Author: ProHoster

The postponement of Cyberpunk 2077 threatened the fate of the Polish publisher of the game

The unexpected postponement of Cyberpunk 2077 will affect not only the employees of CD Projekt RED, who are forced to work overtime, but also the Polish publisher of the game, represented by the company CDP. According to the Polish publication GRY Online and its English-language counterpart Gamepressure, as a result of the announcement of the delay in the release of the cyberpunk action film, there were massive layoffs at CDP (not a division of CD Projekt RED). By […]

Microsoft Edge Chromium adds the ability to open websites in legacy Edge compatibility mode

Microsoft recently released a release version of the Chromium-based Edge browser. The corporation also told how to keep both browsers - old and new - in parallel mode on a PC. However, if someone did not do this, then there is still an alternative. Microsoft has added a compatibility mode for classic Edge in addition to the compatibility mode for IE 11, which is already […]

Stardew Valley has sold over 10 million copies

The pixelated farming simulator Stardew Valley has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Stardew Valley is a game where you take care of animals, grow crops, participate in local community events, and make friends with people. Sales information is posted on the project's official website. In August 2019, it was stated that Stardew Valley had been distributed […]

London police began using facial recognition technology

The London Metropolitan Police Service has begun using real-time facial recognition technology (LFR - Live Facial Recognition). A notice to this effect was published on the department's website. The police are confident that this will help fight serious crimes, including violence, the use of firearms and knives, etc. Special cameras have been installed in key places in the city, […]

Apple increases orders from TSMC due to high demand for the iPhone

Due to unusually high demand for iPhone smartphones, especially the relatively inexpensive iPhone 11, exceeding Apple's expectations, the company has asked contract partner TSMC to increase supplies of A-series chips. Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the matter, the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC is expected to increase quarterly production of Apple's own chips by […]

Toshiba has developed "quantum" algorithms to run on modern computers

As it recently turned out, Toshiba does not need to wait for the advent of quantum computing systems to begin today to solve problems that would be impossible to perform on modern computers. To achieve this, Toshiba has developed software algorithms that have no analogues. A description of the algorithm was first published in an article on the Science Advances website in April 2019. Then, if you believe [...]

An Xbox Series X live photo shows a selection of console ports

A “live” photo has been published on the Internet, which allegedly shows the back panel of the Xbox Series X game console, which will be announced this year. As Microsoft itself previously reported, the device will be housed in a housing in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped. The kit will include the new Xbox Wireless Controller. So, it is said that the picture presented shows a prototype […]

Intel has contributed significantly more to Linux than AMD

For several years now, large corporations have been involved in the development of the Linux kernel and open source in general. The Phoronix resource reported on how AMD and Intel developers have improved free software over the past 10 years, for which they analyzed information on the number of changes (Git commits) made by representatives of the companies. Researchers counted the number of unique developer email addresses from each corporate […]

Nissan and RCC to develop new materials using quantum systems

Nissan and the Russian Quantum Center (RQC) Quantum Machine Learning Project have announced a collaboration agreement on the use of quantum computing to solve chemical modeling problems. We are talking about developing and testing new generation materials. They are expected to find applications in advanced batteries, among others, which will help Nissan strengthen its position in the […]

Frictional Games wants to play a game with us: the creator of SOMA has started advertising a new horror game

Несколько недель назад на сайте студии Frictional Games (Amnesia: The Dark Descent, SOMA), который бездействовал в течение четырёх лет, появился пульсирующий нейрон. Затем объект вырос и превратился в нечто похожее на клетку. И теперь он претерпел ещё одно изменение, запустив игру в альтернативной реальности (ARG). Судя по всему, клетка является человеческим эмбрионом. Пользователь Foxnull на […]

Boom to test XB-1 supersonic passenger jet with Flight Research

The startup Boom Technology is preparing to test a demonstration prototype of the supersonic passenger aircraft XB-1, for which it has agreed to cooperate with Flight Research, a company specializing in flight testing and certification, as well as training pilots. Boom's goal is to demonstrate the viability of its designs with the XB-1, thereby paving the way for future production of mass commercial supersonic […]