Censorship is closely related to politics. The annual World Internet Freedom Ranking clearly illustrates this dependence: states in which human rights are violated, block "objectionable" resources or block access to the global network. Only 13 of the 65 countries analyzed by Freedom House researchers in 2017 do not interfere with the information freedom of their citizens. Most other users […]
In this article, I will talk about my personal experience in developing a small game in Rust. It took about 24 hours to create a working version (mostly I worked in the evenings or on weekends). The game is far from complete, but I think the experience will be useful. I'll share what I've learned and some observations I've made while building the game from scratch. […]
Qualcomm plans to introduce its next-generation flagship Snapdragon mobile processor before the end of this year. At least, according to the MySmartPrice resource, this follows from the statements of Judd Heape, one of the leaders of Qualcomm's product division. Qualcomm's current top-tier smartphone chip is the Snapdragon 855. The processor contains eight Kryo 485 cores clocked […]
The company "Yandex" announced that users of "smart" devices with intelligent voice assistant "Alice" can now listen to the radio. We are talking about such smart gadgets as Yandex.Station, as well as Irbis A and DEXP Smartbox. All of these devices are equipped with a Wi-Fi wireless adapter to connect to the Internet wirelessly. It is reported that dozens of radio stations are available in smart speakers with "Alice". To […]
The author of numerous reliable leaks, blogger Evan Blass (Evan Blass), also known as @Evleaks, has published press renders of the Galaxy A2 Core budget smartphone, which Samsung is preparing for release. As you can see in the images, the device has received a design from the past. The screen has wide bezels on the sides, not to mention huge bezels at the top and bottom. On the back panel […]
Valve changed the system of user reviews two years ago, as well as the impact of such reviews on game ratings. This was done, in particular, to solve problems with the "attack" on the rating. The term "attack" refers to the publication of a large number of negative reviews in order to lower the rating of the game. According to the developers, the changes should give each player the opportunity to speak about […]
Renowned game designer Takashi Iizuka has confirmed that work is already in full swing on the next major game in the never-ending Sonic the Hedgehog adventure series. However, speaking at the SXSW Sonic panel this weekend, the developers from Team Sonic sought to temper the public's expectations - obviously, until 2020 we are unlikely to see anything concrete regarding the next […]
Released on January 25, the remake of Resident Evil 2 sold four million copies, and although it is quite far from Resident Evil 7 (only 6,1 million copies sold), in some ways the modernized game of 1998 managed to get ahead of the previous part of the series. We are talking about the number of units sold on Steam - the remake already has more than a million owners. The information became known thanks to the SteamSpy service. […]
Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek and Riot Games designer Kimberly Voll founded Stray Bombay. Faliszek is best known for writing episodes for Half-Life 2, both Portal and Left 4 Dead. And in the new studio, he and his colleagues plan to continue to engage in cooperative projects. In a press release, he mentioned […]
“When I shared sex, love and relationships, everything became much easier ...” quote from a wise girl We are programmers and we deal with machines, but nothing human is alien to us. We fall in love, get married (get married), have children and ... die. Like ordinary mortals, we constantly have emotional problems when “they didn’t […]
The campus is a student camp for beginner programmers, where Kontur developers share their knowledge. For five days we will learn how to write clean code, test and design. And in the evenings, drink tea with cookies, play board games and work in a team of smart guys like you! On the Campus you will gain industrial development experience and make new friends, […]
Microsoft continues to work on a new version of the Chromium-based Edge browser. And here is a link to the installer for the program. You can download it and even try to run it. However, most likely it will give an unknown error, since the program is intended for internal testing. However, the fact that the installer was leaked suggests that the development is underway and has already […]
