Author: ProHoster

HAL - IDE for reverse engineering of digital electronic circuits

The release of the HAL 2.0 (Hardware Analyzer) project has been published, developing an integrated environment for analyzing netlists of digital electronic circuits. The system is developed by several German universities, written in C++, Qt and Python, and is available under the MIT license. HAL allows you to view and analyze the schema in the GUI and manipulate it using Python scripts. In scripts you can [...]

2,4M Wyze customer information leaked due to employee error

An error by an employee of Wyze, a manufacturer of smart security cameras and other smart home devices, led to a leak of his clients’ data stored on the company’s server. The data leak was first discovered by cybersecurity company Twelve Security, which reported on December 26. In its blog, Twelve Security said that the server stored information about both users and […]

Release of desktop environment Trinity R14.0.7, continuing the development of KDE 3.5

The release of the Trinity R14.0.7 desktop environment has been prepared, which continues the development of the KDE 3.5.x and Qt 3 code base. Binary packages will soon be prepared for Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE and other distributions. Trinity's features include its own tools for managing screen parameters, a udev-based layer for working with equipment, a new interface for configuring equipment, […]

The developers of the dieselpunk strategy Iron Harvest summed up the year in a new gameplay video

German studio King Art Games has published a new gameplay video of its dieselpunk strategy Iron Harvest. In the video, the authors summed up the past year and talked about the work done. In 2019 alone, Iron Harvest acquired a publisher in the form of Deep Silver (a subsidiary of Koch Media), as well as a release date - the game will be released on September 1, 2020. Alpha version of Iron […]

Video: what Windows would look like if Apple worked on it

Windows and macOS remain competitors in the desktop OS market, and Microsoft and Apple are looking to develop new features that will differentiate their products from the competition. Windows 10 has changed a lot over the past few years, and Microsoft is doing everything it can to make it the operating system for everyone. The platform can now run on a wide variety of devices, and [...]

The creators of "Corsairs: Black Mark" showed a "gameplay" prototype of the game - the official website was launched

Black Sun Game Publishing has published a video with a “gameplay” prototype of the game “Corsairs: Black Mark,” the crowdfunding of which failed miserably in 2018. The three-minute teaser shows a splash video mixed with QTE elements: while boarding an enemy ship, with the help of well-timed button presses, the player can inspire his team, shoot from a cannon and finish off the enemy. In the prototype description [...]

The hero of Yakuza: Like a Dragon will be able to call on the help of the protagonist of the past parts

The fact that the protagonist of the previous parts of Yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu, will appear in Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Yakuza 7 for the Japanese market) has been known since November. However, the Dragon of Dojima will be available not only as an opponent on the battlefield. For a certain in-game amount in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, you can call on various characters to help you, including the local champion […]

AMD desktop processors will switch to Socket AM5 in 2021

For several years now, AMD has been claiming that the life cycle of the Socket AM4 platform will definitely last until the end of 2020, but it prefers not to disclose further plans in the desktop segment, mentioning only the upcoming release of processors with the Zen 4 architecture. In the server segment they will appear in 2021, will bring a new design Socket SP5 and […]

12th Consecutive Free Epic Games Store Game - Stealth Horror Hello Neighbor

The last day of the promotion has arrived, in which Epic Games gave away one free game every day in its store. Following yesterday's puzzle The Talos Principle, you can add to your library for Christmas with the independent project Hello Neighbor from Dynamic Pixels. To receive the game, you must visit the appropriate page before 19:00 Tuesday. Of course, this requires an account. […]

Announcement of the Nikon D780 SLR camera expected in early 2020

Internet sources have information about a new SLR camera that Nikon is preparing to release. The camera appears under the designation D780. It is expected that it will replace the Nikon D750, a detailed review of which can be found in our material. It is known that the new product will receive a BSI back-illuminated sensor with 24 million pixels. There is talk about the possibility of recording video […]

There's still time for a backup: WhatsApp will stop supporting Windows Phone and older Androids

WhatsApp runs on a huge number of operating systems, but even the ubiquitous messaging app doesn't think it's worth continuing to support Windows Phone. The company announced back in May that it would end support for older versions of Android and iOS, as well as the rarely used Windows Phone OS. And that time has come. On its website, the company confirmed that it supports and recommends […]

Creation of the first stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome is one third completed

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, according to TASS, spoke about the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, which is located in the Far East in the Amur region, near the city of Tsiolkovsky. Vostochny is the first Russian civilian spaceport. The actual creation of the first launch complex on Vostochny began in 2012 and was completed in April 2016. However, until now, the creation of the first stage of the cosmodrome has not […]