Author: ProHoster

Lyft poachs rival Uber drivers with cheap repairs and free banking

Taxi service Lyft introduced free banking services for its drivers, as well as heavily discounted car repairs, apparently in the hope of winning over the drivers of rival company Uber. Lyft has officially launched Lyft Driver Services for drivers, providing free bank accounts and Lyft Direct debit cards. Those collaborating with Lyft […]

Huawei: 6G era will come after 2030

Yang Chaobin, president of Huawei's 5G business, has announced the start date for the introduction of 6G mobile technologies. Currently, the global industry is at the initial stage of commercial deployment of 5G networks. Theoretically, the throughput of such services will reach 20 Gb / s, but at first the data transfer rates will be approximately an order of magnitude lower. One of the segment leaders […]

Patriot Viper VPN100 PCIe M.2 SSD: Fast Storage for Gaming Systems

Patriot today announced the release of the Viper VPN100 PCIe M.2 SSDs, which were first showcased at January CES 2019 and are PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe devices. The Phison E12 controller is involved. We are talking about the presence of a DRAM cache with a capacity of 512 MB. There are four models in the Patriot Viper VPN100 PCIe M.2 SSD family - […]

Termux step by step (Part 2)

In the last part, we got acquainted with the basic commands of Termux, set up an SSH connection to a PC, learned how to create alias's, and installed several useful utilities. This time we have to go even further, we are with you: learn about Termux:API, install Python and nano, and also write “Hello, world!” learn about bash scripts in Python and write a script […]

SilverStone Strider Bronze: power supplies with modular cabling

SilverStone has announced the Strider Bronze series of power supplies, with 550W (ST55F-PB), 650W (ST65F-PB), and 750W (ST75F-PB) models in the family. Solutions are 80 PLUS Bronze certified. They are designed to operate around the clock. A 120 mm fan is responsible for cooling, the noise level of which does not exceed 18 dBA. Power supplies boast […]

New X-Com PC Powered by Intel's Leading Gaming Processor Intel® Core™ i9-9900K

X-Com has updated its lineup of computers and workstations produced under its own brand. Based on an analysis of consumer preferences, X-Com specialists identified the computer configurations most in demand by customers. Based on this, new product series were formed that fully meet the expectations of each customer group, with the best ratio of price, functionality and performance. The company's new X-Com product portfolio includes: […]

Singapore has developed a patrol boat-submarine

At the LIMA 2019 exhibition in Malaysia, Singapore-based DK Naval Technologies has lifted the veil of secrecy over an unusual development: a patrol boat that can dive underwater. Designed under the Seekrieger name, it combines the high-speed qualities of a coastal patrol boat with the ability to fully submerge. The development of Seekrieger is conceptual in nature and is still at the level of project study. After completion of model testing, […]

Tesla changes EV return policy after Elon Musk's controversial tweet

Tesla has changed its EV return policy after CEO Elon Musk tweeted a controversial statement about how it works. The company told The Verge that the rule changes went into effect on Wednesday after questions about Musk's tweet began pouring in. Buyers will now be able to return a vehicle within seven days of […]

Spire introduced its first LSS Liquid Cooler and Liquid Cooler Solo

In recent years, liquid cooling systems have become quite widespread, and more and more manufacturers are creating their own liquid cooling systems. The next such manufacturer was Spire, which presented two maintenance-free LSS at once. The model with the laconic name Liquid Cooler is equipped with a 240mm radiator, and the second novelty, called Liquid Cooler Solo, will offer a 120mm radiator. At the heart of each of the new products is […]

Data compression with the Huffman algorithm

Introduction In this article, I will talk about the well-known Huffman algorithm, as well as its application in data compression. As a result, we will write a simple archiver. There was already an article about this on Habré, but without practical implementation. The theoretical material of the current post is taken from school computer science lessons and Robert Laforet's book "Data Structures and Algorithms in Java". So all […]