Exactly 50 years ago - on April 7, 1969 - Request for Comments was published: 1. RFC is a document containing technical specifications and standards widely used on the World Wide Web. Each RFC has its own unique number, which is used when referring to it. Currently, the primary publication of RFCs is handled by the IETF under the auspices of the open organization Society […]
Three years since the previous release, a new version of the DeaDBeeF audio player has been released. According to the developers, it has become quite mature, which was reflected in the version number. Changelog added Opus support added ReplayGain Scanner added correct tracks + cue support (in collaboration with wdlkmpx) added/improved MP4 tag reading and writing added embedded loading […]
The new project “SPURV” will make it possible to run Android applications on desktop Linux. It is an experimental Android container framework that can run Android applications alongside regular Linux applications on the Wayland display server. In a certain sense, it can be compared to the Bluestacks emulator, which allows you to run Android applications under Windows in windowed mode. Similar to Bluestacks, "SPURV" creates an emulated device […]
The German media concern Axel Springer, one of the largest publishers in Europe, has filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against the company Eyeo, which develops the Adblock Plus ad blocker. According to the plaintiff, the use of blockers not only undermines the sources of funding for digital journalism, but in the long term threatens open access to information on the Internet. This is the second attempt to prosecute [...]
PowerShell is an extensible, open-source automation tool from Microsoft. This week Microsoft announced the next version of PowerShell Core. Despite all expectations, the next version will be PowerShell 7, not PowerShell Core 6.3. This signals a significant change in the project's development as Microsoft takes another major step towards replacing the built-in PowerShell 5.1 […]
The second (0.2) version of transport from Jabber to the Telegram network has been released. What is this? — This transport allows you to communicate with Telegram users from the Jabber network. An existing Telegram account is required.— Jabber transports Why is this needed? — For example, if you want to use Telegram on any device where there is no official client (for example, the Symbian platform). What can transport do? — Log in, including [...]
Zhabogram is a transport (bridge, gateway) from the Jabber network (XMPP) to the Telegram network, written in Ruby, successor to tg4xmpp. This release is dedicated to the Telegram team, which decided that third parties have the right to touch the correspondence history located on my devices. Dependencies: Ruby >= 1.9 ruby-sqlite3 >= 1.3 xmpp4r == 0.5.6 tdlib-ruby == 2.0 and compiled tdlib == 1.3 Features: […]
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus is definitely working on a 5G device, with such a phone reportedly being part of the next major update, collectively called OnePlus 7. And while the company has yet to confirm a launch time for the family, rumors, photos and renderings about it keep coming in . OnePlus is known for usually releasing two flagships per year: one […]
ASUS has prepared for release a professional monitor, ProArt PA27UCX, equipped with a 27-inch display based on a high-quality 4K IPS matrix. The new product features Mini LED backlight technology, which uses an array of microscopic LEDs. The panel received 576 separately controllable backlight zones. There is talk of support for HDR-10 and VESA DisplayHDR 1000. Peak brightness reaches 1000 cd/m2. The monitor has a resolution of 3840 × 2160 […]
Today it became known that the Ministry of Communications of Japan has allocated frequencies to telecommunications operators for the deployment of 5G networks. As reported by Reuters, the frequency resource was distributed among Japan's three leading operators - NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank Corp - along with new market entrant Rakuten Inc. Conservative estimates suggest that these telecom companies will spend a combined five years […]
The researchers who discovered plutoid 2007 OR10, which is the largest unnamed dwarf planet in the Solar System, decided to assign a name to the celestial body. The corresponding message was published on the website of the Planetary Society. The researchers selected three options that meet the requirements of the International Astronomical Union, one of which will become the name of the plutoid. The celestial body in question was discovered in 2007 by planetary scientists Megan […]
Razer has unveiled an updated version of its entry-level external capture card, the Ripsaw HD. The new product, according to the manufacturer, is capable of providing the player with everything necessary for broadcasting and/or recording gameplay: high frame rate, high-quality picture and clear sound. The key feature of the new version is that it is capable of receiving images with a resolution of up to 4K (3840 × 2160 […]
