Linux has a large number of tools for debugging the kernel and applications. Most of them have a negative impact on application performance and cannot be used in production. A couple of years ago, another tool was developed - eBPF. It makes it possible to trace the kernel and user applications with low overhead and without the need to rebuild programs and download third-party […]
The ancient Egyptians knew a lot about vivisection and could distinguish a liver from a kidney by touch. By swaddling mummies from morning to evening and doing healing (from trephination to removing tumors), you will inevitably learn to understand anatomy. The wealth of anatomical detail was more than offset by confusion in understanding the function of the organs. Priests, doctors and ordinary people boldly placed reason in the heart, and [...]
Excerpt from the book “Invasion. A Brief History of Russian Hackers" In May of this year, the publishing house Individuum published a book by journalist Daniil Turovsky, "Invasion. A Brief History of Russian Hackers." It contains stories from the dark side of the Russian IT industry - about guys who, having fallen in love with computers, learned not just to program, but to rob people. The book develops, like the phenomenon itself, from [...]
Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates that Play Store and App Store users worldwide spent $2019 billion on mobile games and apps in the first half of 39,7. Compared to the same period last year, income increased by 15,4%. During the reporting period, users around the world spent […]
Microsoft has been releasing teasers related to Windows 1 for a while now. As revealed on July 5 via an Instagram post, this unusual bout of nostalgia is tied to the launch of the third season of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. Now Microsoft has released Stranger Things Edition 1.11 on its Windows Store. The description of this unique game reads: “Experience the nostalgia of 1985 […]
The IAB Russia association has published the results of a study of the Russian Connected TV market - televisions with the ability to connect to the Internet for interacting with various services and viewing content on the big screen. It is noted that in the case of Connected TV, connection to the Network can be made in various ways - through the smart TV itself, set-top boxes, media players or game consoles. So, it is reported that based on the results [...]
Data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) indicate that in the first quarter of this year, the Honor brand took first place in smartphone shipments in Russia. Recall that Honor belongs to the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. “Created for the young generation of the digital age, Honor offers a wide range of innovative products that open up new horizons for creativity and empower young […]
The Rostec State Corporation announces that the second international drone racing festival Rostec Drone Festival will be held in Moscow in August. The venue for the event will be the Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after. M. Gorky. The races will take place over two days - August 24 and 25. The program includes qualifying and qualifying stages, as well as the final […]
Mozilla has introduced the Track THIS service, which allows you to visually evaluate the methods of advertising networks that track visitor preferences. The service allows you to simulate four typical profiles of online behavior through the automated opening of about 100 tabs, after which advertising networks begin to offer content corresponding to the selected profile for several days. For example, if you select the profile of a very rich person, the advertisement will start to […]
An update to the OpenWrt 18.06.4 distribution has been prepared, aimed at use in various network devices such as routers and access points. OpenWrt supports many different platforms and architectures and has a build system that allows you to simply and conveniently cross-compile, including various components in the build, which makes it easy to create ready-made firmware or a disk image […]
Soedesco Publishing and Kyodai Studio have decided to share news regarding the sci-fi adventure Elea, previously released on PC and Xbox One. Firstly, the surreal game will appear on PlayStation 25 on July 4. On this occasion, a story trailer is presented. The PS4 version will include all the updates and improvements made since its release on Xbox One and PC (including […]
VisionLabs, part of the Sberbank ecosystem, came out on top for the second time in testing facial recognition algorithms at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). VisionLabs technology won first place in the Mugshot category and entered the top 3 in the Visa category. In terms of recognition speed, its algorithm is twice as fast as similar solutions of other participants. During […]
