Author: ProHoster

Video: DroneBullet kamikaze drone shoots down an enemy drone

Military-industrial company AerialX from Vancouver (Canada), specializing in the manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles, has developed a kamikaze drone AerialX, which will help in preventing terrorist attacks using drones. AerialX CEO Noam Kenig describes the new product as “a hybrid of a rocket and a quadcopter.” It's essentially a kamikaze drone that looks like a miniature rocket but has the maneuverability of a quadcopter. With a take-off weight of 910 grams, this pocket […]

Network slasher Mordhau: 500 thousand copies in the first week and plans for further support

The medieval online slasher Mordhau attracted a large audience for independent games. Triternion studio said on the project’s official website that in just over a week, sales of the new product reached 500 thousand copies. The developers admitted that the launch did not go very smoothly - there were regular problems with the servers due to the large number of users. The authors continue to fix bugs and achieve stable operation of Mordhau […]

Storage speed suitable for etcd? Let's ask fio

A Brief History of fio and etcd The performance of an etcd cluster is largely dependent on the performance of its storage. etcd exports some metrics to Prometheus to provide useful information about storage performance. For example, the wal_fsync_duration_seconds metric. The etcd documentation says that for storage to be considered fast enough, the 99th percentile of this metric must be less than 10ms. If you are planning to launch […]

Lab: Setting up lvm, raid on linux

A small digression: this lr is synthetic. Some of the tasks described here can be done much simpler, but since the task of l/r is to get acquainted with the functionality of raid, lvm, some operations are artificially complicated. Requirements for tools to perform LR: Virtualization tools, for example Virtualbox Linux installation image, for example Debian9 Internet access for downloading several packages Connection via ssh to […]

The President of Xiaomi Redmi spoke about the equipment of the flagship smartphone

The release of the flagship Redmi smartphone, which will be based on the Snapdragon 855 hardware platform, is approaching. Brand President Lu Weibing spoke about the equipment of the device in a number of messages on Weibo. The new Redmi, we recall, should become one of the most affordable smartphones with a Snapdragon 855 processor. This chip contains eight Kryo 485 computing cores with a clock speed of […]

Waymo will share the fruits of development in the field of components for autopilot systems

For a long time, the Waymo subsidiary, even when it was a single entity with the Google corporation, could not decide on the commercial application of its developments in the field of automatically controlled ground transport. Now the partnership with the Fiat Chrysler concern has reached serious proportions: several hundred specially equipped Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans have already been produced, which are experimentally carrying out passenger transportation in the state […]

Tails 3.13.2 release

A new version of Tails has been released, a distribution based on Debian that provides anonymity. The main fix concerns the Mozilla browser, which, due to a developer error, had all add-ons disabled, including the most important one - Noscript. There were also some bug fixes and minor interface changes. Source: linux.org.ru

Electric scooters will be produced under the Ducati brand

Ducati is well known in the world for its motorcycles. Not long ago it was announced that the developer intends to create an electric motorcycle. Now it has become known that electric scooters will be produced under the Ducati brand. The project will be implemented under a partnership agreement with the Chinese company Vmoto, which produces […]

Production of legendary Samsung B-die memory chips stopped

Memory modules built on Samsung B-die chips are perhaps one of the most popular options among enthusiasts. However, the South Korean manufacturer considers them obsolete and is currently stopping their production, offering replacements with other DDR4 memory chips, the production of which uses newer technical processes. This means that the life cycle of Samsung's unbuffered DDR4 memory modules based on […]

New OPPO Reno smartphone will receive a 6,4″ Full HD+ AMOLED screen

Detailed technical specifications of the new OPPO smartphone, which will join the Reno family of devices, have been published on the website of the Chinese Telecommunications Equipment Certification Authority (TENAA). The device appears under the codes PCDM10/PCDT10 - these are modifications of the same model. It is said that there is a 6,4-inch AMOLED Full HD+ screen with a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels. There is a small cutout at the top of the display – [...]

Ubisoft announces new Ghost Recon game on May 9th

A few days ago, a teaser for a new game from Ubisoft was actively discussed on the Internet. The publisher has released a video dedicated to the fictional organization Skell Technology. It described the activities and products of the company. After speculation about the new part of Splinter Cell, Ubisoft dispelled all doubts. On Twitter, the publisher invited people to follow the announcement dedicated to the Ghost Recon franchise. It will take place on 9 […]

Realme X: smartphone with the latest Snapdragon 730 platform will debut on May 15

The Realme brand, owned by the Chinese company OPPO, has released a teaser image indicating the imminent release of the Realme X device: the new product will debut on May 15. It is reported that the Realme X smartphone will be paired with the Realme X Youth Edition (aka Realme X Lite). The display sizes of the devices will be 6,5 and 6,3 inches diagonally, respectively. Resolution - Full HD+. Older […]