Author: ProHoster

Another long-term expedition arrived at the ISS

On March 14, 2019, at 22:14 Moscow time, the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-1 transport manned spacecraft successfully launched from pad No. 12 (“Gagarin Start”) of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Another long-term expedition set off to the International Space Station (ISS): the ISS-59/60 team included Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin, NASA astronauts Nick Haig and Christina Cook. At 22:23 Moscow time […]

Huawei Kids Watch 3: Children's smart watch with cellular connectivity

The Chinese company Huawei has introduced a "smart" watch Kids Watch 3, designed specifically for young users. The basic version of the gadget is equipped with a 1,3-inch touch screen with a resolution of 240 × 240 pixels. Used processor MediaTek MT2503AVE, working in tandem with 4 MB of RAM. The equipment includes a 0,3-megapixel camera, a flash module with a capacity of 32 MB, and a 2G modem for connecting to cellular networks. […]

Samsung spoke about the transistors that will replace FinFET

As has been reported many times, something needs to be done with a transistor smaller than 5 nm. Today, chip manufacturers are producing the most advanced solutions using vertical FinFET gates. FinFET transistors can still be produced using 5-nm and 4-nm technical processes (whatever these standards mean), but already at the stage of production of 3-nm semiconductors, FinFET structures stop working […]

New Article: BQ Strike Power/Strike Power 4G Smartphone Review: Budget Longevity

While A-brands compete to fit the maximum number of cameras in their flagships and vying with each other to offer flexible devices, the main sales in the world are still in the budget segment, which digests all innovations slowly and selectively. BQ Strike Power is a classic example of a budget device, in which everything conditionally superfluous is discarded: design delights, a powerful […]

Samsung admits to developing notch-less displays with a hidden camera

Samsung's next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10+, is the first device in the company's history to feature an OLED display with a punch-hole for the front camera. Despite the apparent simplicity, making a hole in the display and assembling the unit with the electronics board with complete sealing of all connections and without marriage at the perforation site is a serious technological challenge that the company […]

Zotac unveiled two proprietary versions of the GeForce GTX 1660

Today, NVIDIA introduced its new mid-range graphics card GeForce GTX 1660, and its AIB partners have prepared their versions of the novelty. We wrote about some of them even before the official announcement, and we will tell about others now. For example, Zotac introduced two of its own versions of the GeForce GTX 1660. The new products are called Zotac Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 […]

Two dual cameras: the Google Pixel 4 XL smartphone appeared on the render

Resource Slashleaks published a schematic image of one of the smartphones of the Google Pixel 4 family, the announcement of which is expected this fall. Immediately it is necessary to make a reservation that the reliability of the presented illustration remains in question. However, conceptual renders of the device based on the Slashleaks leak have already been published on the Internet. According to the available data, the Google Pixel 4 smartphone in the XL version will receive […]

Group-IB webinar "Group-IB Approach to Cyber ​​Education: Overview of Current Programs and Case Studies"

Information security knowledge is power. The relevance of a continuous learning process in this area is due to the rapidly changing trends in cybercrime, as well as the need for new competencies. Experts from Group-IB, an international company specializing in preventing cyber attacks, have prepared a webinar on the topic “Group-IB’s approach to cyber education: an overview of current programs and practical cases”. The webinar will start on March 28, 2019 at 11:00 […]

A detailed response to the comment, as well as a little about the life of providers in the Russian Federation

It was this comment that inspired me to this post. I bring it here: kaleman today at 18:53 I was pleased with the provider today. Along with the update of the site blocking system, he got the mail.ru mailer under the ban. In the morning I pull technical support, they can’t do anything. The provider is small, and apparently higher providers are blocking. I also noticed a slowdown in the opening of all sites, maybe […]

Automation and transformation: Volkswagen will cut thousands of jobs

The Volkswagen Group is accelerating its transformation process with the aim of increasing profits and more efficiently implementing projects to bring new generation automotive platforms to the market. It is reported that between 2023 and 5000 jobs will be cut in the period up to 7000. Volkswagen, in particular, has no plans to hire new employees to replace those who are retiring. Compensate for the reduction […]

Ready-made markdown2pdf solution with source code for Linux

A Markdown preface is a great way to write a short article, and sometimes quite a lengthy text, with simple italic and bold formatting. Markdown is also good for writing articles with source code included. But sometimes you want to overtake it without loss, dancing with a tambourine into a regular, well-designed PDF file, and so that there are no […]