Author: ProHoster

Tesla will offer owners of electric vehicles a branded auto insurance program

At the quarterly reporting conference, company founder Elon Musk reinforced theses about the superiority of the Tesla Model 3 over other mid-size premium sedans with fresh statistics. In the first quarter, an electric car of this model became the most popular vehicle in the premium segment in the United States, outstripping its closest competitor in terms of sales by 60%. Among Model 3 buyers […]

Video: Sword Specialist Added to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Activision and Treyarch are committed to supporting Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in the face of fierce competition. As the new season of Operation Specter's Visit begins, it promises a constant stream of significant updates. Central to the launch is the return of the sword-wielding Specter (also activated in Blackout mode) to online play. Its key feature is speed and the ability to get closer to enemies [...]

How do new technologies bring the dream of immortality closer?

A new future, the picture of which we described in the previous article about connecting a person to the Internet, according to the assumption of a number of researchers, awaits humanity in the next 20 years. What is the vector of human development in general? Significant financial flows are invested in developing the quality of human life. The main sources of deterioration in the quality of life in general are all kinds of diseases and mortality. Work on […]

The backdoor and the Buhtrap encoder were distributed using Yandex.Direct

To target a cyberattack on accountants, you can use work papers that they search for on the web. This is how a cybergroup has been operating in the past few months, distributing the well-known Buhtrap and RTM backdoors, as well as encryption and software for stealing cryptocurrencies. Most targets are located in Russia. The attack was implemented by placing malicious ads in Yandex.Direct. Potential victims went to a website where […]

[Translation] Envoy threading model

Translation of the article: Envoy threading model - https://blog.envoyproxy.io/envoy-threading-model-a8d44b922310 This article seemed quite interesting to me, and since Envoy is most often used as part of "istio" or simply as "ingress controller" kubernetes, so most people don't have the same direct interaction with it as they would with typical Nginx or Haproxy installations. However, if something breaks, it would be good […]

Release of the TeX distribution TeX Live 2019

The release of the TeX Live 2019 distribution kit, created in 1996 based on the teTeX project, has been prepared. TeX Live is the easiest way to deploy a scientific documentation infrastructure, regardless of the operating system you are using. For downloading, a DVD assembly (2,8 GB) of TeX Live 2019 has been generated, which contains a working Live environment, a complete set of installation files for various operating systems, a copy of the CTAN repository […]

Samsung Galaxy Home Mini smart speaker spotted on the regulator's website

Last August, South Korean giant Samsung introduced the Galaxy Home smart speaker. Later it became known that this device may have a brother. And now information about the upcoming new product has been published on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) website. The published documentation says that the new product will enter the commercial market under the name Galaxy Home Mini. The gadget is coded […]

A fleet of Tesla patrol cars is deployed in Basel, Switzerland

A fleet of Tesla Model X electric cars has been converted into police patrol cars in Switzerland. This approach may be surprising, given that the car in question costs $100. However, Swiss police are confident that purchasing electric cars will ultimately save money. Police officials say that each Model X electric car is about 000 francs more expensive than diesel cars, […]

The US Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX's plans to launch Internet satellites

Network sources report that the Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX's request to launch a large number of Internet satellites into space, which should operate in a lower orbit than previously planned. Without receiving official approval, SpaceX could not begin sending the first satellites into outer space. Now the company will be able to begin launches next month, [...]

A short gameplay demo of Borderlands 3 has appeared on the Internet

Gearbox Software will hold a live broadcast tomorrow, where they will show the gameplay of Borderlands 3 for the first time. Previously, the authors tested the Echocast function, which will allow viewers to look at the characters’ equipment. The developers recorded a short video and quickly deleted it, but curious users managed to download the video and post it online. A 25-second demo has already been analyzed on the ResetEra forum. Borderlands 3 features an expanded […]