Author: ProHoster

Google representatives promised the release of successors to the Pixel 3a / 3a XL

As part of the Google I / O event, the American Internet giant officially revealed all the details about the Pixel 3a and 3a XL models. However, one question still remains. It's about whether this story will continue, or the situation with the iPhone SE will repeat itself, the second generation of which never saw the light of day. Shortly before the announcement of new products, the editor-in-chief of the English-language […]

Lenovo equips new ThinkPad laptops with second-generation AMD Ryzen Pro chip

Lenovo has announced three new ThinkPad series laptops at once - the T495, T495s and X395 models, which will go on sale before the end of the current quarter. All laptops feature 10nd Gen AMD Ryzen Pro mobile processors and AMD Vega integrated graphics. Windows 495 Pro operating system is used as a software platform. ThinkPad T495 and ThinkPad TXNUMXs laptops […]

It looks like the shortage of Intel processors is coming to an end

The scarcity of Intel processors, which has been tormenting the market for several months, seems to start to weaken soon. Last year, Intel invested an additional $1,5 billion to expand its 14nm process capability, and it looks like these emergency measures are finally making a difference. At least in June, the company is going to resume deliveries of processors […]

The most interesting metals

Who does not listen to metal - God did not give him a mind! — Folk art Hello, %username%. gjf is back in touch. Today I will be very brief, because in six hours I will get up and go. And today I want to talk about metal. But not about what kind of music - about that we can talk sometime over a glass of beer, but […]

Catch Me If You Can. Manager's letter

Hello dear. I have a bad news. Unfortunately, I got fired again. I know you will swear - you will say that it was not me who was fired, but I myself - a miserable and hopeless asshole, but this time it's not about me. It's all the programmer's fault. All because of him. Now I will tell you everything. The first point of your plan worked […]

Arc protection system with the ability to operate on a current signal

In the classical sense, arc protection in Russia is a high-speed short-circuit protection based on registering the light spectrum of an open electric arc in a switchgear, the most common method of registering the light spectrum using fiber optic sensors is used mainly in the industrial sector, but with the advent of new products in the field of arc protection in the residential sector, namely modular AFDD, […]

Vulnerability in the PharStreamWrapper library affecting Drupal, Joomla and Typo3

A vulnerability (CVE-2019-11831) has been identified in the PharStreamWrapper library, which provides handlers to protect against file substitution attacks in the "Phar" format. For example, an attacker can use a URL like "phar:///path/bad.phar/../good.phar" to attack, and the library will highlight the base name "/path/good.phar" when checking, although further processing of such a path will […]

Commercial launches of the heavy Angara will begin no earlier than 2025

The first launches of the Angara heavy launch vehicle under commercial contracts will be organized no earlier than the middle of the next decade. This, according to TASS, was announced by International Launch Services (ILS). Recall that ILS has the exclusive right to market and commercially operate the Russian Proton heavy-class launch vehicle and the Angara advanced space rocket system. ILS is registered in the USA, […]

Epson Moverio BT-30C smart glasses connect to Android smartphone

Epson has announced the Moverio BT-30C "smart" glasses, designed to work primarily with augmented reality (AR) applications. The novelty is equipped with a high-resolution OLED display (the exact value is not given). Users will be able to see digital content and the real world at the same time. The glasses can be paired with an Android smartphone or a Windows PC. To connect […]

Toolbox for Researchers - Edition One: Self-Organization and Data Visualization

Today we are opening a new section in which we will talk about the most popular and accessible services, libraries and utilities for students, scientists and professionals. In the first issue, we will talk about the basic approaches that will help you work more efficiently, and the corresponding SaaS services. Also, we will share tools for data visualization. Chris Liverani / Unsplash The Pomodoro Method. This is a time management technique. […]

Practical application of ELK. Setting up logstash

Introduction While deploying another system, we faced the need to process a large number of various logs. ELK was chosen as the instrument. This article will talk about our experience in setting up this stack. We do not set a goal to describe all its capabilities, but we want to concentrate on solving practical problems. This is due to the fact that in the presence of a sufficiently large amount of documentation and […]

Compilation: unboxing IaaS provider hardware

We share materials with unpacking and tests of storage systems and server equipment that we received and used during different periods of activity of our IaaS provider. Photo is from our NetApp AFF A300 Server Systems Unboxing Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server review. Overview of the compact enterprise-class UCS B480 M5 - the chassis (we also show it) fits four such servers with […]