Following leaked images of the Samsung Galaxy View 2, the new 17-inch tablet with 1080p resolution has gone on sale through US carrier AT&T. Its size means it's more of a portable TV running Android. AT&T is no doubt hoping it will attract users to watch content from its upcoming streaming service as well as its existing DirecTV Now service. Just like [...]
A release of the Mongoose OS 2.13.0 project is available, offering a framework for developing firmware for Internet of Things (IoT) devices based on ESP32, ESP8266, CC3220, CC3200 and STM32F4 microcontrollers. There is built-in support for integration with AWS IoT, Google IoT Core, Microsoft Azure, Samsung Artik, Adafruit IO platforms, as well as with any MQTT servers. The project code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. […]
Odnoklassniki announced the introduction of a new feature: the popular social network now supports so-called “vertical” video materials. We are talking about videos shot in portrait mode. Research shows that users hold their smartphone vertically 97% of the time for iOS devices and 89% of the time for Android devices, including when taking pictures […]
The first part of a fantasy work about a very likely future in which IT corporations will overthrow the power of outdated states and begin to oppress humanity on their own. Introduction By the end of the 21st and beginning of the 22nd century, the collapse of all states on Earth was completed. Their place was taken by powerful transnational IT corporations. The minority belonging to the management of these companies has been forced and forever ahead of the rest of humanity in development, thanks to […]
Zeiss has officially introduced the Otus 1.4/100 premium lens, designed for use with Canon and Nikon full-frame DSLR cameras. It is noted that the new product is well suited for portrait photography, as well as photographing various objects. In the device, chromatic aberrations (axial chromatic aberrations) are corrected using lenses made of special glass with a special partial dispersion. Transition from bright to [...]
For the first time, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has allocated money for large-scale developments to create environmentally friendly and inexpensive batteries that should replace the popular lithium-ion batteries. For these purposes, the Ministry allocated 1,15 million euros for three years to a number of scientific organizations in Germany, led by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Developments […]
The FreeBSD developers have announced a survey among users of the project, which should help prioritize development and identify areas that require special attention. The survey includes 47 questions and takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. Questions cover such topics as scope, preferences in development tools, attitude towards default settings, wishes for timing […]
The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation reports that the timing of the complete transition to digital television in our country has been revised. Let us remind you that a unique project is being implemented in Russia - a unified digital information space that ensures accessibility to the entire population of 20 mandatory public television and three radio channels. Initially, it was planned to turn off analog TV in three stages. […]
The Parrot 4.6 distribution was released, based on the Debian Testing package base and including a selection of tools for checking the security of systems, conducting forensic analysis and reverse engineering. Three options for iso images are offered for download: with the MATE environment (full 3.8 GB and reduced 1.7 GB) and with the KDE desktop (1.8 GB). The Parrot distribution is positioned as a portable laboratory with […]
The Moscow operator MGTS, which is 94,7% owned by MTS, intends to finance the development of a platform for unmanned traffic management (UTM) for organizing drone flights, taking into account existing legislation and regulatory regulations. Already at the first stage, the operator is ready to allocate “several billion rubles” to the implementation of the project. The system being created will include a radar detection and tracking network […]
Samsung Electronics has announced the start of Russian sales of the curved monitor UR59C, the first information about which appeared at the beginning of this year during the CES 2019 electronics exhibition. The device is made on a VA matrix measuring 31,5 inches diagonally. The 1500R curvature means that the lens of the eye will not change its curvature when moving the gaze from the center to the periphery of the screen, […]
Team Group has released Vulcan SSDs, designed for use in desktop and laptop computers. The new items are made in a 2,5-inch form factor. They are suitable for upgrading systems equipped with traditional hard drives. The Serial ATA 3.0 interface is used for connection. The drives are based on 3D NAND flash memory. Support for TRIM commands and SMART monitoring tools has been implemented. Dimensions are 100 × 69,9 × 7 […]
