Author: ProHoster

Microsoft's cloud services revenue is gaining momentum again

The revenues of Microsoft's main divisions are growing, and the gaming business is naturally declining on the eve of the launch of the next generation of consoles. Total revenues and earnings beat Wall Street forecasts. The cloud business is gaining momentum again: the company is closing the gap with Amazon. Analysts are pleased with the successful strategy of the head of Microsoft. Microsoft reported its financial results for its second quarter ended December 31. Revenues and profits […]

Glibc 2.31 System Library Release

After six months of development, the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.31 system library has been released, which fully complies with the requirements of the ISO C11 and POSIX.1-2008 standards. The new release includes fixes from 58 developers. Some of the improvements implemented in Glibc 2.30 include: Added the _ISOC2X_SOURCE macro to include capabilities defined in the draft version of the future ISO C2X standard. These features […]

Sony is considering streaming PS4 games to Xbox One and Nintendo Switch

Sony Interactive Entertainment is conducting a survey asking users' opinions about the Remote Play feature - the ability to broadcast from the console to another device. Specifically, she asks if gamers want to play like this on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Reddit user Yourredditherefirst posted screenshots of a recent survey sent out by the company asking about the community's interest in using […]

Dota Underlords Coming Out of Early Access February 25th

Valve has announced that Dota Underlords will be leaving Early Access on February 25th. Then the first season will begin. As the developer stated on the official blog, the team is working hard on new features, content and interface. The first season of Dota Underlords will add a City Raid, rewards, and a full-fledged battle pass. In addition, before the game was released from early […]

The California Attorney's Office is interested in the sale of the .org domain zone to a private company

The California Attorney General's Office has sent a letter to ICANN asking for confidential information regarding the sale of the .org domain zone to private equity firm Ethos Capital and to halt the transaction. The report said the regulator's request was driven by a desire to "review the impact of the transaction on the non-profit community, including […]

New Intel microcode updates released for all versions of Windows 10

The entire year of 2019 was marked by the struggle against various hardware vulnerabilities of processors, primarily associated with speculative execution of commands. Recently, a new type of attack on Intel CPU cache was discovered - CacheOut (CVE-2020-0549). Processor manufacturers, primarily Intel, are trying to release patches as quickly as possible. Microsoft recently introduced another series of such updates. All versions of Windows 10, including 1909 (update […]

Tech giants suspend operations in China due to coronavirus

Due to fears for people's lives due to the spread of coronavirus in Asia (current disease statistics), global corporations are suspending operations in China and advising their foreign employees not to visit the country. Many are being asked to work from home or have extended holidays for the Lunar New Year. Google has temporarily closed all of its offices in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan […]

OPPO smart watch with a curved screen appeared on the official image

OPPO Vice President Brian Shen posted an official image of the company's first smart watch on the Weibo social network. The gadget shown in the render is made in a gold-colored case. But, probably, other color modifications will also be released, for example, black. The device is equipped with a touch display that folds onto the sides. Mr. Shen noted that the new product may become one of the most attractive […]

Frankfurt International Motor Show to close in 2021

After 70 years, the Frankfurt International Motor Show, an annual exhibition of the latest developments in the automotive industry, is no longer in existence. The German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie, VDA), the organizer of the exhibition, announced that Frankfurt will not host motor shows from 2021. Car dealerships are experiencing a crisis. Declining attendance is causing many automakers to question the merits of elaborate displays, boisterous […]

Solar-powered home web server lasted 15 months: 95,26% uptime

The first prototype of a solar server with a charge controller. Photo: solar.lowtechmagazine.com In September 2018, an enthusiast from Low-tech Magazine launched a “low-tech” web server project. The goal was to reduce energy consumption so much that one solar panel would be enough for a home self-hosted server. This is not easy, because the site must work 24 hours a day. Let's see what happened in the end. You can go to the server solar.lowtechmagazine.com, check […]

In Russia, a patent was received for the "devourer" of space debris

According to relevant experts, the problem of space debris should have been solved yesterday, but it is still under development. One can only guess what the final “eater” of space debris will be like. Perhaps it will be a new project proposed by Russian engineers. As Interfax reports, recently at the 44th academic readings on cosmonautics, an employee of the Russian Space Systems company […]