Author: ProHoster

Why has Spotify delayed its launch in Russia again?

Representatives of the streaming service Spotify are negotiating with Russian copyright holders, looking for employees and an office to work in Russia. However, the company is again in no hurry to release the service to the Russian market. And how do its potential employees feel about this now (there should be about 30 people at the time of launch)? Or the former head of the Russian Facebook sales office, top manager of Media Instinct Group Ilya […]

An early look at The Settlers re-release in a 16-minute gameplay footage

PCGames.de received an invitation from Blue Byte to their headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, to check out the current state of The Settlers, which was announced at gamescom 2018 in development and is scheduled for release on PC at the very end of 2020. The result of this visit was a 16-minute video in German with English subtitles, showing the gameplay in detail. […]

Gears 5 on PC will get support for asynchronous computing and AMD FidelityFX

Microsoft and The Coalition have shared some technical details of the PC version of the upcoming action game Gears 5. According to the developers, the game will support asynchronous computing, multi-threaded command buffering, as well as new AMD FidelityFX technology. In other words, Microsoft is taking a careful approach to porting the game to Windows. In more detail, asynchronous computing will allow video cards to perform graphics and computing workloads simultaneously. This opportunity […]

Microsoft showed a new tablet mode for Windows 10 20H1

Microsoft has released a new build of the future version of Windows 10, which will be released in the spring of 2020. Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18970 includes many new features, but the most interesting is the new version of tablet mode for the “ten”. This mode first appeared in 2015, although before that they tried to make it basic in Windows 8/8.1. But then tablets […]

Release of BlackArch 2019.09.01, distribution for security testing

New builds of BlackArch Linux, a specialized distribution for security research and studying the security of systems, have been published. The distribution is built on the Arch Linux package base and includes about 2300 security-related utilities. The project's maintained package repository is compatible with Arch Linux and can be used in regular Arch Linux installations. The assemblies are prepared in the form of a 15 GB Live image [...]

Changes in Wolfenstein: Youngblood: new checkpoints and rebalancing of battles

Bethesda Softworks and Arkane Lyon and MachineGames have announced the next update for Wolfenstein: Youngblood. In version 1.0.5, the developers added control points on towers and much more. Version 1.0.5 is currently only available for PC. The update will be available on consoles next week. The update contains important changes that fans have been asking for: checkpoints on towers and bosses, the ability to […]

Stormy Peters leads Microsoft's Open Source Division

Stormy Peters has taken over as director of Microsoft's Open Source Programs Office. Previously, Stormy led the community engagement team at Red Hat, and previously served as director of developer engagement at Mozilla, vice president of the Cloud Foundry Foundation, and chair of the GNOME Foundation. Stormi is also known as the creator of […]

PC case Antec NX500 received the original front panel

Antec has released the NX500 computer case, designed to create a gaming-grade desktop system. The new product has dimensions of 440 × 220 × 490 mm. A tempered glass panel is installed on the side: through it, the internal layout of the PC is clearly visible. The case received an original front part with a mesh section and multi-color lighting. The equipment includes a rear ARGB fan with a diameter of 120 mm. It is allowed to install motherboards [...]

A new enrollment has been opened at Yandex.Lyceum: the geography of the project has been doubled

Today, August 30, a new enrollment at Yandex.Lyceum has started: those wishing to undergo training will be able to submit applications until September 11. "Yandex.Lyceum" is an educational project of "Yandex" to teach programming to schoolchildren. Applications are accepted from eighth and ninth grade students. The curriculum lasts two years; Moreover, training is free. This year, the geography of the project has expanded by more than [...]

Realme XT smartphone with 64-megapixel camera appeared on the official render

Realme has released the first official image of the high-end smartphone that will be launched next month. We are talking about the Realme XT device. Its feature will be a powerful rear camera containing a 64-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. As you can see in the image, the main camera of Realme XT has a quad-module configuration. The optical blocks are arranged vertically in the upper left corner of the device. […]

DiRT Rally for Steam Free to Claim in Humble Bundle

The Humble Bundle store regularly gives away games to visitors. Not long ago the service offered free Guacamelee! and Age of Wonders III, and now it’s DiRT Rally’s turn. The Codemasters project was initially released in Steam Early Access, and the full PC version went on sale on December 7, 2015. The rally simulator features a large fleet of vehicles, where […]