Mesa 19.2.0 was released - a free implementation of the OpenGL and Vulkan graphics APIs with open source code. Release 19.2.0 has an experimental status, and only after the code has been stabilized will the stable version 19.2.1 be released. Mesa 19.2 supports OpenGL 4.5 for i965, radeonsi and nvc0 drivers, Vulkan 1.1 for Intel and AMD cards, and also supports the OpenGL […]
The Document Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and support of open source software, announced the release of LibreOffice 6.3.2, a corrective release of the LibreOffice 6.3 “Fresh” family. The newest version (“Fresh”) is recommended for technology enthusiasts. It contains new features and improvements to the program, but may contain bugs that will be fixed in future releases. Version 6.3.2 includes 49 bug fixes, […]
An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API is available - Wine 4.17. Since the release of version 4.16, 14 bug reports have been closed and 274 changes have been made. The most important changes: Mono engine updated to version 4.9.3; Added support for compressed textures in DXTn format to d3dx9 (transferred from Wine Staging); An initial version of the Windows Script runtime library (msscript) has been proposed; IN […]
NVIDIA is preparing at least one more video card in the Super series, namely the GeForce GTX 1660 Super, reports the VideoCardz resource, citing its own source from ASUS. It is reported that this Taiwanese manufacturer will release at least three models of the new video card, which will be presented in the Dual Evo, Phoenix and TUF series. It is argued that the basis [...]
Today we bring to your attention the first part of the translation of material about how Dropbox deals with Python code type control. Dropbox writes a lot in Python. This is a language that we use extremely widely - both for backend services and desktop client applications. We also use Go, TypeScript and Rust a lot, but Python is […]
Today we are publishing the second part of the translation of material about how Dropbox organized type control for several million lines of Python code. → Read Part 484 Official Type Support (PEP 2014) We conducted our first serious experiments with mypy at Dropbox during Hack Week XNUMX. Hack Week is a one-week event hosted by Dropbox. At that time […]
The book contains 37 rules and experience in their application. I will note the rules that I personally paid attention to and would apply, and partially have already applied. Such as: the importance of metrics and tests at all stages of the life of a company or product; wait for the first crisis in a year, it will straighten your brains and this is great; any direction is launched with “pilots”; drive […]
Hello! We would like to start developing a number of mini-arcade games for mobile devices, but we need to do research to do this. First of all, what is meant by the word “mini-arcade”? In this concept we mean the simplest, Tetris-type games (usually with endless progress). There will be no accounts, the game will be played offline, in general, so that anywhere in the world [...]
The market has been suffering from shortages of 14nm Intel processors since the middle of last year. The company made enormous efforts to correct the current situation, investing an additional $1 billion in expanding production using a far from modern technological process, but if this helped, it did not completely. As reported by Digitimes, Intel's Asian customers are again complaining about the inability to purchase […]
AMD is actively preparing to launch a pair of new six-core desktop processors built on the Zen 2 microarchitecture: Ryzen 5 3500X and Ryzen 5 3500. These processors will strengthen the company's position in the mid-price segment and become a good alternative to the lower-priced Intel Core i5 in recent weeks has dropped to the level of $140 (about 10 […]
Epic Games has announced a September feature update for the Epic Games Store app. New additions include fresh library display options, patch size optimizations, playtime tracking, and packs. The new version of the loader offered users a library display in the form of a list, a search function, sorting by alphabet and recency of launch, as well as a function for hiding the games you own. The dimensions have also been optimized [...]
Apple is preparing to make a very aggressive move into the streaming market by offering a relatively low-cost subscription to Apple TV+. Disney is also not sitting idly by and intends to provide its Disney+ service with exclusive content, betting on universes like Marvel comics or Star Wars. At the D23 Expo, the company announced that it would create a special series about the famous Jedi Master from […]
