Before the launch of the post-apocalyptic zombie action Days Gone (in Russian localization - "Life after"), which will be exclusive to the PlayStation 4, there are only a few days left. To maintain interest in the project, Sony Interactive Entertainment and its developer studio Bend presented a trailer with a story about what dangers await players in the new project. Studio Creative Director John Garvin said: “About […]
ADATA Technology has announced XPG Spectrix D60G DDR4 RAM modules designed for use in gaming desktop computers. Products received multi-color RGB backlight with a large glow area. You can control the backlight operation through a motherboard that supports ASUS Aura, ASRock RGB, Gigabyte Fusion and MSI RGB. Another feature of the modules is the original casing, which has […]
In the French capital, where Amazon launched its Amazon Prime Now express delivery service in 2016, fast and convenient food delivery has become a battleground among retailers. The Franprix grocery chain of the French Casino Group has announced plans to test food delivery robots on the streets of the 13th arrondissement of Paris during the year. Her partner will be the robot developer […]
In the United States, Apple was filed a class-action lawsuit, accusing it of deliberately hiding the decline in demand for iPhone smartphones, especially in China. According to plaintiffs representing the pension fund of Roseville, Michigan, this is a sign of securities fraud. After the announcement of information about the upcoming trial, the capitalization of the "apple giant" decreased by $74 […]
April 24 marks the 29th anniversary of the launch of the Discovery shuttle STS-31 with the Hubble Space Telescope on board. To coincide with this date, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) timed the publication of another magnificent image transmitted from the orbital observatory. The featured image (see full resolution photo below) shows the Southern Crab Nebula, […]
At the last developer meeting EuroLLVM'19 (April 8 - 9 in Brussels / Belgium), after another discussion, the board of directors of the LLVM Foundation approved the inclusion of the F18 (Fortran) compiler and its runtime environment in the LLVM project. For several years now, NVidia developers have been developing the Flang frontend for the Fortran language as part of the LLVM project. They recently started rewriting it […]
Joe Armstrong, one of the creators of the functional programming language Erlang, also known for his developments in the field of fault-tolerant distributed systems, has died at the age of 68. Erlang was created in 1986 in Ericsson's lab with Robert Virding and Mike Williams, and was promoted to […]
Hi-Rez Studios has announced SMITE Blitz, a mobile game set in the SMITE universe. SMITE Blitz is a mythological tactical RPG that will feature story and PvP modes. The mobile game will offer access to sixty gods. Gamers will fight against monsters, powerful bosses and other users. The SMITE Blitz technical alpha test has already begun on iOS and Android and will run until May 1st. […]
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 […]
