The Epic Games Store does not officially support Linux, but now open OS users can install its client and run almost all of the games in the library. Thanks to Lutris Gaming, the Epic Games Store client now runs on Linux. It is fully functional and can play almost all games without significant issues. However, one of the largest Epic Games Store projects, Fortnite, […]
Some users have reported that Microsoft has begun sending notifications to computers running Windows 7, in which it reminds them of the imminent end of support for this OS. Support will end on January 14, 2020, and users are expected to have upgraded to Windows 10 by then. Apparently, the notification first appeared on the morning of April 18. Posts on […]
The Infiniti brand presented the Qs Inspiration concept car with an all-electric powertrain at the Shanghai International Motor Show. The Qs Inspiration is a sports sedan with a dynamic appearance. There is no traditional radiator grille in the front part, since the electric car simply does not need it. The technical characteristics of the power platform, alas, are not disclosed. But it is known that the car received an e-AWD all-wheel drive system, [...]
Experts believe that in the next 20–30 years the number of collisions between spacecraft and other objects in orbit will increase significantly due to the worsening problem of space debris. The first destruction of an object in space was recorded in 1961, that is, almost 60 years ago. Since then, as reported by TsNIIMash (part of the Roscosmos state corporation), about 250 […]
A few months ago, Google announced plans to release a series of car accessories that would offer its owner another way to use the Google Assistant voice assistant. To do this, the company resorted to cooperation with third-party manufacturers. One of the first results of this initiative was the Roav Bolt car charger, priced at $50, with support for Google Assistant and […]
Uber Technologies Inc. announced the attraction of investments in the amount of 1 billion US dollars: the money will be directed to the development of innovative passenger transportation services. Funds will be received by Uber ATG's Advanced Technologies Group. The money will be provided by Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota), DENSO Corporation (DENSO), and SoftBank Vision Fund (SVF). It is noted that Uber ATG specialists will […]
In recent days, quite a lot of official information has appeared regarding one of the next generation consoles - Sony PlayStation 5. However, behind the interesting technical characteristics, many, including us, did not pay attention to the words of Mark Cerny about the cost of the future console, and now I would like to correct this omission. In fact, some specific numbers […]
There has been a stable release of Android Studio 3.4, an integrated development environment (IDE) for working with the Android 10 Q platform. Read more about the changes in the release description and in the YouTube presentation. Main innovations: New assistant for organizing project structure Project Structure Dialog (PSD); New resource manager (with preview support, bulk import, SVG conversion, Drag and drop support, […]
After a year and a half of development, the release of Supertuxkart 1.0 is presented, a free racing game with a large number of karts, tracks and features. The game code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Binary builds are available for Linux, Android, Windows and macOS. Despite the fact that branch 0.10 was in development, the project participants decided to publish release 1.0 due to the significance of the changes. Key innovations: Full-fledged […]
Valgrind 3.15.0, a memory debugging, memory leak detection and profiling tool, is now available. Valgrind is supported for Linux (X86, AMD64, ARM32, ARM64, PPC32, PPC64BE, PPC64LE, S390X, MIPS32, MIPS64), Android (ARM, ARM64, MIPS32, X86), Solaris (X86, AMD64) and macOS (AMD64) platforms . In the new version: The DHAT heap profiling tool (Dynamic Heap […]
Main features of the camera For Panasonic, unlike Nikon, Canon and Sony, the new move turned out to be truly radical - the S1 and S1R became the first full-frame cameras in the company's history. Along with them, a new line of optics, a new mount, new... everything is presented. Panasonic launched into a new world with two similar but different cameras: the Lumix […]
This week, Raja Koduri, who oversees the production of GPUs at Intel, visited the Samsung plant in South Korea. Given Samsung's recent announcement that it is starting to produce 5nm chips using EUV, some analysts thought the visit might not be a coincidence. Experts suggest that companies can conclude a contract under which Samsung will produce GPUs for […]
