Canon has announced the PowerShot G5 X Mark II, a compact camera that replaces the PowerShot G5 X, which debuted back in 2015. The new product has a 1-inch (13,2 × 8,8 mm) BSI-CMOS CMOS sensor with 20,1 million effective pixels. The high-performance DIGIC 8 processor is responsible for data processing. A lens with a 5x optical zoom and a focal length of 24–120 mm equivalent […]
The release of a specialized distribution kit, Tails 3.15 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed to provide anonymous access to the network, is available. Anonymous access to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections other than traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter by default. To store user data in the user data saving mode between launches, […]
The release of the GnuPG 2.2.17 (GNU Privacy Guard) toolkit has been published, compatible with the OpenPGP (RFC-4880) and S/MIME standards, and providing utilities for data encryption, working with electronic signatures, key management and access to public key stores. Recall that the GnuPG 2.2 branch is positioned as a development release in which new features continue to be added; only corrective fixes are allowed in the 2.1 branch. […]
The release of the automatic file synchronization system Syncthing 1.2.0 has been presented, in which synchronized data is not uploaded to cloud storage, but is directly replicated between user systems when they simultaneously appear online, using the BEP (Block Exchange Protocol) protocol developed by the project. The Syncthing code is written in Go and is distributed under the free MPL license. Ready-made assemblies are prepared for Linux, Android, […]
On the ResetEra forum, a user under the nickname Chairmanchuck shared an answer from developers from the Ys Net studio to a question regarding Kickstarter investors receiving bonuses for pre-ordering Shenmue III. The authors stated that people who donated funds during the crowdfunding campaign will receive their own unique rewards. Their list was announced when raising funds for development, and bonuses for acquisitions before the official […]
Cloud services have long been part of our lives. They are convenient to use and make it easy to store and transfer files. However, sometimes users just want to send a large amount of data to other people without worrying about the associated issues. To achieve this, the Dropbox Transfer service was launched, which allegedly allows you to transfer files up to 100 GB in size in just a few […]
Selection of events for the week Conference Processes July 09 (Tuesday) BZnamensky Lane 2str.3 RUR 2 On July 000 we will hold a conference “Processes”. It will be devoted to how modern companies organize work processes. What tools do companies use, how to evaluate employee performance, how to build large remote teams - we will try to answer these questions and more. This conference […]
These were time machines: spoked wheels, mechanisms unusual for the modern automobile industry, special tires, rare spare parts, tricky breakdowns and an infinitely varied, unique design. On June 24, 103 retro cars were in our city, and on July 7 they already finished in Paris. We decided not just to make a photo report, but to talk in detail about the rally, some of the cars, high-speed races and […]
In this article we will look at one very interesting vulnerability in the “domestic” operating system Astra Linux, and so, let’s begin... Astra Linux is a special-purpose operating system based on the Linux kernel, created for comprehensive information protection and building secure automated systems. The manufacturer is developing a basic version of Astra Linux - Common Edition (general purpose) and its modification Special Edition […]
Hi, I'm Katya, I haven't worked for a year now. I worked a lot and got burned out. I quit and didn't look for a new job. A thick financial cushion provided me with an indefinite vacation. I had a great time, but I also lost some of my knowledge and became psychologically older. What life without work is like, and what you shouldn’t expect from it, read under the cut. Free […]
There is an opinion that I often come across - it is impossible to study on your own; you need professionals who will guide you along this thorny path - explain, check, control. I will try to refute this statement, and for this, as you know, it is enough to give at least one counterexample. In history there are such examples of great autodidacts (or, in simple terms, self-taught): archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) or […]
In mid-June, our office hosted the T+ Conf 2019 conference, at which there were many interesting reports on the use of Tarantool, in-memory computing, cooperative multitasking and Lua to create high-load, fault-tolerant services in Digital and Enterprise. And for everyone who was unable to attend the conference, we have prepared videos and presentations of all the speeches, as well as a bunch of great photos […]
