After information that appeared earlier today that iPadOS 13.4 will receive enhanced capabilities for working with a mouse and trackpads, Logitech has introduced a new accessory for the basic modification of the iPad, which is a keyboard with a trackpad. The Logitech Combo Touch Keyboard Case is available today in the Apple Store. A list of models compatible with iPad Air is also available. The cost of the cover […]
The stock market is rushing around in search of at least some positive signals, and experts have already begun to worsen their forecast for the dynamics of the share price of companies in the semiconductor sector. During a pandemic and recession in the global economy, investors prefer to invest in other assets. Analysts at Bank of America note a high degree of uncertainty in the current situation and talk about the appearance of signs of a persistent recession in the second quarter […]
In addition to products like the new iPad Pro and MacBook Air, Apple today began selling the MacPro Afterburner Card as a standalone device. Previously, it was only available as an option when ordering a Mac Pro professional workstation, which could be added for $2000. The device can now be purchased separately for the same price, allowing every Mac owner […]
The DXVK 1.6 layer has been released, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure), Direct3D 9, 10 and 11, working through the translation of calls to the Vulkan API. DXVK requires drivers that support the Vulkan API 1.1, such as AMD RADV 18.3, NVIDIA 415.22, Intel ANV 19.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games […]
An alternative build of the Linux Mint distribution has been released - Linux Mint Debian Edition 4, based on the Debian package base (the classic Linux Mint is based on the Ubuntu package base). In addition to the use of the Debian package base, an important difference between LMDE and Linux Mint is the constant update cycle of the package base (continuous update model: partial rolling release, semi-rolling release), in which updates […]
The results of two days of Pwn2Own 2020 competitions, held annually as part of the CanSecWest conference, have been summed up. This year the competition was held virtually and the attacks were demonstrated online. The competition presented working techniques for exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Desktop (Linux kernel), Windows, macOS, Safari, VirtualBox and Adobe Reader. The total amount of payments was 270 thousand dollars (total prize fund […]
ttf-parser is a library for parsing TrueType/OpenType fonts. The new version has full support for variable fonts and the C API, as a result of which I decided to advertise it in the lore. Until recently, if there was a need to work with TrueType fonts, there were exactly two options: FreeType and stb_truetype. The first is a huge harvester, the second supports a fairly small number of […]
That's how customers who fall for a monopoly provider get out. Optics on lampposts - this is the "air". One of our clients was looking for an office for rent in Moscow. I found a suitable one in a large business center: in the center, with parking and at an attractive price. The company signed a contract for 3 years, poured several million into the decoration, bought beautiful tables and neatly brought out the sockets. […]
This year we plan to seriously develop the topics of containers, Cloud-Native Java and Kubernetes. A logical continuation of these topics will be a story about the Quarkus framework, already discussed on Habré. Today's article is not so much about the design of "subatomic ultra-fast Java" as it is about the promise that Quarkus brings to Enterprise. Java and the JVM are still extremely popular, but with serverless […]
Introduction On the XNUMXth of March, RedHat (soon - IBM) introduced a new framework - Quarkus. According to the developers, this framework is based on GraalVM and OpenJDK HotSpot and is designed for Kubernetes. The Quarkus stack includes: JPA/Hibernate, JAX-RS/RESTEasy, Eclipse Vert.x, Netty, Apache Camel, Kafka, Prometheus and more. The purpose of the creation is to make Java the leading platform for deployment in Kubernetes […]
AMD has released its first Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.3.1 driver for March, a key feature of which is improved support for Vulkan and new games. Thus, AMD specialists have added support for the high-budget shooter Half-Life: Alyx for virtual reality and the low-level open API Vulkan in Ghost Recon Breakpoint. The company also promises a slight increase in performance in Doom Eternal: with Ultra settings […]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Formula 1 management has canceled seven starting stages of the 2020 season. Thus, fans of the “Queen of Motorsport” were left without racing at least until June, but Codemasters unexpectedly came to the rescue. The British studio, together with the esports organization Gfinity, announced the F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix - a series of races in F1 2019 with the participation of Formula 1 combat pilots. The names of the athletes and […]
