Author: ProHoster

Release of the MyLibrary 2.3 home library cataloger

The home library cataloger MyLibrary 2.3 has been released. The program code is written in the C++ programming language and is available (GitHub, GitFlic) under the GPLv3 license. The graphical user interface is implemented using the GTK4 library. The program is adapted to work on Linux and Windows operating systems. A ready-made package is available for Arch Linux users in AUR. An experimental installer is available for Windows users. […]

New article: Infinix HOT 40 Pro smartphone review: quality transfer

The end of the year would seem to be not the best time to introduce new smartphones. “Let’s do it after the holidays.” But for the Chinese, let us remind you that the New Year comes a little later, so the conveyor of new products does not stop. This time we meet a bright representative of the lower middle class performed by Infinix - the HOT 40 Pro model Source: 3dnews.ru

Release of the QEMU 8.2 emulator

The release of the QEMU 8.2 project is presented. As an emulator, QEMU allows you to run a program built for one hardware platform on a system with a completely different architecture, for example, run an ARM application on an x86-compatible PC. In the virtualization mode in QEMU, the performance of code execution in an isolated environment is close to a hardware system due to the direct execution of instructions on the CPU and […]

Microsoft has fixed a bug that caused Wi-Fi to break in Windows 11

It didn't take long for Microsoft to resolve the Wi-Fi intermittent issue that occurred on some PCs after installing the December update for Windows 11 22H2 and Windows 11 23H2. A little more than a day has passed since the software giant confirmed the problem, and now a patch has become available to users that corrects an error that may cause […]

Debian 12 Bookworm could be the last release in history to support 32-bit x86

At a developer meeting in Cambridge, the issue of ending support for 32-bit architecture in a phased manner was discussed. At the intermediate stage it is planned to preserve the 32-bit repository, and at the final stage it will be discontinued. If the plan is approved, the changes can already be seen in the release of Debian 13. The developers plan to gradually abandon the build of 32-bit kernels and installers. Support for i386 will continue […]

The Russian Competence Center for Import Substitution refused to invest in two Java-based projects

According to information from the Competence Center for Import Substitution in the Field of Information and Communication Technologies (Director of TsKIT - Ilya Massukh), two projects related to the Java language are excluded from the “New System-wide Software” roadmap, work on which is funded by the state: The “Trusted Repository” project is excluded Java component”, which the Business Communications company was supposed to make in the interests of the Central Bank. The cost of the project is estimated at 97 million […]

"James Webb" discovered a candidate for the oldest black holes

Every new scientific instrument provides a constant stream of amazing information, but only a few have the potential to revolutionize our knowledge of the world in which we live. Such a unique instrument was the infrared space observatory named after. James Webb. Only with its help was it possible to look even further into the depths of the Universe, where much was still being born. Image source: AI generation Kandinsky […]

Yandex began renting out delivery robots

Yandex has begun testing the service of renting out its delivery robots to residential complexes, TASS reports, citing a company representative. Since December of this year, the Yandex delivery robot has been leased from the KamaStroyInvest company, providing delivery to residents of the Vincent art quarter in Kazan. According to a Yandex representative, Vincent became the first residential complex to use its delivery robot. Image source: […]