Author: ProHoster

Samsung to set up new manufacturing facilities in India

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 increased the battery capacity of the Ioniq electric car by a third

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 […]

Tempered glass or acrylic panel: Aerocool Split comes in two versions

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 […]

Release of Tails 3.13.2 distribution and Tor Browser 8.0.9

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 Project warned about the removal of unmaintained packages

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, […]

ASUS starts using liquid metal in laptop cooling systems

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 […]

For the first time in US history, renewables have generated more electricity than coal plants

Coal began to be used to heat American homes and factories in the 1880s. More than a hundred years have passed since then, but even now cheap fuel is actively used at stations designed to generate electricity. For decades, coal power plants dominated the United States, but they are gradually being replaced by renewable energy sources, which have been rapidly gaining momentum in recent years. Online sources report […]

Topjoy Falcon convertible mini laptop will get an Intel Amber Lake-Y processor

The Notebook Italia resource reports that an interesting mini-laptop is being prepared for release - a second-generation Topjoy Falcon device. The original Topjoy Falcon is essentially a convertible netbook. The gadget is equipped with an 8-inch display with a resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels. Touch control is supported: you can interact with the screen using your fingers and a special stylus. The lid rotates 360 degrees - this […]

Huawei's 5G concept smartphone appears in images

Images of a new concept smartphone with 5G support from the Chinese company Huawei have appeared on the Internet. The stylish design of the device is organically complemented by a small drop-shaped cutout in the upper part of the front surface. The screen, which occupies 94,6% of the front side, is framed by narrow frames at the top and bottom. The message says that it uses an AMOLED panel from Samsung that supports 4K format. From mechanical damage [...]

On the night of May 5-6, Russians will be able to observe the May Aquarids meteor shower.

Online sources report that the May Aquarids meteor shower will be visible to Russians living in the southern regions of the country. The most suitable time for this will be the night from May 5 to 6. Crimean astronomer Alexander Yakushechkin told RIA Novosti about this. He also said that the progenitor of the May Aquarids meteor shower is considered to be Halley's comet. The thing is, […]

Free CAD FreeCAD 0.18 officially released

The release of the open parametric 3D modeling system FreeCAD 0.18 is officially available. The source code for the release was published on March 12, and then updated on April 4, but the developers delayed the official announcement of the release until May due to the unavailability of installation packages for all announced platforms. A few hours ago there was a warning that the FreeCAD 0.18 branch is not yet officially ready and is in […]

Every tenth Russian cannot imagine life without the Internet

The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) published the results of a survey that examined the peculiarities of Internet use in our country. It is estimated that currently approximately 84% of our fellow citizens use the World Wide Web at one time or another. The main type of device for accessing the Internet in Russia today is smartphones: over the past three years, […]