Author: ProHoster

The OpenBSD project begins publishing package updates to the stable branch

The publication of package updates for the stable branch of OpenBSD has been announced. Previously, when using the "-stable" branch, it was only possible to receive binary updates to the base system via syspatch. The packages were built once for the release branch and were no longer updated. Now it is planned to support three branches: “-release”: a frozen branch, packages from which are collected once for release and no longer […]

Firefox Update 68.0.2

A corrective update for Firefox 68.0.2 has been published, which fixes several problems: A vulnerability (CVE-2019-11733) that allows you to copy saved passwords without entering the master password has been fixed. When using the ‘copy password’ option in the Saved Logins dialog (‘Page Info/ Security/ View Saved Password)’, copying to the clipboard is carried out without the need to enter a password (the password entry dialog is displayed, but the data is copied […]

Demand for tablets continues to decline

Strategy Analytics has released the results of a study of the global tablet market in the second quarter of this year: demand for gadgets continues to decline. Thus, in the period from April to June inclusive, 37,4 million tablets were sold globally. This is a 7% decrease compared to the second quarter of 2018, when shipments amounted to 40,4 million units. Apple remains undisputed […]

A third of new billionaires in China grew up in the production of chips

A little less than a month ago, the first national stock exchange for trading shares of local high-tech companies, the STAR market (Science and Technology Board), began operating in China. Trading is conducted under the management of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The deployment of STAR market occurred in record time and was a response to the protracted trade war between the United States and China. By opening STAR market, the Chinese side […]

Wine on Windows 10. It works

Wine is a program for running Windows applications on Unix computers. Running Wine on Windows has been a dream for fans who follow the "We do what we have to do because we don't have to do it" heartstrings since at least 2004, when someone tried to compile Wine in Cygwin and broke the host's registry. systems. Excuse: “What about the old applications, [...]

Introducing 3CX 16 Update 3 Alpha - Advanced DNS and Mobile Client Reconnection

Even though it’s August, we are not relaxing and continue to prepare for the new business season. Meet 3CX v16 Update 3 Alpha! This release adds automatic configuration of SIP trunks based on obtaining information from DNS, automatic reconnection of mobile clients for Android and iOS, audio recognition and dragging attachments into the chat window of the web client. The new release features […]

Analysis of a case about communication with a “difficult” client

Sometimes a technical support engineer faces a difficult choice: to apply the “We are for a high service culture!” dialogue model. or “Press the button and you will get the result”? ...Having broken the wing made of cotton wool, Let's lie down in the clouds, like in crypts. We poets are rarely holy, We poets are often blind. (Oleg Ladyzhensky) Working in Technical Support is not only about funny stories about self-jumping […]

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe Messenger users' voice chats

According to online sources, in order to comply with privacy regulations, Facebook has stopped transcribing voice chats of users of the Messenger application. Representatives of the company confirmed the fact that contractors were involved in transcribing user audio recordings. This was done to determine whether messages were being interpreted correctly, but the practice was "suspended" a few days ago. It is also reported that all entries were anonymous […]

New operation in Rainbow Six Siege called Ember Rise

Ubisoft has published a teaser for a new operation in Rainbow Six Siege - Ember Rise. The picture shows two new operatives Amaru and Goyo sitting around a fire in the rainforest. Other details of the operation are still unknown, but the studio promised to reveal details during the finals of the Six Major Raleigh 2019 tournament. Two months earlier, a user of the ResetEra forum with the nickname Kormora said […]

A short video from Control dedicated to the use of superpowers

Publisher 505 Games and developers from Remedy Entertainment continue to publish a series of short videos “What is Control?”, designed to introduce the public to the upcoming action movie without spoilers. First, two videos were released, dedicated to the environment, the background of what is happening in the Oldest House and some enemies; a trailer was later released highlighting the combat system of this adventure with Metroidvania elements. Now a video dedicated to [...]

Small satellites could provide high-resolution radar images of the Earth's surface

The Finnish company ICEYE, which is creating a constellation of satellites for radar imaging of the Earth's surface, reported that it was able to achieve photographic resolution with a detail accuracy of less than 1 meter. According to ICEYE co-founder and chief strategy officer Pekka Laurila, since its founding in 2015, ICEYE has attracted approximately $65 million in investment, expanded to 120 employees […]