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[>] US To Impose Tariffs on Chips From China
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2025-12-23 19:22:01


An anonymous reader shares a report: The United States will take action against China's semiconductor industry, setting new tariffs on chips from China from June 23, 2027, that have 0% duties currently, the US Trade Representative said.

The announcement comes following a year-long investigation into China's chip imports into the United States, launched by the Biden administration and led by the U.S. Trade Representative. "China's targeting of the semiconductor industry for dominance is unreasonable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce and thus is actionable," the agency said in its release.

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[>] China Bans E-commerce Platforms From Forcing Lowest Prices or Abusing Algorithms
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2025-12-23 18:22:02


China has unveiled new rules to rein in aggressive pricing tactics by online platforms, prohibiting e-commerce operators from forcing merchants to offer discounts or setting different prices based on user demographics without consent. The 29-article regulation -- jointly issued over the weekend by the National Development and Reform Commission, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), and Cyberspace Administration of China -- lays out detailed compliance requirements that target several long-standing pain points as competition among internet giants has often eroded the rights of both consumers and merchants.

To restore merchant autonomy on pricing, the rules ban platform operators from leveraging their dominant scale to impose "lowest price" agreements. Platforms are prohibited from using traffic throttling, search ranking demotions, or algorithm penalties to pressure merchants into predatory price-cutting or exclusive pricing arrangements.

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[>] Uber, Lyft Set To Trial Robotaxis In the UK In Partnership With China's Baidu
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Uber and Lyft plan to trial robotaxis in London starting in 2026 using autonomous vehicles from Baidu, as the UK fast-tracks approvals for self-driving cars on public roads. CNBC reports: Lyft's testing of Baidu's initial fleet of dozens of vehicles will begin in 2026, pending regulatory approval, "with plans to scale to hundreds from there," Lyft CEO David Risher said in a post on social media platform X on Monday. Meanwhile, Uber said that its first pilot is expected to start in the first half of 2026. "We're excited to accelerate Britain's leadership in the future of mobility, bringing another safe and reliable travel option to Londoners next year," the company added.

The moves add to Baidu's growing global footprint, which it says includes 22 cities and more than 250,000 weekly trips, as it races against other Chinese players like WeRide and Western giants like Alphabet's Waymo. The UK, in particular, has seen a wave of interest from driverless taxi companies, following the government's announcement in June that it would accelerate its plans to allow autonomous vehicle tech on public roads. The government now aims to begin permitting robotaxis to operate in small-scale pilots starting in spring 2026, with Baidu likely aiming to be among the first. The city of London has also established a "Vision Zero" goal to eliminate all serious injuries and deaths in its transportation systems by 2041, with autonomous driving technology expected to play a large role.

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[>] libunicode 0.7.0
lor.opennet
robot(spnet, 1) — All
2025-12-23 16:44:07


Состоялся выпуск 0.7.0 библиотеки для языка C++ (стандарт C++20) [ libunicode ]( https://github.com/contour-terminal/libunicode ) . Проект разрабатывается командой разработчиков эмулятора терминала [ Contour ]( https://contour-terminal.org ) и распространяется по лицензии Apache 2.0.

[ Возможности библиотеки ]( https://github.com/contour-terminal/libunicode?tab=readme-ov-file#feature-overview ) :

• поддержка стандартов Юникод:

• [ UAX #11 East Asian Width ]( https://unicode.org/reports/tr11 ) ,

• [ UAX #24 Unicode Script Property ]( https://unicode.org/reports/tr24 ) ,

• [ UAX #29 Unicode Text Segmentation ]( https://unicode.org/reports/tr29 ) ,

• [ UTS #51 Unicode Emoji ]( https://unicode.org/reports/tr51 ) ;

• API для получения свойств Юникод;

• SIMD-оптимизация некоторых функций (с использованием std::simd или std::experimental::simd при их наличии);

• оптимизированное конвертирование UTF8 UTF32;

• эквивалент функции wcwidth (int unicode::width(char32_t));

• сегментирование текста по графемам, символам, эмодзи и письменностям;

• покрытие тестами большинства возможностей библиотеки (ширина символа и сегментирование);

• высокоуровневый API сегментирования текста, подходящий для реализации шейпинга текста.

В комплект поставки также входит консольная утилита unicode-query для получения подробной информации о строках.

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/18176007#cut ) )

[>] Разрушая миф: «Из-за санкций США Китай создаст новую архитектуру RISC-X, потому что доступ к RISC-V будет заблокирован»
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2025-12-23 16:35:02


Опубликовано: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:31:50 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / Программирование микроконтроллеров / Хабр

Представьте заголовок: “Китай запускает новую архитектуру RISC-X - ответ на санкции США”. Хороший кликбейт: есть драма, геополитика и слово "архитектура". Но если выключить кликбейт-режим, остаётся классический рецепт жареной утки: берём "а вдруг?", вырываем из контекста, добавляем три щепотки паники - и подаём как "уже решили!". Спойлер: блокировать RISC-V нельзя так же, как нельзя "отозвать" таблицу умножения. Это открытый стандарт (ISA), тексты опубликованы и лицензированы так, чтобы ими мог пользоваться любой, кто умеет читать и проектировать железо. Данная организация представляет собой швейцарскую ассоциацию RISC-V International, что в значительной степени снижает геополитические риски. Хотите - форкните, назовите хоть RISC-XXL, но экономически это как “играть в хоккей на льду в роликах с мячом, которого нет”: красиво звучит, играть неудобно, выиграть невозможно.И этот миф мы разберем более подробно в нашем следующем материале. Всем заинтересованным - добро пожаловать под кат! Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/companies/riscvalliance/articles/978096/

[>] Safety Panel Says NASA Should Have Taken Starliner Incident More Seriously
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2025-12-23 14:22:01


joshuark shares a report from Ars Technica: For the better part of two months last year, most of us had no idea how serious the problems were with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. A safety advisory panel found this uncertainty also filtered through NASA's workforce. [...] The Starliner capsule was beset by problems with its maneuvering thrusters and pernicious helium leaks on its 27-hour trip from the launch pad to the ISS. For a short time, Starliner commander Wilmore lost his ability to control the movements of his spacecraft as it moved in for docking at the station in June 2024. Engineers determined that some of the thrusters were overheating and eventually recovered most of their function, allowing Starliner to dock with the ISS. [...]

Throughout that summer, managers from NASA and Boeing repeatedly stated that the spacecraft was safe to bring Wilmore and Williams home if the station needed to be evacuated in an emergency. But officials on the ground ordered extensive testing to understand the root of the problems. Buried behind the headlines, there was a real chance NASA managers would decide -- as they ultimately did -- not to put astronauts on Boeing's crew capsule when it was time to depart the ISS. [...] It would have been better, [Charlie Precourt, a former space shuttle commander and now a member of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP)] and other panel members said Friday, if NASA made a formal declaration of an in-flight "mishap" or "high visibility close call" soon after the Starliner spacecraft's troubled rendezvous with the ISS. Such a declaration would have elevated responsibility for the investigation to NASA's safety office. [...]

After months of testing and analysis, NASA officials were unsure if the thruster problems would recur on Starliner's flight home. They decided in August 2024 to return the spacecraft to the ground without the astronauts, and the capsule safely landed in New Mexico the following month. The next Starliner flight will carry only cargo to the ISS. The safety panel recommended that NASA review its criteria and processes to ensure the language is "unambiguous" in requiring the agency to declare an in-flight mishap or a high-visibility close call for any event involving NASA personnel "that leads to an impact on crew or spacecraft safety."

[ Read more of this story ]( https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/0839241/safety-panel-says-nasa-should-have-taken-starliner-incident-more-seriously?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] Создание легкого shell на си
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2025-12-23 14:35:07


Опубликовано: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:15:38 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / Системное программирование / Хабр

Многие начинающие разработчики которые начинаю писать на языке C сталкиваются с проблемой : Какой 1 пет-проект написать на C ? И вопрос то логичный ведь проекты на C никогда не славились легкостью по сравнению с проектами на python или JavaScript . И как по мне отличная идей написать shell ведь там не надо знать ассемблер или иметь глубокие знание в работе OC , и он относительно легок в понимании .В этой статье мы с вами подробно разберем написание shell на языке C , как он устроен ,в чем отличия bash shell и cmd. И напишем свой shell на 450 строк кода Начнем пожалуй с самыx базовых вопросах . Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/articles/979674/

[>] STATS 2025-12-22
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2025-12-23 12:11:01


TOP10 VISITORS:

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TOTAL TRAFFIC: 98MB

[>] Релиз дистрибутива elementary OS 8.1
lor.opennet
robot(spnet, 1) — All
2025-12-23 11:44:03


Представлен выпуск дистрибутива elementary OS 8.1, позиционируемого в качестве быстрой, открытой и заботящейся о конфиденциальности альтернативы Windows и macOS. Основное внимание в проекте уделяется качественному дизайну, нацеленному на создание простой в использовании системы, потребляющей минимальные ресурсы и обеспечивающей высокую скорость запуска. Пользователям предлагается собственное окружение рабочего стола Pantheon. Для загрузки подготовлены загрузочные iso-образы (3.1 ГБ), доступные для архитектуры amd64 (для бесплатной загрузки с сайта проекта в поле с суммой пожертвования необходимо ввести 0).

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64477

[>] How a Power Outage In Colorado Caused US Official Time To Be 4.8 Microseconds
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robot(spnet, 1) — All
2025-12-23 11:22:01


Tony Isaac shares a report from NPR: The U.S. government calculates the country's official time using more than a dozen atomic clocks at a federal facility northwest of Denver. But when a destructive windstorm knocked out power to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) laboratory in Boulder on Wednesday and a backup generator subsequently failed, time ever so slightly slowed down. The lapse "resulted in NIST UTC [universal coordinated time] being 4.8 microseconds slower than it should have been," NIST spokesperson Rebecca Jacobson said in an email. [...]

Since 2007, the official time of the U.S. has been determined by the commerce secretary, who oversees NIST, along with the U.S. Navy. The national time standard is known as NIST UTC. (Somewhat confusingly, UTC itself is a separate, global time standard to which the U.S. and other countries contribute measurements.) NIST currently calculates the standard using a weighted average of the readings of 16 atomic clocks situated across the Boulder campus. Atomic clocks, including hydrogen masers and cesium beam clocks, rely on the natural resonant frequencies of atoms to tell time with extremely high accuracy.

All of the atomic clocks continued ticking through the power outage last week thanks to their battery backup systems, according to NIST supervisory research physicist Jeff Sherman. What failed was the connection between some of the clocks and NIST's measurement and distribution systems, he said. Some critical operations staff who were still on site following the severe weather were able to restore backup power by activating a diesel generator the team had kept in reserve, Sherman said.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/018200/how-a-power-outage-in-colorado-caused-us-official-time-to-be-48-microseconds?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] Проект Microsoft по использованию AI для перевода кодовой базы с C/C++ на Rust
lor.opennet
robot(spnet, 1) — All
2025-12-23 09:44:03


Гален Хант (Galen Hunt), управляющий директор Microsoft Azure Sphere и бывший руководитель группы по развитию операционных систем в подразделении Microsoft Research, представил исследовательский проект по созданию инструментов, комбинирующих AI с традиционными алгоритмами, для автоматизированного переписывания крупнейших кодовых баз Microsoft на языке Rust. Целью проекта заявлено полное исключение языков C и C++ из кодовых баз Microsoft до 2030 года. В качестве миссии упоминается устранение технического долга в масштабных проектах. Отмечается, что разрабатываемая инфраструктура для обработки кода ориентирована на возможность одному инженеру за месяц переводить миллион строк кода. Проект развивается в подразделении Microsoft CoreAI.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64479

[>] Garmin Emergency Autoland Has First Save
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robot(spnet, 1) — All
2025-12-23 08:22:01


"Garmin's Collier Trophy award-winning Autonomi emergency Autoland, a system designed to safely land an aircraft in the event of pilot incapacitation, made its first real-world use and save on Saturday," writes Slashdot reader slipped_bit. AvBrief.com reports: Social media posts from flight tracking hobbyists reported a King Air 200 squawked 7700 about 2 p.m. local time today. The Autoland system was initiated and landed the aircraft at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver. A recording from LiveATC's feed of the airport's tower frequency includes a robotic female voice declaring a pilot incapacitation and the intention to land on Runway 30. The aircraft landed successfully and there have been no reports of injuries. The nature of the incapacitation and the condition of the pilot have not been released. VASAviation put together this nice animation of the event [here].

The aircraft, N479BR, was being operated by Buffalo River Outfitters from Aspen to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan. It's not clear how many people were on board. The system appeared to work flawlessly, and the controller at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan seemed to take it in stride, accommodating as many requests as he could before shutting down the airport for the landing.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/0050202/garmin-emergency-autoland-has-first-save?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.