Author: ProHoster

Vivo U10 smartphone spotted with Snapdragon 665 processor

Online sources have released information about the characteristics of the mid-level Vivo smartphone, which appears under the code designation V1928A. The new product is expected to debut on the commercial market under the name U10. This time the source of data was the popular Geekbench benchmark. The test suggests that the device uses a Snapdragon 665 processor (the chip is coded trinket). The solution combines eight computing […]

My second week with Haiku: lots of hidden gems and surprises, plus some problems

Editing screenshot for this article - in Haiku TL;DR: Performance is much better than originally. ACPI was to blame. Running in a virtual machine works fine for screen sharing. Git and a package manager are built into the file manager. Public wireless networks do not work. Frustration with python. Last week I discovered Haiku, a surprisingly good system. AND […]

Announcement of the Kubernetes Web View (and a brief overview of other web UIs for Kubernetes)

Note Translation: The author of the original material is Henning Jacobs from Zalando. He created a new web interface for working with Kubernetes, which is positioned as “kubectl for the web.” Why a new Open Source project appeared and what criteria were not met by existing solutions - read his article. In this post, I review the various open source Kubernetes web interfaces […]

Porting a multiplayer game from C++ to the web with Cheerp, WebRTC and Firebase

Introduction Our company Leaning Technologies provides solutions for porting traditional desktop applications to the web. Our C++ Cheerp compiler generates a combination of WebAssembly and JavaScript, providing both a simple browser experience and high performance. As an example of its application, we decided to port a multiplayer game to the web and chose Teeworlds for this. Teeworlds is a multiplayer XNUMXD retro game […]

“Burn, burn brightly until it goes out”, or What is fraught with emotional burnout of your employees

How I wanted to figure out what was cheaper - to fire a burnt-out employee, to “cure” him, or to try to prevent burnout altogether, and what came of it. Now a short introduction to where this topic came from. I've almost forgotten how to write. At first there is no time; then it seems like everything you can/want to write about is obvious, and then you hear a story from […]

Paris court orders Valve to allow resale of games on Steam in France

The Paris District Court has issued a decision in the proceedings between Valve and the French Federal Consumer Union (Union fédérale des consommateurs). The owner of Steam was obliged to allow the resale of video games on the platform. The judge also decided that the company must transfer funds from the Steam wallet to users when leaving the platform and take responsibility for possible damage to devices from software distributed through […]

Epic paid over $10 million for Control exclusivity on PC

The American company Epic Games paid the Italian Digital Bros. 8,3 million pounds ($10,5 million) for obtaining exclusive rights to sell the new action adventure film Control from the studio Remedy. Digital Bros. is the parent company of 505 Games, the publisher of Control. GameDaily.biz claims that 45% of this amount will go to 505 Games, and 55% will go to the Finnish studio Remedy. Analyst […]

Warner Bros. and Funcom have removed Denuvo from Batman: Arkham Knight and Conan Unconquered

We recently reported on the Batman games being given away for free on the Epic Games Store. And now there are other interesting clarifications: Warner Bros. removed Denuvo protection from Batman: Arkham Knight for EGS. Surprisingly, the Steam version of Batman: Arkham Knight still includes Denuvo. Warner Bros. did not explain why the dubious anti-hacking technology remained on Steam. Simultaneously […]

Roscosmos will not be able to fulfill the plan for rocket launches in 2019

The head of the state corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced that it would not be possible to fulfill the plan to launch launch vehicles this year. Previously, as TASS notes, it was assumed that 2019 launches would be carried out in 45. This takes into account both launches of space rockets and test launches of ballistic missiles. However, it is now said that by the end of this year it will be possible […]

Technologies for "smart" transport based on 5G were tested in Moscow

The MTS operator announced testing of advanced solutions for the transport infrastructure of the future in the fifth generation (5G) network on the territory of the VDNKh exhibition complex. We are talking about technologies for a “smart” city. Testing was carried out jointly with Huawei and system integrator NVision Group (part of the MTS Group), and support was provided by the Moscow Information Technology Department. New solutions provide for constant exchange of data [...]

Parrot 4.7 distribution release with a selection of security checkers

The Parrot 4.7 distribution was released, based on the Debian Testing package base and including a selection of tools for checking the security of systems, conducting forensic analysis and reverse engineering. Three options for iso images are offered for download: with the MATE environment (full 4 GB and reduced 1.8 GB) and with the KDE desktop (1.9 GB). The Parrot distribution is positioned as a portable laboratory with […]

Google launches four new features for Android TV

Developers from Google have announced four new features that will soon become available to owners of TVs running the Android TV operating system. This week, Motorola smart TVs powered by Android TV were launched in India. New features for the Android TV operating system will be available to users in India initially, with […]