Author: ProHoster

Continuous Monitoring - automation of software quality checks in the CI / CD Pipeline

Now the topic of DevOps is on the hype. The pipeline of continuous integration and delivery of CI / CD is implemented by everyone and sundry. But most do not always pay due attention to ensuring the reliability of information systems at various stages of the CI / CD Pipeline. In this article, I would like to talk about my experience in automating software quality checks and implementing possible scenarios for its “self-healing”. Source […]

Release of Elisa 0.4 music player developed by the KDE community

The Elisa 0.4 music player, built on KDE technologies and distributed under the LGPLv3 license, has been published. The application developers are trying to implement the visual design guidelines for media players developed by the KDE VDG working group. When developing a project, the main focus is on ensuring stability, and only then increasing functionality. Binary assemblies will soon be prepared for Linux […]

Memcached 1.5.15 release with ASCII authentication support

The release of the in-memory data caching system Memcached 1.5.15 was released, operating with data in key/value format and characterized by ease of use. Memcached is usually used as a lightweight solution to speed up the work of high-load sites by caching access to the DBMS and intermediate data. The code is supplied under the BSD license. The new version introduces experimental authentication support for the ASCII protocol. Authentication is enabled […]

AMD is back in the top 500 most successful companies in the US

AMD continues to increase its success both tactically and strategically. The last major achievement of an image nature was her return after a three-year break to the Fortune 500 list - a list maintained by Fortune magazine of the five hundred largest US companies, ranked by income level. And this can be considered another reflection of the fact that AMD managed not only to get out of […]

AMD on the eve of the launch of Zen 2 announced the security and invulnerability of its CPUs to new attacks

For more than a year after the discovery of Specter and Meltdown, the processor market has been in a frenzy with the discovery of more and more vulnerabilities related to speculative computing. The most susceptible to them, including the latest ZombieLoad, were Intel chips. Of course, AMD did not fail to take advantage of this by focusing on the security of its CPUs. On a page dedicated to Specter-like vulnerabilities, the company proudly stated: “We at AMD […]

RAGE 2 takes Days Gone off the top of the UK charts, but sells worse than the first part in retail

The shooter RAGE 2 received mixed reviews from the press and, as it turned out, was significantly inferior to the original game in terms of initial sales of physical versions - at least in the United Kingdom. According to GfK Chart-Track, the sequel sold four times fewer copies in that territory during its premiere week than RAGE did at the same time in 2011. Bethesda Softworks does not disclose […]

Facebook is experimenting with robots to develop AI technologies

Even though Facebook is a high-tech company, few people associate it with robots. However, the company's research division is conducting various experiments in the field of robotics, trying to advance its own research related to artificial intelligence technologies. Large technology companies often use a similar strategy. Many companies, including Google, NVIDIA and Amazon, use […]

Sony opened a film studio for the adaptation of their games. The company promises not to rush and think about quality

Sony Interactive Entertainment itself will create films and television series based on its games. In the new film studio PlayStation Productions, the opening of which was officially announced by The Hollywood Reporter, work has already begun on the first projects. The division will be headed by PlayStation Vice President of Marketing Asad Qizilbash, and the work of the studio will be overseen by Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Chairman Sean […]

Apple teaming up with renowned photographer to change the way you look at portrait photography

Apple has announced a collaboration with famed photographer Christopher Anderson to change the way users think about photography. Christopher Anderson is a member of the international agency Magnum Photos. He is widely known for his photographs taken in conflict zones. Anderson has worked as a contract photographer for National Geographic, Newsweek, and is now a senior photographer at New York Magazine. […]

Silicon Power Bolt B75 Pro Pocket SSD Features USB 3.1 Gen2 Port

Silicon Power has announced the Bolt B75 Pro, a portable solid-state drive (SSD) designed in a sleek yet rugged design. It is alleged that when creating the design of the new product, the developers drew ideas from the designers of the German Junkers F.13 aircraft. The data storage device has an aluminum case with a ribbed surface. MIL-STD 810G certification means the drive boasts increased durability. […]

Since last year, US intelligence agencies have been warning companies about the dangers of cooperation with China.

According to a publication by the Financial Times, since last fall, heads of American intelligence agencies have been informing the heads of technology companies in Silicon Valley about the possible dangers of doing business in China. Their briefings included warnings about the threat of cyber attacks and intellectual property theft. Meetings on this matter were held with various groups, which included technology companies, universities […]

SiSoftware reveals low-power 10nm Tiger Lake processor

The SiSoftware benchmark database regularly becomes a source of information about certain processors that have not yet been officially presented. This time, there was a recording of testing of Intel's new Tiger Lake generation chip, for the production of which the long-suffering 10nm process technology is used. To begin with, let us recall that Intel announced the release of Tiger Lake processors at a recent meeting with […]