Modern CPUs have a lot of cores. For years, applications have been sending queries to databases in parallel. If it is a reporting query against multiple rows in a table, it is faster when it uses multiple CPUs, and PostgreSQL has been able to do this since version 9.6. It took 3 years to implement the parallel query feature - I had to rewrite the code at different stages of […]
Hello, my name is Dima Demchuk. I am a senior Java programmer at Scalors. Overall programming experience in the IT industry for more than 12 years. I grew from a programmer at a factory to the Senior level and managed to work in top IT companies in Ukraine. Of course, at that time programming was not yet mainstream, and there was not much competition among IT companies and among candidates […]
The DigiTimes resource has released a new piece of information about Apple's plans to release iPhone smartphones this year and next. It is reported that the information was received from Taiwanese suppliers of electronic components for cellular devices. In 2019, the Apple empire will allegedly announce two smartphones with a screen based on organic light-emitting diodes (OLED). We are talking about models with a 5,8-inch display [...]
This year, Japan Display Inc will begin supplying organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple Watch smartwatches, sources told Reuters, requesting anonymity. This is a real breakthrough for the company experiencing financial difficulties, caused, among other things, by the belated transition to OLED technology. Japan Display's core business, based on the production of LCD panels, has ceased to bring significant […]
As we recently reported, Samsung is preparing to release a mid-range smartphone Galaxy A20e. Information about this device appeared on the website of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The device appears under the code designation SM-A202F/DS. It is reported that the novelty will receive a display measuring 5,8 inches diagonally. The screen resolution has not been specified, but it will most likely be an HD+ format panel. […]
Ultrabook ASUS ZenBook 13 UX333FN is one of the smallest 13-inch laptops in the world: it weighs only 1,09 kg, and is only 16,9 mm thin. At the same time, the screen occupies 95 percent of the area of the top cover: this was achieved due to the ultra-thin frames. You can learn about all the features of the ultrabook from our video review. Source: 3dnews.ru
Developers from Firaxis Games and publisher 2K Games announced that the global turn-based strategy Sid Meier's Civilization VI now supports cross-platform saves between PC and Nintendo Switch. If you purchased the game on Steam and Nintendo Switch, you can now freely transfer saves between the two platforms. To do this, you will need to create a 2K account, link it […]
As NetherRealm Studios prepares to release Mortal Kombat 11, fans of the series are nostalgic for the old installments, imagining what their remakes would look like. But they are of little interest in alterations with modern graphics - the spirit of the nineties is important. It was in this traditional form that YouTube user Bitplex tried to present the 1992 Mortal Kombat. In the video he published, the game of the legendary Midway looks like this […]
Today, the final of the international programming competition ICPC 2019 will be held in the Portuguese city of Porto. Representatives of ITMO University and other teams from universities in Russia, China, India, the USA and other countries will take part in it. Let's tell you in more detail. icpcnews / Flickr / CC BY / Photo from the finals of ICPC-2016 in Phuket What is ICPC ICPC is an international competition […]
Researchers from Tomsk State University (TSU) were the first in the world to isolate a bacterium from deep groundwater that could theoretically exist on Mars. We are talking about the organism Desulforudis audaxviator: translated from Latin, this name means "brave traveler". It is noted that scientists from different countries have been “hunting” for this bacterium for more than 10 years. The named organism is able to obtain energy in [...]
Galaxy Microsystems has unveiled a new graphics card in its flagship Hall of Fame series. The new product is called Galax GeForce RTX 2080 Ti HOF Plus, and at first glance it is no different from the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti HOF presented last year. But there are still differences. The thing is that the new GeForce RTX 2080 […]
A few years ago, laptops from the Japanese company Toshiba disappeared from the US market, but now there are reports on the Internet that the manufacturer intends to return to the US under a new name. According to online sources, Toshiba laptops will be sold in the US under the Dynabook brand. In 2015, the company was rocked by a scandal that resulted in huge losses and […]
