Author: ProHoster

Video: Over XNUMX minutes of Astral Chain action gameplay from the authors of NieR: Automata

The GameXplain channel published over six minutes of gameplay of the upcoming action game Astral Chain from the Platinum Games studio. In the recorded video, the player learns the combat mechanics of the action game, and then goes to complete a side quest to kill the demons that have flooded the city of Ark. Let us remind you that Astral Chain tells about the invasion of demons from another world into the mysterious city of Ark, which is divided into several […]

Video: Summer Games kick off in Overwatch with new skins, challenges and more

As promised by the Overwatch developers, the Summer Games seasonal event has returned to the competitive team-based action game. This year, participants will earn weekly rewards by winning matches and challenges. This time, the rewards will include skins. For example, in the first week, by achieving 9 wins in Quick Play, Competitive Play, and Arcade modes, players can obtain the Reaper skin […]

Russia will develop a system of protection against AI technology Deepfake

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has opened a Laboratory of Intelligent Cryptographic Systems, whose researchers will develop specialized information analysis tools. The laboratory was created on the basis of the Competence Center of the National Technology Initiative in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The company taking part in the project is Virgil Security, Inc., which specializes in encryption and cryptography. Researchers will have to create a platform for analyzing and protecting photographic and video materials […]

Analysts: Huawei smartphone shipments will exceed a quarter of a billion units in 2019

Well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has announced a forecast for the supply of smartphones from Huawei and its subsidiary Honor brand for the current year. The Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is currently going through quite difficult times due to sanctions from the United States. Nevertheless, the company's cellular devices continue to be in high demand. In particular, as noted, sales of Huawei smartphones are increasing by […]

Samsung is preparing a plan "B" in case the conflict between Japan and South Korea drags on

Increasing disagreements between South Korea and Japan against the backdrop of Seoul's demands for compensation for forced labor of the country's citizens during wartime and trade restrictions imposed by Japan in response are forcing Korean manufacturers to look for alternative options to overcome the crisis. According to South Korean media, Samsung CEO Lee Jae-yong (Lee Jae-yong in the photo below), who returned to […]

Updates for Java SE, MySQL, VirtualBox and other Oracle products with vulnerabilities fixed

Oracle has published a scheduled release of updates to its products (Critical Patch Update), aimed at eliminating critical problems and vulnerabilities. The July update fixed a total of 319 vulnerabilities. Java SE 12.0.2, 11.0.4, and 8u221 releases address 10 security issues. 9 vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely without authentication. The highest assigned risk level is 6.8 (vulnerability […]

Release of the distribution kit Network Security Toolkit 30

The release of the Live distribution kit NST (Network Security Toolkit) 30-11210, intended for analyzing network security and monitoring its functioning, has been presented. The size of the boot iso image (x86_64) is 3.6 GB. A special repository has been prepared for Fedora Linux users, which makes it possible to install all the developments created within the NST project into an already installed system. The distribution is built on Fedora 28 and allows installation […]

Firefox 70 will start marking HTTP pages as insecure

Firefox developers have presented a plan to move Firefox to mark all pages opened over HTTP with an insecure connection indicator. The change is scheduled to be implemented in Firefox 70, scheduled for October 22nd. Chrome has been displaying an insecure connection warning indicator for pages opened over HTTP since the release of Chrome 68, introduced last July. In Firefox 70 […]

Linux Mint 19.2 "Tina" Beta Available: Nimble Cinnamon and Duplicate App Detection

Linux Mint developers have released a beta version of build 19.2, codenamed “Tina”. The new product is available with graphical shells Xfce, MATE and Cinnamon. It is noted that the new beta is still based on a set of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS packages, which means system support until 2023. Version 19.2 introduces an improved update manager that now shows supported kernel options and makes it easier to […]

Windows 10 beta gets support for third-party voice assistants

This fall, the Windows 10 19H2 update is expected to be released, which will contain quite a few innovations. However, one of them is very interesting, because we are talking about the use of third-party voice assistants on the OS lock screen. This feature is already available in build 18362.10005, which was released by Slow Ring. It is noted that the list includes Alexa from Amazon and […]

Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 6. Emacs Commune

Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 1. The fatal printer Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 2. 2001: Hacker Odyssey Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 3. Portrait of a hacker in his youth Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 4. Debunk God Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 5. A trickle of freedom Commune Emacs […]

How to ask questions correctly if you are a novice IT specialist

Hello! Over the last couple of years I have been working a lot with people who are just starting their careers in IT. Since the questions themselves and the way many people ask them are similar, I decided to collect my experience and recommendations in one place. A long time ago, I read an article from 2004 by Eric Raymond, and I have always followed it religiously in my career. She […]