In 2019, smartphone manufacturers made significant strides towards improving the cameras used in their products. Most of the work was focused on improving the quality of low-light images, and not much attention was paid to the video recording process. That could change next year as smartphone makers start using new, more powerful chips. Despite […]
The results of the general vote (GR, general resolution) of the Debian project developers involved in maintaining packages and maintaining the infrastructure, conducted on the issue of supporting multiple init systems, have been published. The second item (“B”) in the list won - systemd remains preferred, but the possibility of maintaining alternative initialization systems remains. Voting was carried out using the Condorcet method, in which each voter ranks all options in order of […]
This year has been full of news about Geralt of Rivia. On October 15, the full version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released on Nintendo Switch, and Netflix presented a series based on the books for its streaming platform. Around the same time the series was released, The Witcher 3 was included as part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription. […]
Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a new series of attacks on financial and telecommunications companies based in Europe. The main goal of the attackers is to steal money. In addition, online scammers try to steal data to access financial information of interest to them. The investigation showed that criminals are exploiting a vulnerability in VPN solutions that are installed in all attacked organizations. This vulnerability allows you to obtain data from credentials [...]
Valve has published Steam charts for 2019 in the categories “Best Selling,” “Best New,” and “Best Early Access Projects,” as well as “Leaders in Concurrent Players.” Thus, the best-selling games on Steam were Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (meaning in-game sales), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Destiny 2. It is noteworthy that Sekiro: Shadows Die […]
Cyber security is not much different from any other security, suggesting that it is as much a concern for the consumer as it is for the device manufacturer or service provider. If you don’t know how to shoot accurately, then blaming the weapon for this seems the height of stupidity. Likewise, cybersecurity gaps in the form of default passwords and logins and […]
The head of the independent studio Odd Tales and the director of the cyberpunk adventure The Last Night, Tim Soret, published a Christmas greeting in the style of the game on his microblog. The video was the result of Sore spending Christmas alone in 2019. To create a 30-second video using The Last Night engine, the developer, by his own admission, took […]
According to representatives of the British Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, smartphones have become one of the most popular targets for hackers. After the publication of this information, employees of the company Case24.com, which produces cases for various smartphones, decided to more accurately determine which smartphone manufacturers were interested in the attackers. Based on the research conducted, a report was presented that states […]
A recent study by psychologist Erik Thiessen from Carnegie Mellon University found that digital books may have a number of advantages over traditional books. The researcher found that children remember the content of what they read better if they interact with animated interactive content while learning the material. He is confident that animations associated with verbal interaction significantly increase the effectiveness of memorizing what is read. IN […]
YouTube has expanded the capabilities of its multimedia platform and made it easier for video content creators to deal with claims from copyright holders. The YouTube Studio toolbar now shows which parts of a video are infringing. Channel owners can cut out controversial parts instead of deleting the entire video. This is available in the "Restrictions" tab. Directions to offensive videos are also posted there. In addition, in the tab […]
The release version of the Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium is expected on January 15, 2020. However, it seems that not only Microsoft has given in to Google's onslaught. According to media reports, Apple is also preparing a “re-release” of its proprietary Safari browser on the Chromium engine. The source was Artyom Pozharov, a reader of the iphones.ru resource, who said that he came across a mention of […]
At Sheremetyevo Airport, personal boards were installed - DBA (Digital Boarding Assistant) kiosks produced by the Russian company Zamar Aero Solutions, equipped with a screen and a barcode scanner. You just need to hold your boarding pass close to it and the screen will display the time and direction of departure; flight number, departure terminal; floor, boarding gate number and estimated time before boarding. In addition, the kiosk […]
