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Unofficial firmware with LineageOS prepared for Nintendo Switch

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The first unofficial firmware for the LineageOS platform has been published for the Nintendo Switch game console, allowing the use of an Android environment on the console instead of the standard FreeBSD-based environment. The firmware is based on LineageOS 15.1 (Android 8.1) builds for NVIDIA Shield TV devices, which, like the Nintendo Switch, are based on the NVIDIA Tegra X1 SoC. Supports operation in portable device mode (output to built-in […]

Release of the free 3D modeling system Blender 2.80

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After nearly two years of development, the free 3D modeling package Blender 2.80 has been released, becoming one of the most significant releases in the project's history. Main innovations: The user interface has been radically redesigned, which has become more familiar to users who have experience working in other graphics packages. A new dark theme and familiar panels with a modern set of icons instead of text […]

NVIDIA Employee: First Mandatory Ray Tracing Game Coming in 2023

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A year ago, NVIDIA introduced the first video cards with support for hardware acceleration of ray tracing, after which games that use this technology began to appear on the market. There are not too many such games yet, but their number is growing steadily. According to NVIDIA research scientist Morgan McGuire, around 2023 there will be a game that […]

Google has discovered several vulnerabilities in iOS, one of which Apple has not yet fixed

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Google researchers have discovered six vulnerabilities in iOS software, one of which has not yet been fixed by Apple developers. According to online sources, the vulnerabilities were discovered by Google Project Zero researchers, with five of the six problem areas being fixed last week when the iOS 12.4 update was released. The vulnerabilities discovered by the researchers are “non-contact”, meaning they […]

Parkinson's Law and how to break it

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“Work fills the time allotted for it.” Parkinson's Law Unless you are a British official from 1958, you don't have to follow this law. No work has to take up all the time allotted for it. A few words about the law Cyril Northcote Parkinson is a British historian and brilliant satirist. An essay published by […]

Air Attack game! — our first development experience in VR

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We continue the series of publications about the best mobile applications of SAMSUNG IT SCHOOL graduates. Today – a word from young developers from Novosibirsk, winners of the VR application competition “SCHOOL VR 360” in 2018, when they were first-year students. This competition concluded a special project for graduates of the “SAMSUNG IT SCHOOL”, where they taught development in Unity3d for Samsung Gear VR virtual reality glasses. All gamers are familiar with [...]

The full specification of the Librem 5 smartphone has been published

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Purism has published the full specification of Librem 5. Main hardware and characteristics: Processor: i.MX8M (4 cores, 1.5GHz), GPU supports OpenGL/ES 3.1, Vulkan, OpenCL 1.2; RAM: 3 GB; Internal memory: 32 GB eMMC; MicroSD slot (supports memory cards up to 2 TB); Screen 5.7" IPS TFT with a resolution of 720×1440; Removable battery 3500 mAh; Wi-Fi: 802.11abgn (2.4GHz + […]

Likes and Dislikes: DNS over HTTPS

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We analyze opinions regarding the features of DNS over HTTPS, which have recently become a “bone of contention” among Internet providers and browser developers. / Unsplash / Steve Halama The essence of the disagreement Recently, large media and thematic platforms (including Habr) often write about the DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol. It encrypts queries to the DNS server and responses to […]

Trump refuses to lift tariffs on Apple Mac Pro parts from China

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration would not give Apple any tariff breaks on components made in China for its Mac Pro computers. “Apple will not provide import duty relief or waivers for Mac Pro parts that are manufactured in China. Make them in the USA, (there won't be) any […]

AMD bans ASUS from comparing its motherboards to MSI and Gigabyte motherboards

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ASUS has published a series of rather entertaining marketing slides in which it compares its AMD X570 chipset-based motherboards with motherboards based on the same chipset from MSI and Gigabyte. But before we begin to analyze what ASUS presents in these slides, I would like to talk about what happened almost immediately after their publication. A […]

Huawei HiSilicon Hongjun 818: An advanced processor for smart TVs

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The HiSilicon division of the Chinese company Huawei introduced the advanced Hongjun 818 chip, designed specifically for use in the new generation of smart TVs. It is claimed that the chip is capable of providing the highest quality images. Among the implemented technologies are mentioned dynamic contrast enhancement (DCI), automatic color management (ACM), noise reduction (NR) tools and HDR tools. The processor provides the ability to decode video materials in 8K format […]

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