Author: ProHoster

Lenovo does not intend to create its own chips and OS for smartphones yet

Against the background of the United States sanctions against the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, reports have increasingly appeared on the Internet that other companies from China may suffer in this situation. Lenovo has outlined its position on this issue. Recall that after the announcement of the blacklisting of Huawei by the US authorities, they immediately refused to cooperate with […]

Lenovo does not intend to create its own chips and OS for smartphones yet

Against the background of the United States sanctions against the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, reports have increasingly appeared on the Internet that other companies from China may suffer in this situation. Lenovo has outlined its position on this issue. Recall that after the announcement of the blacklisting of Huawei by the US authorities, they immediately refused to cooperate with […]

Chuwi GT Box compact PC can be used as a media center

Chuwi has released a GT Box small form factor computer that uses a combination of the Intel hardware platform and the Microsoft Windows 10 Home operating system. The device is enclosed in a case with dimensions of only 173 × 158 × 73 mm, and the weight is approximately 860 grams. You can use the novelty as a computer for everyday work or as a home multimedia center. A rather old processor is used [...]

VictoriaMetrics, a Prometheus-compatible time-series database engine, is open source

The source texts of VictoriaMetrics, a fast and scalable DBMS for storing and processing data in the form of a time series, are open (a record forms a time and a set of values ​​corresponding to this time, for example, obtained through a periodic poll of the status of sensors or the collection of metrics). The project competes with solutions such as InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, Thanos, Cortex and Uber M3. The code is written in Go […]

Press render of Redmi K20 in fiery red and start of pre-orders in China

On May 28, the Xiaomi-owned Redmi brand is expected to unveil the "flagship killer 2.0" smartphone Redmi K20. According to rumors, the device will receive a Snapdragon 730 or Snapdragon 710 single-chip system. At the same time, a more powerful device in the face of Redmi K20 Pro based on Snapdragon 855 can be presented. Redmi K20 will be the brand’s first […]

Barnes & Noble launches 7,8-inch Nook Glowlight Plus reader

Barnes & Noble announced the upcoming start of sales of an updated version of the Nook Glowlight Plus reader. The Nook Glowlight Plus has the largest E-Ink screen of any Barnes & Noble reader, at 7,8 inches. For comparison, the Nook Glowlight 3 reader, released in 2017, has a 6-inch screen, although it costs much less - $120. The new device also received more […]

New NAVITEL products will help the car enthusiast to make the trip safer and more comfortable

NAVITEL held a press conference in Moscow on May 23, dedicated to the release of new devices, as well as updating the model range of DVRs. The updated range of NAVITEL DVRs, meeting the modern needs of motorists, is represented by devices with more powerful processors and modern sensors with the Night Vision function. Some of the new products are also equipped with a GPS module, adding functions such as GPS information and a digital speedometer. Owners […]

From critics to algorithms: the fading voice of the elites in the world of music

Not so long ago, the music industry was a "closed club". It was hard to get into it, and public taste was controlled by a small group of "enlightened" experts. But every year the opinion of the elites becomes less and less valuable, and playlists and algorithms have replaced the critics. Let's tell how it happened. Photo by Sergei Solo / Unsplash The music industry until 19 […]

A bug in OpenSSL broke some openSUSE Tumbleweed applications after an update

Updating OpenSSL to version 1.1.1b in the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository has broken some libopenssl related applications using Russian or Ukrainian locales. The problem appeared after a change was made to the error message buffer handler (SYS_str_reasons) in OpenSSL. The buffer was defined as 4 kilobytes, but this was not enough for some unicode locales. The strerror_r output used to […]

IBM plans to commercialize quantum computers in 3-5 years

IBM intends to begin commercial use of quantum computers in the next 3-5 years. This will happen when the quantum computers being developed by the American company will surpass the supercomputers that currently exist in terms of computing power. Norishige Morimoto, director of IBM Research in Tokyo and vice president of the company, Norishige Morimoto, made the announcement at the recent IBM think Summit Taipei. Costs […]

LG's first large-format OLED factory opens in China

LG Display aims to become a major player in the large format OLED TV panel market. Obviously, premium TVs need to get the best screens available, which OLED fits perfectly. This is especially important for the market in China, where factories for the production of LCD and OLED panels are springing up like mushrooms after rain. For the sake of leap forward LG […]

Galax GeForce RTX 2070 Mini: one of the smallest RTX 2070

Galaxy Microsystems has introduced two new versions of the GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card in China, which are distinguished by a rather unusual blue color. One of the new products is called the GeForce RTX 2070 Mini and it is quite compact in size, while the other is called the GeForce RTX 2070 Metal Master (literal translation from Chinese) and is a full-size model. Interestingly, earlier Galax had already […]