Author: ProHoster

There will be no Russian dubbing on Apple TV + yet - only subtitles

The Kommersant publication, citing its sources, reported that the Apple TV+ video streaming service, as could be expected based on promotional materials, will not have Russian dubbing. Russian subscribers of the service, which will be launched on November 1, will only be able to count on localization in the form of subtitles. Apple itself has not yet specified this issue, but all trailers on […]

10 vulnerabilities in the Xen hypervisor

Information has been published about 10 vulnerabilities in the Xen hypervisor, five of which (CVE-2019-17341, CVE-2019-17342, CVE-2019-17340, CVE-2019-17346, CVE-2019-17343) potentially allow you to go beyond the current guest environment and increase their privileges, one vulnerability (CVE-2019-17347) allows an unprivileged process to gain control over the processes of other users in the same guest system, the remaining four (CVE-2019-17344, CVE-2019-17345, CVE-2019- 17348, CVE-2019-17351) vulnerabilities allow […]

ESPN: Overwatch 2 will have a PvE mode that can be played at BlizzCon 2019

ESPN has published new information about the shooter Overwatch 2. It is assumed that the game will have a PvE mode, which fans will be able to play at BlizzCon 2019. The logo of the second part will be decorated with the number 2 in orange, which will complement the OW logo. The cover will be graced by a smiling Lucio. Journalists claim that they received information from sources from Blizzard. According to the documents, the PvE mode will be presented […]

AI banned over 20 CS:GO players in 1,5 months

The FACEIT tournament platform spoke about the successes of the Minerva moderation system, developed on the basis of artificial intelligence. In 1,5 months, the AI ​​banned more than 20 thousand players. The system was developed jointly with Jingsaw using Google Cloud. Minerva records violations after the match ends. It punishes players for spamming, insulting, using cheats and much more. The AI ​​trained for several months using […]

How to write a WebAssembly smart contract on the Ontology network? Part 1: Rust

Ontology Wasm technology reduces the cost of migrating dApp smart contracts with complex business logic to the blockchain, thereby greatly enriching the dApp ecosystem. Currently, Ontology Wasm supports both Rust and C++ development at the same time. The Rust language supports Wasm better, and the generated bytecode is simpler, which can further reduce the cost of contract calls. […]

Introduction to Hashicorp Consul's Kubernetes Authorization

That's right, after the release of Hashicorp Consul 1.5.0 in early May 2019, Consul can natively authorize applications and services running in Kubernetes. In this tutorial, we will create a POC (Proof of concept, PoC - proof [feasibility] of concept - approx. Transl.) step by step, demonstrating this new feature. You are expected to have basic […]

Why is a negative perception of the educational process associated with its positive results?

It is generally accepted that students study better if the most comfortable conditions are created for this, and teachers are demanding, but incredibly friendly. Without a good mentor, who will certainly be liked by everyone, it is almost impossible to master the material and pass exams successfully, isn’t it? You should also like the teaching methods, and the learning process should evoke extremely positive emotions. It's right. But, […]

How the ru-> neta fighters were tempered. A bit of real history

Talking with friends today, we began to remember “how everything was” on the RuNet - and not from the words of the politically engaged “Ashmanovs and other close associates,” but how it really was. They encouraged me to write an article. There was nothing to do, I wrote a sketch about what I could do next © Essentially, a series of unknown stories from the period of the formation of IT in the Russian Federation, funny and not so funny, […]

IT Relocation. Overview of the pros and cons of living in Bangkok a year later

My story began somewhere in October 2016, when the thought “Why not try to work abroad?” settled in my head. At first there were simple interviews with outsourcing companies from England. There were a lot of vacancies with the description “frequent business trips to America are possible,” but the place of work was still in Moscow. Yes, they offered good money, but the soul [...]

Microsoft paid out $1,2 billion to indie developers as part of ID@Xbox

Kotaku Australia has revealed that a total of $1,2 billion has been paid out to independent video game developers since the ID@Xbox initiative launched five years ago. Senior program director Chris Charla spoke about this in an interview. “We've paid over $1,2 billion to independent developers this generation for games that have gone through the ID program,” he said. […]

For the first time, the formation of a heavy element in the collision of neutron stars has been recorded

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) reports the registration of an event whose significance from a scientific point of view cannot be overestimated. For the first time, the formation of a heavy element during the collision of neutron stars has been recorded. It is known that the processes during which elements are formed occur mainly in the interior of ordinary stars, in supernova explosions or in the outer shells of old stars. However, until now it was unclear […]

New article: Honor 9X smartphone review: on the bandwagon of a departing train

With the launch of smartphones on the world market, the “budget-youth” division of Huawei, the Honor company, always faces the same situation - the gadget has been on sale in China for a couple of months, and then the European premiere of a “completely new” device is held with fanfare. Honor 9X is no exception, the model was presented in China back in July/August, but it reached us […]