Speedrunner Katun24 completed Super Mario Odyssey in 5 hours and 24 minutes. This does not compare with the world records (less than an hour), but the distinctive feature of his passage was that he completed it blindfolded. He published the corresponding video on his YouTube channel. Dutch player Katun24 chose the most popular type of speedrun - “any% of run”. The main goal [...]
It became known that, like other technology companies with their own voice assistants, Microsoft paid contractors to transcribe voice recordings of Cortana and Skype users. Apple, Google and Facebook have temporarily suspended the practice, and Amazon allows users to prevent their own voice recordings from being transcribed. Despite potential privacy concerns, Microsoft intends to continue transcribing user voices […]
Sony Interactive Entertainment and the studio Other Ocean Interactive have published a video in which the developers talk about the process of creating a remake of MediEvil for the PlayStation 4. The original adventure action game MediEvil was released on the PlayStation in 1998 by the studio SCE Cambridge (now Guerrilla Cambridge). Now, more than 20 years later, the team at Other Ocean Interactive is recreating […]
Google will add a new feature to its Assistant that will allow you to assign reminders to other users, as long as those people are part of Assistant's group of trusted users. This feature is designed primarily for families - it will work through the Family Group feature - so for example, a father can send reminders to his children or spouse, and this reminder will be displayed […]
The developers of the Czech company Avast Software announced the release of an updated Secure Browser web browser, created based on the source code of the open-source Chromium project with an eye to ensuring user security when working on the global network. The new version of Avast Secure Browser, codenamed Zermatt, includes tools for optimizing the use of RAM and processor, as well as the “Extend the […]
Canalys has released the results of a study of the European smartphone market in the second quarter of this year. It is reported that between April and June inclusive, approximately 45,1 million smart cellular devices were sold in Europe. Approximately the same result - 45,2 million - was shown a year earlier. Samsung devices are in greatest demand among European consumers. The share of the South Korean manufacturer […]
When DxOMark tested the camera of the Samsung Galaxy S10+ earlier this year, it failed to beat the Huawei P20 Pro, receiving an equal final score of 109 points. Then parity happened between the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G and Huawei P30 Pro - both had 112 points. But the debut of the Galaxy Note 10+ turned the tide, and the brainchild […]
In Russia, work on a jetpack project to save astronauts has been suspended. This was reported by the online publication RIA Novosti, citing information received from the management of the Zvezda Research and Production Enterprise. We are talking about the creation of a special device designed to ensure the rescue of astronauts who have moved away from a spaceship or station at a dangerous distance. In such a situation, the backpack will help the person return to orbital […]
Snap has announced its third-generation Spectacles smart glasses. The new model is noticeably different from the Spectacles 2 version. The new smart glasses are equipped with two HD cameras, with which you can shoot 3D first-person video at 60 frames per second, as well as take photographs. These videos and photos can be sent wirelessly to your phone, added with 3D Snapchat effects, and shared […]
Laser weapons are no longer science fiction, although a lot of problems remain with their implementation. The weakest point of laser weapons remains their power plants, the energy of which is not enough to defeat massive targets. But you can start with less? For example, hitting light and nimble enemy drones with a laser, which is expensive and unsafe if conventional anti-aircraft […]
Six-core Ryzen 5 processors gained widespread recognition long before AMD was able to switch to the Zen 2 microarchitecture. Both the first and second generations of six-core Ryzen 5 were able to become quite a popular choice in their price segment due to AMD’s policy of offering customers more advanced multi-threading, than Intel processors can provide, at the same or even […]
The translation of the article was prepared specifically for students of the Data Engineer course. ClickHouse is an open source columnar database. It's a great environment where hundreds of analysts can quickly query detailed data, even as tens of billions of new records are entered per day. Infrastructure costs to support such a system can reach $100 per year, and […]
