Author: ProHoster

Release of BlackArch 2019.06.01, distribution for security testing

New builds of BlackArch Linux, a specialized distribution for security research and the study of system security, have been prepared. The distribution is built on the Arch Linux package base and includes about 2200 security-related utilities. The project's maintained package repository is compatible with Arch Linux and can be used in regular Arch Linux installations. The assemblies are prepared in the form of a Live image of 11.4 GB in size […]

New trailer for Warhammer: Chaosbane reveals the game's storyline

Bigben and Eko Software have presented a new trailer revealing the plot background of the dark world of action-RPG Warhammer: Chaosbane. “In an era of lawlessness and despair, ravaged by civil war and devastated by plague and famine, the Empire lies in ruins,” the authors say. — It was 2301, when the Kurgan leader Asavar Kul united the wild tribes of the Chaos Wastes and went to war on […]

Not a single flagship: six-core Ryzen 3000 excels in SiSoftware computing test

There is less and less time left before the official announcement of Ryzen 3000 processors and more and more leaks about them are appearing on the Internet. The source of the next piece of information was the database of the popular SiSoftware benchmark, where a record of testing the six-core Ryzen 3000 chip was found. Note that this is the first mention of the Ryzen 3000 with such a number of cores. According to the test data, the processor has 12 […]

New Cooler Master V Gold Power Supplies Available in 650W and 750W

Cooler Master announced the availability of new V Gold series power supplies - the V650 Gold and V750 Gold models with a power of 650 W and 750 W, respectively. Products are 80 PLUS Gold certified. High-quality Japanese capacitors are used, and the manufacturer's warranty is 10 years. The cooling system uses a 135 mm fan with a rotation speed of about 1500 rpm […]

Shareware action game Dauntless reaches 4 million players 3 days after release

Studio Phoenix Labs announced that the number of players in Dauntless has exceeded 4 million. The free-to-play multiplayer action game was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Epic Games Store) on May 21. Until then, Dauntless was in Early Access on PC. According to the developers, 24 thousand new players joined the project in the first 500 hours. IN […]

Inexpensive smartphone Xiaomi Mi Play went on sale in Russia

The network of official Mi Store stores announced the start of sales of the Xiaomi Mi Play smartphone. This is the most affordable model of the Mi series, while having a dual camera, a bright, contrasting display and a high-performance processor. Mi Play is based on an eight-core MediaTek Helio P35 processor with support for gaming turbo mode. The model supplied to the Russian market has 4 GB of RAM on board, [...]

Demand for printing devices in the global market is declining

According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the global market for printing equipment (Hardcopy Peripherals, HCP) is experiencing a decline in sales. The presented statistics cover the supply of traditional printers of various types (laser, inkjet), multifunctional devices, as well as copying machines. We take into consideration equipment in A2–A4 formats. It is reported that in the first quarter of this year, the global market volume in unit terms was 22,8 […]

MSI Optix MAG271R Gaming Monitor Features 165Hz Refresh Rate

MSI has expanded its portfolio of gaming desktop products with the debut of the Optix MAG271R monitor, equipped with a 27-inch Full HD matrix. The panel has a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels. 92% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space and 118% coverage of the sRGB color space are claimed. The new product has a response time of 1 ms, and the refresh rate reaches 165 Hz. AMD FreeSync technology will help improve the quality […]

Kubernetes will take over the world. When and how?

On the eve of DevOpsConf, Vitaly Khabarov interviewed Dmitry Stolyarov (distol), CTO and co-founder of Flant. Vitaly asked Dmitry about what Flant does, about Kubernetes, ecosystem development, and support. We discussed why Kubernetes is needed and whether it is needed at all. And also about microservices, Amazon AWS, the “I'm lucky” approach to DevOps, the future of Kubernetes itself, why, when and how it will take over the world, DevOps prospects and what engineers should prepare for in the bright […]

Amazon wearable device will be able to recognize human emotions

It's time to strap Amazon Alexa to your wrist and let it know how you really feel. Bloomberg reported that the Internet company Amazon is working on creating a wearable, voice-activated device that can recognize human emotions. In a conversation with a Bloomberg reporter, the source provided copies of Amazon internal documents that confirm that the team behind the Alexa voice assistant […]

The Fujifilm GFX 100 is a $100 high-end 10MP medium format camera.

Japan's Fujifilm has unveiled its long-awaited new medium format system camera, the GFX 100. This model will join the GFX 50S and GFX 50R, released in 2016 and 2018, respectively. The GFX 100 offers some major advantages over previous models, including a much higher resolution, built-in mechanical image stabilization, and much faster performance. Device […]