Author: ProHoster

Bandai Namco will open a mobile company in 2020

Japanese publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment announced the creation of a new company with the self-explanatory name Bandai Namco Mobile. This division of Bandai Namco Group will focus on the development of mobile business within the Network Entertainment Unit - it will combine the development and marketing of game projects for mobile platforms outside the Asian market. Bandai Namco Mobile will be based in Barcelona and will allow more […]

Reference: "Autonomous Runet" - what is it and who needs it

Last year, the government approved an action plan in the area of ​​Information Security. This is part of the “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” program. The plan included a bill on the need to ensure the operation of the Russian segment of the Internet in the event of a disconnection from foreign servers. The documents were prepared by a group of deputies led by the head of the Federation Council committee, Andrei Klishas. Why does Russia need an autonomous segment of the global network and [...]

Sovereign Internet - for our money

Bill No. 608767-7 on the autonomous operation of the Runet was submitted to the State Duma on December 14, 2018, and was approved in the first reading in February. Authors: Senator Lyudmila Bokova, Senator Andrei Klishas and Deputy Andrei Lugovoy. A number of amendments were prepared for the document for the second reading, including one very important one. The costs of telecom operators for the purchase and maintenance of equipment will […]

Yarovaya-Ozerov law - from words to deeds

To the roots... July 4, 2016 Irina Yarovaya gave an interview on the Rossiya 24 channel. Let me reprint a small fragment from it: “The law does not propose storing information. The law only gives the Government of the Russian Federation the right to decide within 2 years whether something needs to be stored or not. To what extent? In relation to what piece of information? Those. […]

Portable version of OpenBGPD 6.5p1 available

The OpenBSD developers have published the first stable update to the portable edition of the OpenBGPD 6.5 routing package, which can be used on non-OpenBSD operating systems. To ensure portability, parts of the code from the OpenNTPD, OpenSSH and LibreSSL projects were used. In addition to OpenBSD, support for Linux and FreeBSD is announced. OpenBGPD has been tested on Debian 9, Ubuntu 14.04 and FreeBSD 12. OpenBGPD is being developed […]

Fedora Application Size Reduction Initiative

The Fedora Linux developers have announced the formation of a Minimization Team, which, together with package maintainers, will work to reduce the installation size of supplied applications, runtime and other components of the distribution. The size is planned to be reduced by no longer installing unnecessary dependencies and eliminating optional components such as documentation. Reducing the size will reduce the size of application containers and specialized assemblies [...]

Tesla electric pickup truck could be introduced in 2-3 months

The Tesla pickup truck is one of the most anticipated electric cars of the year. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the automaker is "close" to officially unveiling an electric pickup truck. Despite the fact that Tesla's next production vehicle will be the Model Y, the future pickup truck is receiving a lot of attention ahead of the unveiling. Previously, Elon Musk was looking for suggestions for features […]

Smartphone Samsung Galaxy S11 will receive a "leaky" display

Online sources have obtained a new piece of information about the Galaxy S11 series smartphones, which Samsung will announce next year. If you believe the blogger Ice universe, who has previously repeatedly provided accurate data about upcoming new products from the mobile world, the devices are being designed under the code name Picasso. It is alleged that smartphones will be supplied to the market with the Android Q operating system, […]

Optimization of database queries on the example of a B2B service for builders

How to grow 10 times the number of queries to the database without moving to a more productive server and maintain system functionality? I will tell you how we dealt with the decline in the performance of our database, how we optimized SQL queries to serve as many users as possible and not increase the cost of computing resources. I am making a service for managing business processes [...]

An overview of the free tool SQLIndexManager

As you know, indexes play an important role in a DBMS, providing a quick search to the required records. That’s why it’s so important to service them in a timely manner. Quite a lot of material has been written about analysis and optimization, including on the Internet. For example, this topic was recently reviewed in this publication. There are many paid and free solutions for this. For example, there is […]

How pod priorities in Kubernetes caused downtime at Grafana Labs

Note trans.: We present to your attention technical details about the reasons for the recent downtime in the cloud service maintained by the creators of Grafana. This is a classic example of how a new and seemingly extremely useful feature designed to improve the quality of infrastructure... can cause harm if you do not provide for the numerous nuances of its application in the realities of production. It’s great when materials like this appear that allow you to learn not only [...]

Microsoft may improve Windows 10 Pro for PC enthusiasts

At one time, there were rumors that Microsoft was preparing a build of Windows 10 Home Ultra for enthusiasts. But these turned out to be just dreams. There is still no special version. But, as expected, it may appear in the Windows 10 Pro edition. The Pro version fills the gap between Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Home, but is more focused on system […]