Making a gateway between Wi-Fi and LoRa for UDP I had a childhood dream - to issue every household “without Wi-Fi” device a network ticket, i.e. an IP address and port. After some time, I realized that there was no point in postponing. We have to take it and do it. Technical specification Make it an M5Stack gateway with an installed LoRa Module (Figure 1). The gateway will be connected to [...]
Disclaimer: this material contains only the subjective opinion of the author, filled with stereotypes and fiction. Facts in the material are displayed in the form of metaphors; metaphors can be distorted, exaggerated, embellished, or even made up ASM There is still debate about who started all this. Yes, yes, I’m talking about how people moved from ordinary communication [...]
On December 7, 2019, the Debian project put to the developers a vote on the status of init systems other than systemd. The options the project had to choose from were: F: Focus on systemd B: Systemd, but support exploration of alternative solutions A: Support for multiple init systems is important D: Support non-systemd systems, but don't block […]
The Microsoft Teams client is the first Microsoft 365 app released for Linux. Microsoft Teams is an enterprise platform that integrates chat, meetings, notes, and attachments into a workspace. Developed by Microsoft as a competitor to the popular corporate solution Slack. The service was introduced in November 2016. Microsoft Teams is part of the Office 365 suite and is available through an enterprise subscription. In addition to Office 365 […]
Matthew Garrett, a well-known Linux kernel developer who once received an award from the Free Software Foundation for his contributions to the development of free software, drew attention to problems with the reliability of video surveillance cameras connected to the network via Wi-Fi. After analyzing the operation of the Ring Video Doorbell 2 camera installed in his house, Matthew came to the conclusion that intruders could […]
The third candidate release of Wine 5.0, an open implementation of the Win32 API, is available for testing. The code base is being frozen ahead of release, which is expected in early January 2020. Since the release of Wine 5.0-RC2, 46 bug reports have been closed and 45 bug fixes have been made. Error reports related to the operation of games and applications are closed: Blood 2: […]
It has become known that a new feature called “Disappearing Messages” has been discovered in the latest beta version of the WhatsApp mobile application for iOS and Android platforms. It is currently under development and is designed to automatically delete old messages after a certain period of time. This tool will become available for group chats, which usually contain a large […]
Recently, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), dedicated to cinema, has presented a ranking of the most anticipated films of 2020 based on page views. Immediately after the leader in the face of the tape in the DC comics universe "Birds of Prey" from Cathy Yan (Cathy Yan), the painting "Sonic Movie" by Jeff Fowler, created based on the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, was named. […]
The release of the Calculate Linux 20 distribution kit, which is being developed by the Russian-speaking community, is based on Gentoo Linux, supports a continuous release cycle of updates and is optimized for rapid deployment in a corporate environment, has seen the light of day. The following distribution editions are available for download: Calculate Linux Desktop with KDE desktop (CLD), MATE (CLDM), Cinnamon (CLDC), LXQt (CLDL) and Xfce (CLDX and CLDXE), Calculate […]
Although robots have long been used in warehouses for material handling and packaging tasks, until recently they were not as good at packaging textiles as humans. Fast Retailing, the parent company of Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo, has teamed up with Japanese startup Mujin to develop robots that can identify, collect and pack clothes […]
The Izvestia newspaper reports that gadgets sold in Russia may be required to install the application of the domestic Mir payment system. We are talking about Mir Pay software. This is an analogue of Samsung Pay and Apple Pay services, which allow you to make payments in a contactless way. To work with Mir Pay, you need a mobile device - a smartphone or tablet. At […]
Seven years ago, then-independent British company ARM formed a joint venture with Dutch company Gemalto, Trustonic, to advance digital security technologies. During its operation, the Trustonic JV has acquired hundreds of customers, including both leading manufacturers of smartphones, as well as manufacturers of cars and various consumer electronics. It's amazing, but despite all this, Trustonic every […]
