Author: ProHoster

As a result, Overwatch and Overwatch 2 will merge together

Overwatch 2 and Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan believes that the games will eventually merge into a “single experience.” Speaking to Kotaku, Jeff Kaplan admitted that "there will be a point where [the two games'] customers come together." Overwatch 2 allowed the team to implement new ideas and improvements that weren't possible in the original game, but ultimately the entire community […]

Firefox browser is 15 years old

Yesterday the legendary web browser turned 15 years old. Even if for some reason you don't use Firefox to interact with the web, there's no denying that it has had an impact on the Internet for as long as it has existed. It may seem like Firefox didn't come out that long ago, but it actually happened 15 years ago. Firefox browser version 1.0 was […]

Sony to open office in Malaysia to develop PlayStation 5 exclusive games

Sony Interactive Entertainment will open a new office in Malaysia in 2020. Its employees will develop games. This will be the company's first studio in Southeast Asia. She will be responsible for the art and animation of exclusive games for PlayStation consoles within Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios. This also includes studios such as Guerrilla Games, Japan Studio, […]

Larian took a lot of creative risks with Baldur's Gate 3

Larian studio is developing the role-playing game Baldur's Gate 3. The same team is responsible for the Divinity: Original Sin duology, which is highly valued by fans of the cRPG genre. In an interview with Game Informer, Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke briefly discussed the process of translating the Dungeon & Dragons experience into a video game. Sven Vincke also hinted that the developers are taking on a lot of […]

The development of a Russian quantum computer will cost 24 billion rubles

The state corporation Rosatom is launching a project within which it is planned to develop a Russian quantum computer. It is also known that the project will be implemented until 2024, and the total amount of its financing will be 24 billion rubles. The project office, which was formed on the basis of Rosatom’s digital block, will be led by Ruslan Yunusov, who previously headed the development of the “road map” for quantum technologies in […]

30th Anniversary of the Minix OS Tutorial

On January 14, the first day of the old New Year 2017, the article “Person. Commander Norton." 1987 Year After reading it, which caused a lot of emotions, 1987 came to mind, in its own way a significant year in my life. This is the year when I, from an ordinary junior researcher, became the head of one of the leading departments at a research institute, which was […]

Xiaomi will release smart TVs with OLED display

Li Xiaoshuang, general manager of Xiaomi's television division, spoke about the company's plans for further development of the smart TV area. This week, Xiaomi officially unveiled the new generation of smart TVs - panels of the Mi TV 5 and Mi TV 5 Pro series. The Pro family devices are equipped with a high-quality Quantum Dot QLED display with 108 percent color gamut […]

Huawei founder believes the company can survive without the US

Chinese technology giant Huawei remains on the so-called US “blacklist”, making it difficult to do business with American companies. However, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei considers American sanctions ineffective and notes that the company will be able to survive without the United States. “We feel good without the US. US-China trade talks are not something I'm interested in. […]

Russian doctors will have an AI-based digital assistant

Sberbank intends to implement a number of promising projects in the healthcare sector using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. As reported by RIA Novosti, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin spoke about this. One of the initiatives involves creating a digital assistant for doctors. Such a system, using AI algorithms, will speed up the diagnosis of diseases and increase its accuracy. In addition, the assistant will be able to recommend the most […]

Panasonic Lumix S Pro 16-35mm F4 Compact Zoom Lens for L-Mount Cameras Coming in January

Panasonic has introduced the Lumix S Pro 16-35mm F4 lens, designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras equipped with an L-Mount bayonet mount. The announced product is a relatively compact wide-angle zoom lens. Its length is 100 mm, diameter - 85 mm. A high-speed and high-precision autofocus system based on a linear motor has been implemented. It is also possible to focus in manual mode. The design includes 12 […]

Open source chip OpenTitan will replace the proprietary roots of trust of Intel and ARM

The non-profit organization lowRISC, with the participation of Google and other sponsors, presented the OpenTitan project on November 5, 2019, which it calls “the first open-source project to create an open, high-quality chip architecture with a root of trust (RoT) at the hardware level.” OpenTitan based on RISC-V architecture is a special-purpose chip for installation on servers in data centers and in any other equipment where […]