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CrowdStrike incident that lead to an outage of 8.5 million computers was caused by a file of 40KB size
Jul 24, 2024
CrowdStrike incident that lead to an outage of 8.5 million computers was caused by a file of 40KB size

The incident that led to a major failure of 8.5 computers was caused by a tiny update file that weighed around 40KB and was ignored by the company's error detection tools.

HostZealot Summer Sale
Jul 2, 2024
HostZealot Summer Sale

We hope that you are enjoying your summer. While you can finally take some  well-deserved rest, let your hosting make money for you – enjoy a 20% discount on all dedicated servers with monthly and quarterly billing cycles.

Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors' specifications have been announced
Jun 27, 2024
Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors' specifications have been announced

Intel has introduced a series of processors based on their new architectural solutions. The main feature of the series will be an NPU unit that will provide high performance for artificial intelligence tasks.

Etched Startup announced a new high-speed, transformer-specialized chip – Sohu
Jun 26, 2024
Etched Startup announced a new high-speed, transformer-specialized chip – Sohu

An American startup called Etched announced a new Chip that they are going to release under the name Sohu. The chip is strictly specialized for transformer AI-models, which are the most widely used in today’s market, and is manufactured using TSMC's 4 nm process technology.. The transformer architecture is burnt directly into the chip, dramatically improving its efficiency for this particular model while making the chip unsuitable for other models like CNN, LSTM, or SSM. According to Etched, a 8x Sohu server can be as powerful as a 160 NVIDIA H100 server.

Method to Accurately Locate VPN Server Locations
Jun 18, 2024
Method to Accurately Locate VPN Server Locations

​Technology is evolving, and so are the intricacies of cybersecurity threats that carry the chance of compromising privacy and security. VPN has long been a preventative measure against those types of threats. However, the true location of the server a VPN operates on can be crucial to the sufficiency of protection the virtual private network provides.

Rust 1.79 release
Jun 18, 2024
Rust 1.79 release

On June 13 2024, Rust 1.79.0 programming language was released. The source code was published on GitHub by Rust Foundation developers.

If you have the previous stable version of Rust, 1.78, which was released on May 2, and you installed it through rustup, you can update it just by using the rustup update stable command.

Top 7 Whiteboard Applications Tailored for Linux Systems
Jun 17, 2024
Top 7 Whiteboard Applications Tailored for Linux Systems

​We have tested most of the available whiteboard applications and found the best ones among this huge diversity. This information will be extremely beneficial because now you should not check anything, you can just review our article and choose the application that works better for you. All these whiteboard apps are tailored for Linux systems and are open-source tools.

Top 5 Privacy-Focused Linux Distributions
Jun 13, 2024
Top 5 Privacy-Focused Linux Distributions

​Privacy and security are of increasing importance because of massive data collection by corporations, and many instances of hacking attempts. While Windows and macOS are secure to some degree, especially when you combine them with VPN technology, there are many Linux distributions with a specific focus on security and privacy.

FreeBSD's Shift Away from 32-bit Platforms in Future Releases
Jun 13, 2024
FreeBSD's Shift Away from 32-bit Platforms in Future Releases

​According to the official information that is available online, FreeBSD decided to shift away from 32-bit platforms, this relates to all of the following releases. If speaking directly about the exact transitions in version 16.0, there will be excluded armv7, and version 15.0 of FreeBSD will no longer have PowerPC platforms, armv6, and i386.

Complete Periodic Table of DevOps Tools
Jun 12, 2024
Complete Periodic Table of DevOps Tools

​In the past, developers worked separately from other divisions and had their own isolated view of the scope of the project. Then the DevOps area of production emerged, which combines both the developmental and operational processes that cut through different areas related to product development.