Today, May 1, Valve will start taking pre-orders for its new Index virtual reality headset. Alongside this, the company revealed the specifications and features of its new device and, of course, announced the price. To get straight to the point — the price is a rather considerable $999 for a VR headset. So what does Valve offer us for nearly a thousand dollars?
At the end of 2018, the microblogging service Tumblr, owned by Verizon along with the other assets of Yahoo, changed its rules for users. Since then, adult content has been banned from the site, although prior to that, from 2007 onward, everything was limited to filtering and parental controls. As a result, the site lost about a third of its traffic within just three months. Now, […]
Mozilla has warned of widespread issues with Firefox add-ons. All users of the browser have seen their add-ons blocked due to the expiration of the certificate used for creating digital signatures. Additionally, there is a noted inability to install new add-ons from the official AMO catalog (addons.mozilla.org). A solution to the situation has not yet been found, and Mozilla developers are considering possible fixes while […]
The semiconductor industry is quite young, and many large companies have only been around for a couple of decades. But there are veterans celebrating half-century anniversaries. One such company is Intel (which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year) and its long-time competitor AMD. Let’s recall some important milestones in the rich history of a company that was founded […]
Austrian company Noctua has closely collaborated with the Austrian Institute of Heat Transfer and Fans since its establishment in 2005, showcasing its new advancements in the cooling systems for personal computer components at almost every major Hi-Tech exhibition. However, these cooling systems unfortunately do not always reach mass production. It’s hard to say, […]
To all, all, all teachers of computer science for children aged 10 to 14! A Russian translation of the course 'Introduction to Computer Science with MakeCode for Minecraft' is available at the link. The course page will most likely display in English and won't offer the option to switch to another language, but, like that groundhog, the Russian translation is indeed available. Here's what you need to do: […]
Hello everyone! Recently, the results of the Stackoverflow Dev Survey 2019 became available. 90K developers from around the world participated in the survey, making the data not only interesting reading for discussion with colleagues but also a good source of analytics for professional discussion. Below are some interesting metrics that caught attention while reading. Some truly make you think: Programming — […]
Hello everyone! Recently, I faced what seemed like a simple task — to 'hot' increase the disk size on a Linux server. Task description: There is a cloud server. In my case, it's Google Cloud — Compute Engine. The operating system is Ubuntu. Currently, a 30 GB disk is connected. The database is growing, files are swelling, so the disk size needs to be increased to […]
HIROSHI WATANABE/GETTY IMAGES In the book 'The Wealth of Nations', Adam Smith illustrates how the division of labor becomes the main source of productivity improvement. An example is the assembly line of a pin factory: 'One worker pulls the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, the fourth sharpens the end, and the fifth shapes the other end for attaching the head.' Thanks to specialization, focused on specific functions, each worker becomes highly skilled […]
Hello again, %username%! Thank you to everyone who appreciated my piece "The Most Frightening Poisons." It was very interesting to read the comments, regardless of their nature, and I enjoyed responding. I'm glad the "top list" was well-received. If it wasn't to your liking — well, I did everything I could. The comments and engagement inspired me to write the second part. […]
Windows Lite is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated products from Microsoft. However, it seems users will need to be patient and wait a bit longer. Reports indicate that progress on supporting Win32 applications has not advanced as expected within the company. This will prevent Windows Lite from running classic versions of software, significantly limiting its scope. Notably, one of […]
GitLab 11.10 with pipelines on the dashboard, pipelines for combined results, and suggestions for multiple lines in merge requests. Convenient insights into the performance of pipelines across different projects GitLab continues to enhance the transparency of the DevOps lifecycle. This release adds an overview of the pipeline status to the dashboard. This is handy even if you're examining the pipeline of a single project, but especially useful […]