Author: ProHoster

Lenovo K6 Enjoy: mid-range smartphone with Helio P22 chip

The official announcement of the Lenovo K6 Enjoy smartphone took place, which belongs to the segment of mid-price devices. The developers have endowed the gadget with a 6,22-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1520 × 720 pixels. The screen occupies approximately 82,3% of the entire front surface of the case. At the top of the display there is a small teardrop-shaped cutout, which houses the 8-megapixel front camera. On the back side of the case there is […]

Demand for phones collapsed in Russia: buyers choose inexpensive smartphones

MTS has published the results of a study of the Russian market of mobile phones and smartphones in the first quarter of 2019. The data obtained suggests that residents of our country are quickly losing interest in push-button phones - demand has collapsed by 25% in a year. Instead of such devices, Russians began to purchase budget smartphones - costing up to 10 thousand rubles. “This year […]

Dell Introduces Inspiron 5000 Laptops with AMD Ryzen Mobile 3000 Processors

Dell has announced the release of laptops based on the new AMD Ryzen Mobile 3000 series (Picasso) processors. From now on, some Inspiron 5000 series laptops will be available not only in configurations with Intel processors, but also in versions based on the latest processors from AMD. These will be the 14-inch Inspiron 14 5485 and Inspiron 14 5485 2-in-1 models, and […]

Dell Introduces Inspiron 5000 Laptops with AMD Ryzen Mobile 3000 Processors

Dell has announced the release of laptops based on the new AMD Ryzen Mobile 3000 series (Picasso) processors. From now on, some Inspiron 5000 series laptops will be available not only in configurations with Intel processors, but also in versions based on the latest processors from AMD. These will be the 14-inch Inspiron 14 5485 and Inspiron 14 5485 2-in-1 models, and […]

MIT suspends cooperation with Huawei and ZTE

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has decided to suspend financial and research relationships with telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE. The reason for this was investigations conducted by the American side against Chinese companies. In addition, MIT announced tightening control over projects that are in one way or another connected with Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. Let us recall that earlier the US prosecutor’s office accused Huawei […]

MIT suspends cooperation with Huawei and ZTE

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has decided to suspend financial and research relationships with telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE. The reason for this was investigations conducted by the American side against Chinese companies. In addition, MIT announced tightening control over projects that are in one way or another connected with Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. Let us recall that earlier the US prosecutor’s office accused Huawei […]

Tesla electric car can now change lanes on its own

Tesla is one step closer to making a truly self-driving car by adding a mode to its autonomous driving system that allows the car to decide when it needs to change lanes. While the Autopilot system previously required driver confirmation before performing a lane change maneuver, this is no longer […]

Writing an OTA bootloader for the ATmega128RFA1 (as part of the Smart Response XE device)

It all started with the acquisition by the author in the secondary market of an interesting device - Smart Response XE (brief description). It is intended for schools: each student in the class receives a device that looks like an electronic notebook or a translator of the nineties, the teacher asks a question, and the students type answers on the keyboards of the devices that come over the radio channel (802.15.4) to the receiver connected to the teacher's PC. […]

Writing an OTA bootloader for the ATmega128RFA1 (as part of the Smart Response XE device)

It all started with the acquisition by the author in the secondary market of an interesting device - Smart Response XE (brief description). It is intended for schools: each student in the class receives a device that looks like an electronic notebook or a translator of the nineties, the teacher asks a question, and the students type answers on the keyboards of the devices that come over the radio channel (802.15.4) to the receiver connected to the teacher's PC. […]

DeaDBeeF music player updated to version 1.8.0

The developers have released the release of the music player DeaDBeeF under the number 1.8.0. This player is similar to Aimp for Linux, although it does not support covers. On the other hand, it can be compared to the lightweight player ‎Foobar2000. The player supports automatic transcoding of text encoding in tags, an equalizer, can work with CUE files and Internet radio. Key innovations include: Opus format support; Search […]

DeaDBeeF music player updated to version 1.8.0

The developers have released the release of the music player DeaDBeeF under the number 1.8.0. This player is similar to Aimp for Linux, although it does not support covers. On the other hand, it can be compared to the lightweight player ‎Foobar2000. The player supports automatic transcoding of text encoding in tags, an equalizer, can work with CUE files and Internet radio. Key innovations include: Opus format support; Search […]

Tesla electric car can now change lanes on its own

Tesla is one step closer to making a truly self-driving car by adding a mode to its autonomous driving system that allows the car to decide when it needs to change lanes. While the Autopilot system previously required driver confirmation before performing a lane change maneuver, this is no longer […]