Author: ProHoster

The spread of AI in the PC segment will make 16 GB the minimum recommended amount of RAM

According to TrendForce, which was already mentioned the day before, Microsoft has set the minimum recommended amount of RAM for PCs running the Copilot AI assistant at 16 GB. Essentially, this will encourage active PC users to upgrade their systems. At the very least, RAM will have to be added, since many have so far made do with half the amount. Image source: Samsung […]

AVerMedia has released video capture cards Live Streamer Ultra HD and Live Gamer 4K 2.1 - the latter received HDMI 2.1

AVerMedia presented video stream capture cards Live Gamer 4K 2.1 and Live Streamer Ultra HD. Both new products are made in the format of PCIe expansion cards and both support video in 4K resolution (3840 × 2160 pixels). And the first of the new products, moreover, stands out for its support for the HDMI 2.1 interface. Live Gamer 4K 2.1. Image source: AVerMediaSource: […]

Foxconn joins initiative to protect Linux from patent claims

Foxconn has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), an organization dedicated to protecting the Linux ecosystem from patent claims. By joining OIN, Foxconn has demonstrated its commitment to co-innovation and non-aggressive patent management. Foxconn ranks 20th in the ranking of the largest corporations by revenue (Fortune Global 500) and is the world's largest […]

GNU Emacs 29.2 text editor release

The GNU Project has published the release of the GNU Emacs 29.2 text editor. Until the release of GNU Emacs 24.5, the project developed under the personal leadership of Richard Stallman, who handed over the post of project leader to John Wiegley in the fall of 2015. The project code is written in C and Lisp and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. In the new release on the GNU/Linux platform, by default […]

Release of Tesseract 5.3.4 text recognition system

The release of the Tesseract 5.3.4 optical text recognition system has been published, which supports recognition of UTF-8 characters and texts in more than 100 languages, including Russian, Kazakh, Belarusian and Ukrainian. The result can be saved both in clear text and in HTML (hOCR), ALTO (XML), PDF and TSV formats. Initially, the system was created in 1985-1995 in the laboratory of Hewlett Packard […]

Google will change search results for EU residents in accordance with DMA requirements

Google is preparing for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to come into effect in March 2024. According to the DMA, Google is classified as a gatekeeper, which includes companies with more than 45 million monthly active users and a market capitalization of more than €75 billion ($81,2 billion). The most noticeable changes will be in the search engine - where Google can show […]

Gartner: the global IT market will reach $5 trillion in 2024, and AI will spur its growth

Gartner estimates that spending in the global IT market will reach $2023 trillion in 4,68, an increase of approximately 3,3% compared to the previous year. Going forward, the pace of industry development is expected to accelerate, driven in part by the widespread adoption of generative AI. Analysts consider such segments as data centers, electronic devices, enterprise-class software, IT services and telecommunications services. Source: 3dnews.ru

MTS accelerated mobile Internet in the Moscow region by 30%, turning 3G into 4G

MTS has completed the conversion (refarming) of all 3G base stations in the 2100 MHz range (UMTS 2100) to the LTE standard within the Central Ring Road of the Moscow region. The implementation of this project contributed to an increase in mobile Internet speed and network capacity in Moscow and the region by an average of 30%. In the rest of the region, the UMTS 2100 network is planned to be shut down […]

LeftoverLocals vulnerability in AMD, Apple, Qualcomm and Imagination GPUs

A vulnerability (CVE-2023-4969) has been identified in GPUs from AMD, Apple, Qualcomm and Imagination, codenamed LeftoverLocals, which allows data to be retrieved from the local memory of the GPU, remaining after another process has executed and possibly containing sensitive information. From a practical point of view, the vulnerability can be dangerous on multi-user systems, in which handlers for different users run on the same GPU, as well as […]

Galaxy AI features coming to select older Samsung smartphones and tablets

This week, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 series smartphones with a host of AI-powered features integrated into One UI 6.1. Now it has become known that this version of the proprietary user interface and many of the Galaxy AI features will be available not only in the new flagships, but also in some Galaxy devices released on the […]