The PIM protocol is a set of protocols for transmitting multicast in a network between routers. Neighborhood relationships are built in the same way as in the case of dynamic routing protocols. PIMv2 sends Hello messages every 30 seconds to the reserved multicast address 224.0.0.13 (All-PIM-Routers). The message contains Hold Timers - usually equal to 3.5*Hello Timer, that is, 105 seconds […]
Introduced the release of the Firefox add-on LibreJS 7.20.1, which allows you to stop running proprietary JavaScript code. According to Richard Stallman, the problem with JavaScript is that the code is loaded without the user's knowledge, giving no way to evaluate its freedom before loading and preventing proprietary JavaScript code from executing. The license used in the JavaScript code is determined by indicating special labels on the website or […]
The Japanese manufacturer of electric motors for hard drives, Nidec, has published an interesting forecast, according to which the decline in the popularity of hard drives in the PC and laptop segment will only increase in the coming years. This year, in particular, demand may decrease by 48%. Manufacturers of hard drives have felt this trend for a long time, and therefore try to hide what is not very pleasant for investors [...]
The Chinese company Vivo presented a rather interesting new product - the productive S1 Pro smartphone, which uses currently popular design and technical solutions. In particular, the device is equipped with a completely frameless screen, which has neither a cutout nor a hole. The front camera is made in the form of a retractable module containing a 32-megapixel sensor (f/2,0). The Super AMOLED display measures 6,39 inches diagonally […]
In the first quarter of this year, the growing popularity of AMD GPUs in the server segment not only helped raise the company’s profit margin, but also partially offset the sluggish demand for gaming video cards, of which there were still plenty of them in stock after the downturn in the cryptocurrency market. Along the way, AMD representatives noted that cooperation with Google within the framework of the “cloud” gaming platform Stadia is very […]
The fact that Google plans to replace the Play Music service with YouTube Music has been known for a long time. To implement this plan, developers must ensure that YouTube Music supports the features that users are accustomed to. The next step in this direction is the integration of the ability to play tracks that are stored locally on the user device. The local recording support feature was initially rolled out […]
The South Korean giant Samsung, according to online sources, intends to form two new enterprises in India that will produce components for smartphones. In particular, the Samsung Display division intends to commission a new plant in Noida (a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, part of the Delhi metropolitan area). Investments in this project will amount to approximately $220 million. The company will manufacture displays for cellular devices. […]
Hyundai has introduced an updated version of the Ioniq Electric, equipped with an all-electric powertrain. It is reported that the capacity of the vehicle's battery pack has increased by more than a third - by 36%. Now it is 38,3 kWh versus 28 kWh for the previous version. As a result, the range has also increased: on one charge you can cover a distance of up to 294 km. Electric […]
Aerocool's assortment now includes a Split computer case in the Mid Tower format, designed to create a gaming desktop system on an ATX, micro-ATX or mini-ITX board. The new product will be available in two versions. The standard Split model features an acrylic side panel and a non-illuminated 120mm rear fan. The Split Tempered Glass modification received a side wall made of tempered glass and a 120 mm rear fan […]
The release of a specialized distribution kit, Tails 3.13.2 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed to provide anonymous access to the network, is available. Anonymous access to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections other than traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter by default. To store user data in the user data saving mode between launches, […]
The Fedora developers have published a list of 170 packages that remain unmaintained and are scheduled to be removed from the repository after 6 weeks of inactivity if a maintainer is not found for them in the near future. The list contains packages with libraries for Node.js (133 packages), python (4 packages) and ruby (11 packages), as well as packages such as gpart, system-config-firewall, thermald, pywebkitgtk, […]
Modern processors have significantly increased the number of processing cores, but at the same time their heat dissipation has also increased. Dissipating additional heat is not a big problem for desktop computers, which are traditionally housed in relatively large cases. However, in laptops, especially thin and light models, dealing with high temperatures is a fairly complex engineering challenge that […]
