PacketFence 9.0 has been released, a free network access control (NAC) system that can be used to centrally access and effectively secure networks of any size. The system code is written in Perl and distributed under the GPLv2 license. Installation packages are prepared for RHEL and Debian. PacketFence supports the provision of centralized user login to the network over wired and wireless […]
Dirt Rally 2.0 was released about three months ago, and since then, the owners of the game have already received a lot of new content as part of the so-called "first season". The second one will start very soon - updates will be released every two weeks. The season kicks off with the addition of the Peugeot 205 T16 Rallycross and Ford RS200 Evolution. With the onset of the third week in […]
Apple has said that completely fixing the new ZombieLoad vulnerability in Intel processors could reduce performance by up to 40% in some cases. Of course, everything will depend on the specific processor and the scenario in which it is used, but in any case, this will be a pretty significant blow to system performance. To begin with, we recall that the other day it became known [...]
Strong winds on Thursday prevented SpaceX's planned first launch of SpaceX's Starlink Internet satellites. Postponing the start for a day also did not lead to a result. On Friday, the launch of the first 60 devices for deploying the test Internet network was again postponed, now by about a week. The weather was no longer relevant to this event or turned out to be not the […]
Motherboard manufacturers, reports the popular Taiwanese Internet resource DigiTimes, have not experienced positive emotions in recent quarters regarding the current demand for components. The situation is not being helped at all by the shortage of Intel processors, and growing tensions between the US and China threaten to deepen and widen the decline in demand for boards. Until the first quarter of last year, manufacturers were greatly helped by the topic of cryptocurrency mining. After […]
The Roscosmos State Corporation reports that refueling of the Spektr-RG spacecraft with propellant components has begun at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Spektr-RG is a space observatory created as part of a Russian-German project. The mission's goal is to study the Universe in the X-ray wavelength range. The device carries on board two X-ray telescopes with oblique incidence optics - eROSITA and ART-XC. Among the tasks are: [...]
The HiSilicon division of the Chinese company Huawei intends to actively implement support for 5G technology in future mobile chips for smartphones. According to the DigiTimes resource, mass production of the flagship mobile processor Kirin 985 will begin in the second half of this year. This product will be able to work in tandem with the Balong 5000 modem, which provides 5G support. When manufacturing the Kirin 985 chip, […]
A beta version of the Plasma 5.16 custom shell is available for testing, built using the KDE Frameworks 5 platform and the Qt 5 library using OpenGL/OpenGL ES to speed up rendering. You can test the new release through a Live build from the openSUSE project and builds from the KDE Neon project. Packages for various distributions can be found on this page. The release is expected on June 11. Key […]
After months of negotiations, Tesla announced a deal to acquire Maxwell, giving it official ownership of the San Diego-based company's battery technology. Tesla announced its pending acquisition of ultracapacitor and battery company Maxwell for more than $200 million earlier this year. Before agreeing to conclude a deal, the company took several months [...]
This week, two major suppliers of components for the iPhone and other Apple products released quarterly financial reports. By themselves, they are not of great interest to a wide audience, however, based on the data presented, certain conclusions can be drawn regarding the supply of Apple smartphones themselves. Foxconn is not only a supplier of some components for the iPhone and other […]
Images of the Meizu 16Xs smartphone, the preparation of which we recently reported, have appeared on the website of the Chinese Telecommunications Equipment Certification Authority (TENAA). The device appears under the code designation M926Q. It is expected that the new product will compete with the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE smartphone, which you can learn about in our material. Like the named Xiaomi model, the Meizu 16Xs device will receive a Snapdragon processor […]
Sony has announced that its new flagship smartphone, the Sony Xperia 1, will go on sale in the US on July 12 for $949. The phone was first announced back at MWC 2019 in February, and its main innovation was a high-resolution OLED screen (6,5 inches, CinemaWide 21:9 widescreen aspect ratio - 3840 × 1644), which, in addition, will work […]
