Author: ProHoster

The creators of Celeste will add 100 new levels to the game

Celeste developers Matt Thorson and Noel Berry have announced plans to release an addition to the ninth chapter of the platformer Celeste. Along with it, 100 new levels and 40 minutes of music will appear in the game. In addition, Thorson promised several new game mechanics and items. To gain access to new levels and items you will need to fully [...]

Drone maker DJI shifts the burden of Trump's tariffs onto US consumers

Chinese drone maker DJI has made significant changes to the prices of its products in response to the Donald Trump administration's tariff hike on Chinese goods. The increase in prices for DJI products was first reported by the DroneDJ resource. This may be the first recorded case of a Chinese gadget maker or brand that manufactures primarily in China adding a customs tax imposed by the Trump administration […]

AOC CQ27G1 Curved Gaming Monitor with FreeSync is $279

AOC has begun selling the CQ27G1 curved VA monitor, designed for use in desktop gaming systems. The new product measures 27 inches diagonally and has a resolution of 2560 × 1440 pixels, which corresponds to the QHD format. The radius of curvature is 1800R. The device features AMD FreeSync technology: it helps improve image smoothness and thereby improve […]

Trailer for Rebel Cops - tactical offshoot of This Is the Police, which will be released on September 17

Publisher THQ Nordic and Belarusian studio Weappy presented Rebel Cops, a turn-based tactics game with stealth elements set in the This Is the Police universe. The project will hit the market on September 17 in versions for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. On this occasion, the developers presented a detailed trailer: In Rebel Cops, players will control a squad […]

LibreOffice 6.3.1 and 6.2.7 update

The Document Foundation has announced the release of LibreOffice 6.3.1, the first maintenance release in the LibreOffice 6.3 “fresh” family. Version 6.3.1 is aimed at enthusiasts, power users and those who prefer the latest versions of software. For conservative users and enterprises, an update to the stabilized branch of LibreOffice 6.2.7 “still” has been prepared. Ready-made installation packages are prepared for Linux, macOS and Windows platforms. […]

Google opened the library code for confidential data processing

Google has published the source code of the “Differential Privacy” library with the implementation of differential privacy methods that allow statistical operations to be performed on a data set with sufficiently high accuracy without the ability to identify individual records in it. The library code is written in C++ and is open under the Apache 2.0 license. Analysis using differential privacy techniques enables organizations to conduct analytical sampling […]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developers will talk about the story campaign at the end of September

Infinity Ward shared details of the launch of the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. In the remaining month and a half, the studio will conduct two stages of beta testing, reveal details of cross-play and the campaign, and also show Special Operations. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Pre-Release Event Schedule: First Beta Test - September 12 to 16 (exclusive to PS4 owners); crossplay details - from 16 […]

Data Art Museum. KUVT2 - study and play

At the beginning of the school year, we decided to talk about one of the exhibits from our collection, the image of which remains an important memory for thousands of schoolchildren in the 1980s. The eight-bit Yamaha KUVT2 is a Russified version of the MSX standard household computer, launched in 1983 by the Japanese branch of Microsoft. Such, in fact, gaming platforms based on Zilog Z80 microprocessors have captured Japan, Korea and China, but almost […]

Warshipping is a cyber-threat that arrives via regular mail.

Cybercriminals' attempts to threaten IT systems are constantly evolving. For example, techniques we've seen this year include injecting malicious code into thousands of e-commerce sites to steal personal data and using LinkedIn to install spyware. What's more, these techniques work: losses from cybercrime reached $2018 billion in 45. […]