Author: ProHoster

Video: unfriendly mercenary Cloud Strife in the new trailer for the remake of Final Fantasy VII

Square Enix has presented a new trailer for the remake of Final Fantasy VII, entirely dedicated to Cloud Strife, the protagonist of the game. Cloud Strife was recruited by the Avalanche resistance to help them fight against the sinister Sinra Corporation. But instead of the usual task, the hero finds himself drawn into a deep conflict that is connected with his past and the future of the entire planet. The video, first shown at the ceremony [...]

The announcement of the OPPO Find X2 smartphone with the Snapdragon 865 chip and a new Sony image sensor is coming

At the Qualcomm Tech Summit event, OPPO announced its intention to release a smartphone powered by the Snapdragon 865 processor in the first quarter of the coming year. Now it has become known that this device will be the Find X2 model. It is noted that the smartphone will receive a camera with a new Sony 2×2 On-Chip Lens (OCL) image sensor. Conventional solutions use an array of microlenses, each of which is positioned […]

Launched in September, shooter PlanetSide Arena will be phased out in January 2020

The ambitious multiplayer shooter Planetside Arena was planned to be released back in January of this year, but development was delayed. At first the launch was postponed, then moved to September 19. The launch, however, did not bring the expected influx of players, and already in October it became known that there had been a wave of layoffs at the Daybreak Game Company studio, with the Planetside 2 and Planetside Arena teams taking the brunt. […]

The exit is near: the Moto G8 Power smartphone appeared on the FCC website

Earlier this year, the Moto G8 Plus and Moto G8 Play smartphones debuted with a Max Vision display and a multi-module camera. And soon these devices will have a brother in the form of the Moto G8 Power model. Network sources report that the new product “lit up” on the website of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The device appears under the code designation XT2041-4. According to the FCC documentation […]

Lidar for your home: Intel introduced the RealSense L515 camera

Intel has announced its readiness to sell a lidar camera for indoor use, the RealSense L515 model. The issue price is $349. Acceptance of preliminary applications is open. According to the company, it is the world's most compact and cost-effective computer vision solution. The Intel RealSense L515 camera will revolutionize the market for solutions for perceiving the world in 3D and create devices previously unavailable [...]

How to respond to chaos? Based on events with Nginx

This Thursday, an event occurred that shook the entire IT community: a mask show at the Nginx office. The founder of Nginx, Igor Sysoev, can be called one of the most talented and valuable people in Russia, and if this happened to him, this could happen to any of us. This article generated a huge discussion in the comments. This is about this discussion and about the reactions [...]

Russian companies know about AI technologies, but are in no hurry to implement them

Nine out of ten business representatives in Russia are aware of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. However, many companies are in no hurry to implement such systems. Such results were obtained in the course of a study conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) and the Project Office for the implementation of the national program “Digital Economy” of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation (AC). It is reported that […]

GlobalFoundries CTO and IBM veteran joins Intel

The day before it became known that IBM veteran and until recently the current technical director of GlobalFoundries, Dr. Gary Patton, had joined Intel. GlobalFoundries abandoned the race for the latest technological processes last year, and the tasks of the chief technologist have obviously changed. The lack of prospects probably pushed Patton to look for work in his specialty in a new […]