It looks like Quake 2 RTX won't be the only re-release to which NVIDIA will add real-time ray tracing effects. According to the job listing, the company is hiring for a studio that will specialize in adding RTX effects to re-releases of other classic computer games. As follows from the job description spotted by journalists, NVIDIA has launched a promising new program for re-releasing old games: “We […]
Ubisoft announced that from October 17 to October 21, everyone will be able to play the third-person cooperative action movie Tom Clancy's The Division 2 for free. The promotion is available on all platforms. A short promotional video was presented for this occasion: This trailer also shows some positive responses from several Russian-language publications about Tom Clancy's The […]
Almost every article or tool for optimizing site speed has a modest clause “use a CDN.” In general, CDN is a content delivery network or content delivery network. We at Method Lab often encounter questions from clients on this topic; some of them enable their own CDN. The purpose of this article is to understand what a CDN can provide in terms of […]
What do Wolverine, Deadpool and Jellyfish have in common? All of them have an amazing feature - regeneration. Of course, in comics and movies, this ability, common among an extremely limited number of real living organisms, is slightly (and sometimes greatly) exaggerated, but it remains very real. And what is real can be explained, which is what scientists decided to do in their new study […]
There will be 3 reports and, of course, a break for pizza and networking. Program: 18:30 - 19:00 - registration 19:00 - 21:30 - reports and free communication. Speakers and topics: Pavel Ivanov, Mobupps, Programmer. He will talk about design patterns in PHP. Olga Nikolaeva, Tutu.ru, Backend developer. "You shall not pass! Casbin is an access control system.” Olga will tell you how to solve the problem [...]
The second half of October is marked by PHP, Java, C++ and Vue. Tired of routine, developers arrange intellectual entertainment, the government organizes hackathons, newcomers and leads get a space where they can talk about their specific problems - in general, life is in full swing. IT Wednesday #6 When: October 16 Where: Moscow, 1st Volokolamsky Avenue, 10, building 3 Conditions of participation: free, […]
On October 12, the Free Software Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Creative Commons, Document Foundation and other human rights organizations are celebrating an international day against technological copyright protection (DRM) that restricts user freedom. According to supporters of the action, the user should be able to fully control their devices, from cars and medical devices to phones and computers. This year the creators of the event […]
While many details regarding Sony's next-gen console appear to be firmly in place, the PS5's backwards compatibility feature is still in development. PS5 will be released at the end of 2020, but already there are a lot of questions regarding the future Japanese gaming system. Of course, one of them is support for a backwards compatibility feature on PS5, which would allow games for the system […]
On the territory of the Ile-Balkhash natural reserve in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan, another center has opened for inspectors and researchers of the protected area. The yurt-shaped building is constructed from rounded polystyrene foam blocks printed on a 3D printer. The new inspection center, named after the nearby Karamergen settlement (XNUMXth–XNUMXth centuries), was built with funds from the Russian branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF Russia), […]
"Do not count your chickens before they are hatched". Guided by this principle, Intel this year began a large-scale release of the price list from outdated or limited-demand processors. The turn has reached the once mass-produced models of the Kaby Lake family, which is now dwindling almost entirely. The corporation did not disdain even a couple of surviving processors of the Skylake family: Core i7-6700 and Core i5-6500. About […]
Hello! It so happens that we are active users of one very well-known platform, and at the end of October its engineers will come to visit our team. Thinking that not only us might have questions for them, we decided to gather everyone, as well as a friendly podcast and industry acquaintances from Scalability Camp, on one site. So for [...]
Blockchain is an innovative technology that promises to improve many areas of human life. It transfers real processes and products into the digital space, ensures speed and reliability of financial transactions, reduces their cost, and also allows you to create modern DAPP applications using smart contracts in decentralized networks. Given the many benefits and diverse applications of blockchain, it may seem surprising that this […]
