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The History of the Internet: Expanding Interactivity

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

Fanatic, iron man or spectator - what kind of gamer are you?

How many minutes a day do you play games on your computer or smartphone or watch other people play? A study was conducted in the USA that showed what types of gamers exist and how they differ from each other. Games are one of the most favorite pastimes in the world. According to Reuters, the gaming industry generated more […]

Monster Jam Steel Titans Launch Trailer - Four-wheeled giants jump and rampage

Last August, THQ Nordic and Feld Entertainment announced that the popular motorsports television show Monster Jam, in which world-class drivers race against each other in front of huge crowds in four-wheeled monster trucks, would be getting a live-action adaptation. This dynamic competition takes place all year round and has already covered 56 cities in 30 different countries. Yesterday on PC, PlayStation […]

Created a program that removes people from photos in seconds

It seems that high technology has taken a wrong turn. In any case, this is the thought that arises when familiarizing yourself with the Bye Bye Camera application, which recently appeared in the App Store. This program uses artificial intelligence and allows you to remove strangers from photos in seconds. The program uses YOLO (You Only Look Once) technology, which is claimed to effectively […]

Chuwi LapBook Plus: a laptop with a 4K screen and two SSD slots

Chuwi, according to online sources, will soon announce a LapBook Plus laptop computer made on the Intel hardware platform. The new product will receive a display on an IPS matrix measuring 15,6 inches diagonally. The panel resolution will be 3840 × 2160 pixels - 4K format. 100% coverage of the sRGB color space is declared. In addition, there is talk of HDR support. The “heart” will be the Intel generation processor […]

Curiosity finds possible signs of life on Mars

Experts analyzing information from the Mars rover Curiosity announced an important discovery: a high content of methane was recorded in the atmosphere near the surface of the Red Planet. In the Martian atmosphere, methane molecules, if they appear, should be destroyed by solar ultraviolet radiation within two to three centuries. Thus, the detection of methane molecules could indicate recent biological or volcanic activity. In other words, molecules […]

New US sanctions: AMD joint ventures in China doomed

The other day it became known that the US Department of Commerce added five new Chinese companies and organizations to the list of unreliable ones from the point of view of national security interests, and all American companies will now have to stop cooperation and interaction with the listed persons on the list. The reason for such actions was the recognition by the Chinese manufacturer of supercomputers and server equipment Sugon of using specialized […]

Solaris 11.4 SRU 10 Update

An update to the Solaris 11.4 SRU 10 operating system has been published, which offers a series of regular fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the fixes offered in the update, just run the 'pkg update' command. In the new release: Added PHP 7.3.2 package with xdebug 2.7.0; The composition includes the SCAT (Solaris Crash Analysis Tool) version 5.5.1; Updated software versions: […]

Release of nginx 1.17.1 and njs 0.3.3

The release of the main nginx 1.17.1 branch is available, within which the development of new features continues (in the parallel supported stable branch 1.16, only changes are made related to the elimination of serious errors and vulnerabilities. Main changes: The limit_req_dry_run directive has been added, which activates the dry run mode, in which no restrictions are applied on the intensity of request processing (without rate limit), but the accounting of output […]

The Steam Summer Sale has started with the opportunity to get the desired games

Valve has launched a summer sale on Steam. As part of the sale, there is a Steam Grand Prix event with various rewards. The Steam Grand Prix will run from June 25 to July 7. As part of the event, you can team up with friends to complete a task and earn rewards. Random Steam Grand Prix participants of the top three teams will receive their most desired games, so it's worth updating […]

Video: Horror Close to the Sun coming to Nintendo Switch this year

There are many projects available for adult audiences on Nintendo Switch. Publisher Wired Productions and Italian studio Storm in a Teacup announced that by the end of the year the first-person horror game Close to the Sun, previously released on PC (on the Epic Games Store), will appear on the console. To mark the occasion, a trailer was unveiled, taking players onto Nikola's eerie ship […]