Author: ProHoster

Results of the Apple contest “Shot on iPhone in Night Mode”: half of the winners are from Russia

Apple has announced the results of the “Shot on iPhone in Night Mode” photo contest. A special jury reviewed thousands of photos sent from all over the world, taken on the iPhone 11, Pro and Pro Max, and selected the six best photos (there were probably more successful ones), which will be posted in the gallery on the company’s website, on Instagram @Apple and appear on billboards in different countries. […]

New Test Drive Unlimited is in development - the authors of the latest parts of the WRC are making it

Paris-based studio Kylotonn, which created the latest parts of the WRC rally simulator series, is working on the new Test Drive Unlimited. Benoit Clerc, who is responsible for publishing strategy at Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive), said this in an interview with VentureBeat. According to Clerk, the next part of Test Drive Unlimited will be the studio's largest project. The director did not provide any details about the game itself [...]

Survarium and Fear the Wolves devs hire people to work on 'new AAA shooter'

Kyiv-based studio Vostok Games announced on Twitter that it was recruiting employees to work on “a new AAA shooter based on the world-famous franchise.” It is not reported what specific game we are talking about. Judging by the information on the studio’s website, the new Vostok Games project is being developed on the Unreal Engine 4. It is noteworthy that STALKER 2 is being created on it. IN […]

Chrome OS 80 Stable Released

Google is not abandoning the development of the Chrome OS operating system, which recently received a major update under version 80. The stable version of Chrome OS 80 was supposed to be released a few weeks ago, but the developers apparently miscalculated the timing and the update arrived behind schedule. One of the important innovations of the 80th version was the updated tablet interface, which can […]

Mass revocation of Let's Encrypt certificates

Let's Encrypt, a non-profit certificate authority that is controlled by the community and provides certificates free of charge to everyone, has warned that many previously issued TLS/SSL certificates will be revoked. Of the 116 million currently valid Let's Encrypt certificates, a little more than 3 million (2.6%) will be revoked, of which approximately 1 million are duplicates tied to the same domain (the error mainly affected very frequently updated […]

GCC removed from FreeBSD core

In accordance with the previously outlined plan, the GCC compiler set has been removed from the FreeBSD source tree. Building GCC along with the base system for all architectures was disabled by default at the end of December, and the GCC code has now been removed from the SVN repository. It is noted that at the time of GCC removal, all platforms that do not support Clang have been converted to using external build tools, […]

Chrome OS Release 80

The Chrome OS 80 operating system was released, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild / portage assembly toolkit, open components and the Chrome 80 web browser. The Chrome OS user environment is limited to a web browser, and web applications are used instead of standard programs, however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop and taskbar. Build Chrome OS 80 […]

Porteus Kiosk 5.0.0 - distribution kit for the implementation of demonstration stands and self-service terminals

On March 2, the fifth version of the Porteus Kiosk 5.0.0 distribution was released, based on Gentoo Linux, and designed for the rapid deployment of demonstration stands and self-service terminals. The image size is only 104 MB. The distribution includes the minimum environment required to run a web browser (Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome) with reduced rights - changing settings, installing add-ons […]

OnePlus 8 5G smartphone with 12GB RAM tested on Geekbench

The OnePlus 4.0.0 smartphone with support for fifth generation mobile communications (8G) was tested in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. The announcement of this device, as well as its two brothers in the form of OnePlus 8 Lite and OnePlus 8 Pro, is expected in the near future. Geekbench data suggests that OnePlus 8 uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor with eight Kryo 585 […]

Toyota invests $1,2 billion in new energy vehicle plant in China

Toyota has decided to build a new plant in Tianjin (China), in collaboration with its Chinese partner, the automobile company FAW Group, to produce new energy vehicles (NEVs) - electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. According to documents published by the eco-city authorities, the Japanese company's investment in the new production facility will amount to 8,5 billion yuan ($1,22 billion). They also […]

The third satellite "Glonass-K" will go into orbit in late spring

The approximate launch dates for the next navigation satellite “Glonass-K” have been determined. RIA Novosti reports this, citing information received from an informed source in the rocket and space industry. Glonass-K is the third generation of domestic spacecraft for navigation (the first generation is Glonass, the second is Glonass-M). The new devices differ from the Glonass-M satellites by improved technical characteristics and an increased active life. IN […]

How to ensure high-quality operation of the local network of a small business?

Does a small business need a local network? Is there such a need to spend quite a bit of money on the purchase of computer equipment, wages for service personnel, and payment for licensed software. The author had to communicate with different categories (mostly young) owners and managers of small companies (mostly LLCs). At the same time, diametrically opposed opinions were expressed, from such that local computing […]