Author: ProHoster

Three quarters of the population use the Internet in Russia

The Runet audience in 2019 reached 92,8 million people. Such data were announced at the 23rd Russian Internet Forum (RIF+KIB) 2019. It is noted that three-quarters of the population (76%) aged 12 years and older use the Internet in our country at least once a month. These statistics were obtained during a study in September 2018 - February 2019. […]

DAB+ digital radio - how does it work and is it needed at all?

Hello Habr. In recent years, the introduction of digital radio standard DAB+ has been discussed in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. And if in Russia the process has not yet advanced, then in Ukraine and Belarus it seems that they have already switched to test broadcasting. How does it work, what are the pros and cons, and is it necessary at all? Details under the cut. Technology The idea of ​​digital […]

Video: Detective story in 14-minute cyberpunk gameplay Tales of the Neon Sea

Zodiac Interactive and Palm Pioneer have released 14 minutes of gameplay footage of the upcoming role-playing adventure Tales of the Neon Sea. Just in case, let us remind you that it in no way relates to the JRPG series Tales of. The video shows how the main character Mr. Fog helps the police with a crime scene investigation. However, you can try all this yourself [...]

Video: a portion of crazy tricks and levels in the first addition to Trials Rising

Trials Rising, a motorcycle arcade game for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, has received its first expansion called Sixty-Six (or "Route 66"). On this occasion, Ubisoft presented a fresh trailer, in which, accompanied by peppy music, it demonstrates a lot of new levels, other innovations and, of course, an abundance of desperate stunts on a motorcycle. “Welcome to the “mother of all roads” - the highway […]

A blocking control system for Roskomnadzor will be developed at the Russian Academy of Sciences

As you know, yesterday the State Duma adopted a law on isolating the Runet. Now the Vedomosti publication reports that the federal research center “Informatics and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences managed to win a competition to develop a blocking control system. It is reported that this system will check how search engines, VPNs, proxies and anonymizers block sites banned in Russia. The system was ordered in [...]

Ubisoft is giving away Assassin's Creed Unity for free and will donate 500 euros to the restoration of Notre Dame

The tragedy of the fire that destroyed a significant part of the iconic Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral affected all French people. Publishing house Ubisoft did not stand aside either, making an official statement. In memory of the sad event, the company is giving away Assassin's Creed Unity for free, which includes an exact model of the landmark. Anyone can pick up a copy of the game in the Uplay store from today until 10:00 […]

MediaCreationTool1903.exe utility does not update to Windows 10 May 2019

As you know, Microsoft plans to release an update for Windows 10 at the end of May this year. This build is currently being tested by Late Access and Release Preview participants and will appear on the release channel soon. It is noted that the new product will be downloaded through Windows Update. At the same time, the developers released an update to the Media Creation Tool utility, which, judging by […]

Trailer for the Leviathans Story DLC for Stellaris: Console Edition

In February of this year, Stellaris: Console Edition debuted on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, in which the developers tried to transfer to the console all the features of the 4X strategy for PC, which was released on May 9, 2016 on Windows, macOS and Linux. In addition to the main game, Paradox Interactive will release all the add-ons for it on consoles: the Plantoids Species Pack, as well as […]

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen and Travis Strikes Again exchange gifts on Nintendo Switch

Capcom and Grasshopper Manufacture have announced a joint promotion for the Switch versions of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes. Update 1.2.0 for Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes will be released on April 18 and will bring a T-shirt with the image of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, which the game's protagonists, Travis and Badman, can wear. From the side [...]

Zend Framework comes under the wing of the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation has introduced a new project, Laminas, within which the development of the Zend Framework, which provides a collection of packages for developing web applications and services in PHP, will continue. The framework also provides development tools using the MVC (Model View Controller) paradigm, a layer for working with databases, a search engine built on Lucene, internationalization components […]

Facebook used user data to fight competitors and help partners

Network sources report that Facebook management has been discussing the possibility of selling the data of users of the social network for a long time. The report also said that such an opportunity had been discussed for several years and was supported by the company's leadership, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. About 4000 leaked documents ended up […]