For several decades, progress in storage technology has been measured primarily in terms of storage capacity and data read/write speed. Over time, these evaluation parameters have been supplemented by technologies and methodologies that make HDD and SSD drives smarter, more flexible and easier to manage. Every year, drive manufacturers traditionally hint that the big data market will change, […]
Last October, it became known that Sony Interactive Entertainment and Naughty Dog studio had postponed the launch of The Last of Us Part II (in our area - The Last of Us Part II) to May 29, 2020. Now a video has appeared on the Russian PlayStation channel inviting you to pre-order the game. As in previous videos, […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent a letter to the US Congress saying that "one or more" major telecom operators were selling customer location data to third-party companies. Due to systematic data leaks, it is proposed to recover about $208 million from several operators. The report states that back in 2018, the FCC found that some […]
At the recent international information security conference RSA 2020, among other things, representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation spoke. In their report, they said that over the past 6 years, victims of ransomware have paid over $140 million to attackers. According to the FBI, between October 2013 and November 2019, $144 was paid to attackers […]
In February, People Can Fly studio presented a new trailer for its sci-fi shooter Outriders, and a number of videos revealing various features of this project, aimed at co-op play and racing for loot. But the developers didn't stop there. In particular, a video of more than 3 minutes was presented entitled “Frontiers of Inoka”. It showcases a wide variety of […]
According to online sources, Google plans to add the ability to enable dark mode in the Play Store digital content store. Currently, this feature is available to a limited number of smartphone users running Android 10. Previously, Google implemented a system-wide dark mode in the Android 10 mobile OS. After enabling it in the device settings, applications and services such as […]
In an effort to minimize the frames around the display, manufacturers bend screens to the edges, make cutouts, perforations, retractable cameras and other tricks. The Pricebaba resource has discovered a new patent registered by Oppo - it describes several new designs of sliding smartphones designed to ensure the creation of frameless devices. Most of the drawings in the patent seem to be continuations of what we have already seen […]
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) reports that our country has developed tools for studying mental states based on electroencephalography (EEG). We are talking about specialized software modules called “Cognigraph-IMK” and “Cognigraph.IMK-PRO”. They allow you to visually and efficiently create, edit and run mental state recognition algorithms for the brain-computer interface. The created software modules are included in [...]
Earlier this week, Microsoft revealed a number of key specifications for its next-generation Xbox Series X gaming console and, taking advantage of Sony's silence regarding the PlayStation 5, continues to gradually reveal details about its gaming system. In a new Microsoft podcast, Xbox Live program head Larry Hryb talked about another benefit of a high-speed SSD. Xbox Series console […]
A release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 20.02 is available, built on the TrueOS platform and offering the MATE user environment. By default, GhostBSD uses the OpenRC init system and the ZFS file system. Both work in Live mode and installation on a hard drive are supported (using its own ginstall installer, written in Python). Boot images are created for x86_64 architecture (2.2 GB). […]
A release of the wayland-protocols 1.20 package is available, containing a set of protocols and extensions that complement the capabilities of the base Wayland protocol and provide the capabilities necessary for building composite servers and user environments. Release 1.20 was formed almost immediately after 1.19, due to the failure to include certain files (README.md, GOVERNANCE.md, MEMBERS.md) in the archive. The new version has updated the xdg-shell protocol, which adds the ability to change the position […]
On February 29, SystemRescueCd 6.1.0 was released, a popular live distribution based on Arch Linux for data recovery and working with partitions. Changes: The kernel has been updated to version 5.4.22 LTS. Tools for working with file systems btrfs-progs 5.4.1, xfsprogs 5.4.0 and xfsdump 3.1.9 have been updated. Keyboard layout settings have been fixed. Added kernel module and tools for Wireguard. Download (692 MiB) Source: […]
