Author: ProHoster

The popularity of the Valve Index VR Kit increased on Steam last week due to the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx

Valve has shared its traditional sales rankings on Steam over the past week. From November 17 to 23, the leader remained Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a new product from the studio Respawn Entertainment, which took three places in the previous list thanks to pre-orders and purchases of various editions. And in second position is the Valve Index VR Kit. […]

CD Projekt RED: Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer monetization will be "reasonable"

CD Projekt RED executives discussed the upcoming shooter role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077 during a question-and-answer session (Q&A). Much of the conversation centered around the multiplayer component, which was confirmed a few months ago. When Chief Financial Officer Piotr Nielubowicz discussed costs, Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer was labeled as a "small project" that had only recently been taken seriously. He also confirmed that in early development […]

Kojima hinted at a return to the horror genre

After the release of Death Stranding, game designer Hideo Kojima hinted at his next project on his microblog. Apparently, it will be a game in the horror genre. According to Kojima, to create “the scariest horror game in gaming,” he needs to awaken his “horror soul.” This is done by watching relevant films. “During the development of P.T. I rented a Thai […]

SuperData Digital Chart: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare shooter takes first place on consoles

Analytics company SuperData Research has published a new report, according to which the best-selling launch of 2019 in digital stores was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Let us remember that the game was released on October 25, at the very end of the reporting period. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has sold approximately 4,75 million digital copies across consoles and PC, according to SuperData Research. […]

Taking care of the environment: the new Yandex.Taxi tariff will allow you to order a car on gas

The Yandex.Taxi platform announced the introduction of the so-called “Eco-tariff” in Russia: it will allow you to order cars that use natural gas (methane) as fuel. Cars running on gas engine fuel cause much less harm to the environment than vehicles using gasoline or diesel fuel. Another advantage is cost savings for motorists. “Users will be able to consciously order a ride in a car that does not cause […]

Cooler Master MasterAir G200P is less than 40mm high

Cooler Master has officially introduced the MasterAir G200P cooler, samples of which were first demonstrated at Computex 2019 in early summer. The new product is a low-profile product: the height is only 39,4 mm. Thanks to this, the cooler can be used in compact computers and multimedia centers based on Mini-ITX motherboards. The aluminum heatsink is pierced by two C-shaped heat pipes. Mounted on top is a 92mm […]

Quad camera and double folding screen: Xiaomi patents a new smartphone

The State Intellectual Property Office of China (CNIPA) has become a source of information about a new flexible smartphone, which in the future may appear in the Xiaomi product range. As shown in the patent images, Xiaomi is mulling over a device with a flexible dual-fold screen. When folded, two sections of the display will be on the back, as if wrapping around the device. Having opened the gadget, the user will receive […]

Microsoft received a license to supply Huawei with software

Microsoft representatives announced that the corporation has received a license from the US government to supply its own software to the Chinese company Huawei. “On November 20, the US Department of Commerce approved Microsoft's request to grant a license to export mass market software to Huawei. We appreciate the Department's actions in response to our request,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in response to the issue. On […]

The Honor V30 5G smartphone with Kirin 990 chip and Android 10 showed its capabilities in Geekbench

The Honor V30 smartphone will be officially presented next week. In anticipation of this event, the device was tested in the Geekbench benchmark, thanks to which some of its features became known before the official announcement. The Honor V30, known under the codename Huawei OXF-AN10, operates on the Android 10 software platform. It is assumed that the smartphone will have the following version of the user interface […]

Solving the problem with switching by alt + shift in Linux, in applications on Electron

Hello colleagues! I want to share my solution to the problem that is indicated in the title. I was inspired to write this article by my colleague brnovk, who was not too lazy and offered a partial (for me) solution to the problem. I made my own “crutch” which helped me. I'm sharing with you. Description of the problem I used Ubuntu 18.04 for work and recently noticed that when switching […]