Author: ProHoster

Valve introduced its own variation of Auto Chess - Dota Underlords

In May, it became known that Valve had registered the Dota Underlords trademark. Various assumptions have been put forward, but now the project is officially presented: the studio really liked the ideas behind Auto Chess, so they decided to create their own version of the popular game. In Dota Underlords, players will pit their wits against seven opponents as they recruit and develop a team of heroes in the fight for […]

ASUS motherboards based on AMD X570 will be noticeably more expensive than their predecessors

At the end of last month, many motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, presented their new products based on the AMD X2019 chipset at the Computex 570 exhibition. However, the cost of these new products has not been announced. Now, as the release date of new motherboards approaches, more and more details are being revealed about their cost, and these details are not at all encouraging. […]

Bulk attack on vulnerable Exim-based mail servers

Security researchers at Cybereason have alerted email server administrators to the discovery of a massive automated attack exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149) in Exim discovered last week. During the attack, attackers achieve execution of their code with root rights and install malware on the server for mining cryptocurrencies. According to the June automated survey, Exim's share is 57.05% (year […]

Video: Ubisoft talked a little about the creation of the Rainbow Six Quarantine co-op

The leaks made on the eve of the Ubisoft press conference turned out to be reliable - the French company actually presented the shooter Rainbow Six Quarantine in a small gloomy video. Following the cinematic teaser and scant information, the developers shared a “Behind the Scenes” video, in which Quarantine’s lead game designer Bio Jade talked about the creation of the project. Rainbow Six Quarantine is a tactical cooperative shooter designed for a team of three players. […]

Fraudulent web notifications threaten Android smartphone owners

Doctor Web warns that owners of mobile devices running the Android operating system are threatened by a new malware - the Android.FakeApp.174 Trojan. The malware loads dubious websites into the Google Chrome browser, where users are subscribed to advertising notifications. Attackers use Web Push technology, which allows sites, with the consent of the user, to send notifications to the user, even when the corresponding web pages are not open […]

Trine 18 4 Minute Demo: Three Levels, Three Characters, Tons of Abilities

Developers from the Frozenbyte studio, together with the publishing house Modus Games, presented an 3-minute video demonstrating Trine 2019: The Nightmare Prince at the E18 4 gaming exhibition. Let's remember: the launch of the charming platformer is scheduled for this fall in versions for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch (the exact date has not yet been announced). In this video we were shown [...]

Google releases free 3D game creation tool on Steam

Computer game developers have a rather difficult job. The fact is that there is no way to fully satisfy the needs of every player, because even in highly rated projects there will always be people who will complain about any shortcomings, mechanics, style, and so on. Fortunately, those who want to create their own game have a new way to do it, and it doesn’t require […]

Why would an IT specialist take out his brain?

You can call me a victim of training. It just so happens that during my work history, the number of various seminars, trainings and other coaching sessions has long exceeded a hundred. I can say that not all of the educational courses I took were useful, interesting and important. Some of them were downright harmful. What is the motivation of HR people to teach you something? […]

About the localization of products. Part 2: how is the price formed?

In the second part of the article by our technical writer Andrey Starovoitov, we will look at how exactly the price for the translation of technical documentation is formed. If you don’t want to read a lot of text, immediately look at the “Examples” section at the end of the article. The first part of the article can be found here. So, you have roughly decided with whom you will collaborate on software translation. One of the most important points [...]

Catch Me If You Can. Birth of a King

Catch Me If You Can. That's what they say to each other. Directors catch their deputies, they catch ordinary employees, each other, but no one can catch anyone. They don't even try. For them, the main thing is the game, the process. This is the game they go to work for. They will never win. I will win. More precisely, I have already won. AND […]

Google justified the limitation of the webRequest API used by ad blockers

The developers of the Chrome browser tried to justify the cessation of support for the blocking mode of operation of the webRequest API, which allows you to change the received content on the fly and is actively used in add-ons for blocking advertising, protection against malware, phishing, spying on user activity, parental controls and ensuring privacy. Google's motives: The blocking mode of the webRequest API leads to high resource consumption. When using this […]

Release of atomically updated native Endless OS 3.6 distribution

The Endless OS 3.6.0 distribution kit has been prepared, aimed at creating an easy-to-use system in which you can quickly select applications to suit your taste. Applications are distributed as self-contained packages in Flatpak format. Suggested boot images range in size from 2GB to 16GB. The distribution does not use traditional package managers, instead offering a minimal, atomically updated base system […]