Researchers have discovered a new clone of the infamous Mirai botnet, focused on IoT devices. This time, embedded devices intended for business environments are at risk. The attackers' ultimate goal is to gain control over bandwidth-capable devices and conduct large-scale DDoS attacks. Note: At the time of writing this translation, I was unaware that a similar article already exists on Habr. The original authors […]
On the BioWare blog, a post appeared from the studio's general manager, Casey Hudson. He stated that the troubled launch of Anthem greatly disappointed the team and him personally. According to the head of BioWare, various issues started to surface after the game reached a multimillion audience. Hudson expressed his “disappointment” with the shortcomings of the project that prevent enjoyment of the game. The general manager noted that since the release, BioWare […]
The decline in the value of major cryptocurrencies has brought mining profitability close to zero. However, GPU-based farms can find new life and once again serve as a source of income for their owners. The startup Vectordash has developed a fantastic technology that allows farm owners to lease their power for the operation of a gaming streaming service, which, due to its geographical distribution, offers players […]
0. Introduction, or a bit off-topicThis article was created simply because it is extremely difficult to find comparative characteristics of such software, or even just a list, all in one place. One has to sift through a ton of material to come to any conclusion. With this in mind, I decided to save some time and effort for those interested in this subject, and I gathered in […]
In the previous article, we told you about the new features in the January update, Update 4, for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 (VBR), where we intentionally did not mention backups to magnetic tape. A discussion of this area deserves a separate article because there were indeed many new features. – Guys from QA, will you write an article? – Why not […]
Hello Habr! I’m a person who consumes IT products through the App Store, Sberbank Online, Delivery Club, and has a connection to the IT industry to some extent. In short, my professional activity specializes in providing consulting services to catering businesses for optimizing and developing business processes. Recently, there has been a significant number of orders from restaurant owners aiming to build a system […]
The release version of Firefox 66 for desktop platforms has been launched, as well as the mobile version for Android OS. These versions introduced support for the 'Scroll Anchoring' mechanism, which prevents situations where scrolling immediately after opening a page leads to gradual position shifts, causing the need to repeatedly scroll through content as images and external embeds load. The long-awaited […]
Inno3D has announced the GeForce GTX 1660 Twin X2 graphics card, based on the TU116 chip with NVIDIA Turing architecture. The video card features 1408 CUDA cores. It is equipped with 6 GB of GDDR5 memory with a 192-bit bus and an effective frequency of 8000 MHz. The base clock frequency of the chip is 1530 MHz, while the boost frequency reaches 1785 MHz, which corresponds to reference […]
Google continues to enhance security methods for its browser. Today, there are many ways to spy on users by utilizing websites that call certain APIs. One method that emerged a few years ago was the analysis of data from a smartphone's accelerometer. This utilized an API for JavaScript. This method allowed for determining, among other things, whether the user is […]
Technology captivates our time and attention, and it is no longer just a joke; it's sad, leading to depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorders. I regularly publish research about the impact of technology on mental health on Habr and in my Telegram channel, and over time I have gathered a number of observations. Okay, Google, so what should we do in a world where […]
In the early 2000s, MySpace introduced many users to the world of social networking. In subsequent years, the platform became a huge repository of music, where bands could share their songs, and users could add tracks to their profiles. Naturally, after the rise of Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, as well as streaming music sites, the popularity of MySpace began to decline. But […]
The Smoker's Waterfall and the Healthy Person's Waterfall We all know how to draw an owl. First, you draw an oval, then another circle, and then — voila, you have a magnificent owl. Of course, it's a joke, an old one at that, but Nvidia engineers have worked hard to turn imagination into reality. Their new development, called GauGAN, creates stunning landscapes from very simple sketches (indeed […]