On May 2, 2019, after 7 years of development, programmers from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) released GNU Guix version 1.0.0. Over these 7 years, more than 40 commits were accepted from 000 people, 260 releases were released. GNU Guix is the result of the joint efforts of programmers from different countries. It is approved by the FSF and is now available to a wider audience. […]
The South Korean company Samsung Electronics introduced portable solid-state (SSD) T5 series drives in new color options. Devices of the Samsung T5 family debuted in the summer of 2017. They are made using 64-layer 3D V-NAND flash memory microchips. Connection to a computer is via a USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface with a bandwidth of up to 10 Gbps. Initially, drives were offered in cases [...]
When launching the Progress MS-12 cargo spacecraft, it is planned to use the classic “slow” scheme, and not the ultra-short one, as is the case with the Progress MS-11 apparatus. This was reported by the online publication RIA Novosti, citing statements by representatives of Roscosmos. Let us recall that Progress MS-11 for the second time in history reached the International Space Station (ISS) using a two-orbit scheme. Such a flight takes [...]
More and more details are becoming known about the flagship smartphone OnePlus 7 Pro, which, along with the base model OnePlus 7, should be officially presented this month. This time the device was spotted in the Geekbench database, the data of which confirms the presence of a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and 12 GB of RAM. Mobile OS is used as a software platform [...]
Motorola has published a teaser image indicating that in the middle of this month - May 15 - a presentation of new products will be held in Sao Paulo (Brazil). Network sources believe that the announcement of a mid-level smartphone Motorola One Vision is being prepared. This device is rumored to be equipped with a 6,2-inch display with Full HD+ resolution (2560 × 1080 pixels). The screen will have a small hole for the front camera. […]
The Roscosmos State Corporation spoke about how the development of the Angara family of launch vehicles, created on the basis of a universal rocket module, is progressing. Let us recall that the named family includes rockets from light to heavy classes with a payload range from 3,5 tons to 37,5 tons. The first launch of the Angara-1.2 light class carrier was carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in July 2014. […]
Continuation of the story “Programmer Career”. It was getting dark. Both directly and indirectly. I searched with great diligence for a job as a programmer, but there were no options. In my city there were 2-3 advertisements for 1C developers, plus, a rare case, when teachers of programming courses were required. It was 2006. I started my studies in the 4th year of university, but my parents and girlfriend hinted to me in no uncertain terms that […]
When NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory and Glory missions failed in 2009 and 2011, respectively, the space agency attributed the failure to a malfunction of Orbital ATK's Taurus XL launch vehicle. After this, specialists from the manufacturing company and NASA worked on improving the rocket fairing, but, as it now turns out, the reason […]
Recently, the largest Chinese OEM and ODM manufacturer of various flash drives, Longsys, celebrated its 20th anniversary. During the festive events, many interesting things were announced. In particular, Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) was named among many partners for the supply of flash chips and controllers. Let us remind you that this is the first manufacturer of multilayer 3D NAND flash memory in China. YMTC currently supplies […]
Hello %username%! It’s evening again, again I have nothing to do, and I decided to take a little time to write the third part of my series on poisons. I hope you read parts XNUMX and XNUMX and enjoyed them. In the third part we will take a little rest. There will be no story here about the poisons that you encounter at every step - most likely even [...]
The author of numerous leaks, blogger Evan Blass, also known as @Evleaks, published a high-quality press render of the Moto Z4 smartphone, the announcement of which is expected in the near future. As you can see in the image, there is a single main camera located at the back of the body. According to available information, it will include a 48-megapixel sensor. The new product will allegedly receive a 6,4-inch OLED display with a teardrop notch and […]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Apple a number of patents for biometric identification for mobile devices. We are talking about a new fingerprint scanning system. As you can see in the images, the Apple empire intends to use it in iPhone smartphones instead of the usual Touch ID sensor. The proposed solution involves the use of special electro-acoustic transducers, forcing special […]
