Author: ProHoster

New article: Core i9-9900X vs. Core i9-9900K: the letter changes everything

The LGA2066 platform and the Skylake-X family of processors were introduced by Intel more than a year and a half ago. Initially, this solution was aimed by the company at the HEDT segment, that is, at high-performance systems for users who create and process content, because Skylake-X contained a significantly larger number of computing cores compared to the usual representatives of the Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake families. However […]

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech RPG Card Game Coming April 25th

Image & Form Games has announced the release date for the role-playing card game SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech - the premiere is scheduled for April 25th. The project will debut on the Nintendo Switch. The game will only be sold on the Nintendo eShop. Pre-orders are already open there - the purchase will cost 1879 rubles for domestic players. So far, SteamWorld Quest has not been announced for other platforms, but the description says […]

12 GB RAM and 512 GB storage: Xiaomi Mi 9 may have a Pro version

Xiaomi Product Director Wang Teng Thomas announced via the Weibo microblogging service that the company's flagship smartphone may have a Pro modification in the future. Alas, the head of Xiaomi did not go into any details. But observers believe that a Pro version may be in the pipeline for the Mi 9 model, a detailed review of which can be found in […]

iPhone mini could be the new name for Apple's "budget" smartphone

Rumors that the “budget” smartphone Apple iPhone SE will have a successor have been circulating for quite a long time. It was assumed that the device will be released under the name iPhone SE 2, but this has not yet happened. And now there is new information on this topic. Internet sources report that the novelty may be commercially called iPhone mini. In terms of frontal […]

Galax introduces new 2TB HOF series SSDs

Galax Microsystem is known to many for its graphics cards, but it also manufactures other products. For example, the other day a Chinese company introduced a couple of new SSDs in its HOF (Hall of Fame) series. Two new Galax HOF drives were presented at once, each with a capacity of 2 TB. Previously, only models up to 1 TB were available. One of the novelties is made […]

The Pentagon is testing cheap disposable drones for cargo delivery

The US military is testing unmanned aerial vehicles that can be used to transport supplies over long distances and discarded without regret after the mission is completed. The larger version of the two tested drones, made from cheap plywood, can carry more than 700 kg of cargo. According to the IEE Spectrum magazine, scientists from Logistic Gliders said that their gliders only […]

Google's new Taiwan campus will focus on hardware development

Google is expanding its operations in Taiwan, which after acquiring the HTC Pixel team has become its largest R&D base in Asia. The company announced the creation of a new, larger campus in New Taipei, which will allow it to double the size of its team. It will serve as Google's new tech headquarters in the country and home to its hardware projects as the company begins moving employees to […]

Sales of Samsung Galaxy S10 series smartphones in 2019 may reach 60 million units

The DigiTimes resource reports that Samsung's decision to release four modifications of the flagship smartphone Galaxy S10 at once may have a positive effect on the sales volume of devices in this series. Recall that the Galaxy S10 family includes the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ models, as well as the 10G version of the Galaxy S5. The latter will go on sale April 5th. […]

Garbage catcher: a project of an apparatus for cleaning the Earth's orbit was presented in Russia

The Russian Space Systems Holding (RSS), which is part of the state corporation Roscosmos, presented a project of a cleaning satellite for collecting and disposing of garbage in Earth's orbit. The problem of space debris is becoming more and more acute every year. A large number of objects in orbit pose a significant threat to satellites, as well as to cargo and manned spacecraft. The RCC proposes to combat space debris […]

Ford stopped producing passenger cars in Russia

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak confirmed in an interview with Kommersant that there were reports that Ford had abandoned its independent business in Russia due to sales problems. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the company will focus on the production of light commercial vehicles (LCV) in Russia. In this segment, it has a "successful and highly localized product" - Ford Transit. Ford interests on […]

Raspberry Pi Zero inside a Handy Tech Active Star 40 braille display

The author placed a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Bluetooth whistle, and a cable inside his new Handy Tech Active Star 40 braille display. A built-in USB port provides power. The result was a self-sufficient monitorless computer on ARM with the Linux operating system, equipped with a keyboard and a Braille display. You can charge/power it via USB, incl. from a power bank or solar charger. Therefore, he can do without [...]

DCF77: how does the time signaling system work?

Hello Habr. Probably many who purchase a watch or a weather station have seen the Radio Controlled Clock or even Atomic Clock logo on the packaging. This is very convenient, because it is enough to put the clock on the table, and after a while it will automatically adjust to the exact time. Let's figure out how it works and write a decoder in Python. There are different time synchronization systems. The most popular […]