Author: ProHoster

Granblue Fantasy: Versus will be released in Europe almost a month later than North America

Marvelous Europe has announced that the fighting game Granblue Fantasy: Versus will be released in Europe on March 27 - 24 days later than in North America. In addition, the publisher did not meet the production deadline for the Premium Edition Collector's Edition, so it is being cancelled. “To ensure the timely release of Granblue Fantasy: Versus, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the Premium Edition […]

NVIDIA Ampere Generation Gaming Graphics Cards Won't Launch Before End of August

There are certain hopes for the March GTC 2020 event in terms of possible announcements from NVIDIA, but some sources consider them to be in vain. A real revival of the company's activity in this area should be expected only by the end of August. The German resource Igor's LAB is trying to predict the schedule for the announcement of new NVIDIA products, relying on an already drawn up plan for business trips of specialists traditionally attracted […]

HAPS Alliance will promote the "Internet in balloons"

Loon's project to provide broadband Internet access using balloons has received widespread support from the technology sector. Let us recall that its implementation is carried out by a subsidiary of the Alphabet Inc holding, Loon LLC, and the company HAPSMobile, part of SoftBank Group Corp. Later this week, a group of telecommunications, technology, aviation and aerospace companies, including Airbus Defense and Space and […]

PC case SilentiumPC Signum SG1V EVO TG ARGB: mesh panel and four fans

SilentiumPC has introduced the Signum SG1V EVO TG ARGB computer case, designed with an eye toward ensuring efficient ventilation. The new product is completely made in black. The side wall is made of tempered glass, and the front has a mesh panel. The equipment initially includes four Stella HP ARGB CF fans with a diameter of 120 mm: three installed in the front, one more in the rear. These coolers […]

Manjaro Linux 19.0 distribution release

The release of the Manjaro Linux 19.0 distribution kit, built on the basis of Arch Linux and aimed at novice users, has been presented. The distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection and installation of the drivers necessary for its operation. Manjaro comes as live builds with KDE (2.8 GB), GNOME (2.5 GB) and Xfce (2.6 GB) graphical environments. At […]

openSUSE Leap 15.2 beta release

Testing of the beta version of the openSUSE Leap 15.2 distribution has begun. A universal DVD build of 15 GB (x2_3.9) is available for download. openSUSE Leap 86 is expected to be released on May 64th. Among the features of openSUSE Leap 15.2 […]

DNS-over-HTTPS enabled by default in Firefox for US users

Firefox developers have announced that DNS over HTTPS (DoH, DNS over HTTPS) mode will be enabled by default for US users. Encryption of DNS traffic is considered a fundamentally important factor in protecting users. Starting today, all new installations by US users will have DoH enabled by default. Existing US users are scheduled to be switched to DoH within a few […]

Image resizing on the fly with Nginx and LuaJIT (OpenResty)

Quite a long time ago, inspired by the article Resizing images on the fly, I configured image resizing using ngx_http_image_filter_module and everything worked as it should. But one problem arose when the manager needed to receive images with exact dimensions for uploading to some services, because... these were their technical requirements. For example, if we have an original image with a size of 1200×1200, and […]

Image resizing on the fly

In almost any web application that uses images, there is a need to create small copies of these images, and often there are several formats for additional images. Adding new dimensions to an existing application also causes some headaches. Hence the task: Task Let's denote the list of requirements: Generate additional images of any formats on the fly without introducing additional functionality into the application at any time during the application's existence; […]

OpenResty: turning NGINX into a full-fledged application server

We are again publishing a transcript of the report from the HighLoad++ 2016 conference, which took place in Skolkovo near Moscow on November 7-8 last year. Vladimir Protasov talks about how to extend the functionality of NGINX using OpenResty and Lua. Hello everyone, my name is Vladimir Protasov, I work at Parallels. I'll tell you a little about myself. I spend three quarters of my life writing code. Became […]

Blizzard Tests Experimental 3-2-1 Mode in Overwatch Labs

Blizzard Entertainment Vice President Jeff Kaplan spoke about Overwatch's first experimental 3-2-1 mode. The developer wants to test a new gameplay mechanic - a new version of the distribution of roles. The Lab section is designed to test ideas from the Overwatch development team and collect player feedback. Not everything that Blizzard Entertainment tests within its framework will be introduced into the main mode. So, […]

The Xbox One interface is now even more similar to the PS4 shell

Microsoft has begun rolling out the updated Xbox One dashboard design across all consoles. This is the company's third redesign, and the current version is quite similar to the PlayStation 4 screen. The update allows you to add and remove elements, includes a small number of recently running games and applications, the ability to quickly switch to the Xbox Game Pass, Mixer and Microsoft tabs [... ]