Author: ProHoster

Steam weekly chart: Cyberpunk 2077 returned to the top three, and the cooperative roguelike For the King II started sixth

For the sixth week in a row, the leader in the Steam sales chart has changed. In the period from October 31 to November 7, the survival simulator ARK: Survival Ascended fell from first place to third, and Call of Duty climbed to the top on the eve of the premiere of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. Image source: Steam (paimona)Source: 3dnews.ru

Google introduced the Open Se Cura project to create secure software and hardware systems

Google introduced the Open Se Cura hardware and software system, aimed at simplifying the creation of secure chips designed to solve problems related to machine learning and artificial intelligence. The project includes the CantripOS operating system and hardware based on the OpenTitan platform and a processor core based on the RISC-V architecture. During the development of Open Se Cura and CantripOS, […]

SAIL 0.9.0 - image decoding library

Today, on the 20th anniversary of SAIL, an image decoding library for C/C++, release 0.9.0 was released. Demo screenshot: https://sail.software/demo.webp Key features: Four levels of API depending on your needs. The shallowest level of immersion is junior, where it is possible to load only one frame using two lines of code: struct sail_image *image; SAIL_TRY(sail_load_from_file(path, &image)); The deepest level of immersion […]

Fedora Linux 39 distribution release

Fedora Linux 39 distribution released. Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, Fedora Cloud Base, Fedora IoT Edition and Live builds are prepared for download, delivered in the form of spins with desktop environments KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, Phosh, LXQt, Budgie and Sway. Assemblies are generated for x86_64, Power64 and ARM64 (AArch64) architectures. Publishing Fedora Silverblue builds […]

The Cicada project is developing a build automation system similar to GitHub Actions

An open system for automating assembly processes, Cicada, is available, which allows you to deploy on your server an infrastructure similar to GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps and Gitlab CI, independent of cloud services. The project code is written in Python and is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. The system is capable of automatically launching scripts for building and testing code bases when certain events are triggered, such as the arrival of […]

China has limited the export of rare earth elements - they are used in electronics, electric vehicles and other fields

Today, China has introduced export controls on rare earth elements. The order will be in effect at least until the end of October 2025. Exporters will have to disclose what is being shipped to where and to whom. The procedure will take time and will certainly complicate the supply of products that are actually strategic for the United States and its allies. One of the developments of rare earth elements in China. Image source: Kyodo/NikkeiSource: […]

Intel changes its mind to expand production in Vietnam

Intel has delayed plans to increase investment in its Vietnam manufacturing facility to expand capacity, which would help the company double production in the country. The chipmaker's decision dealt a blow to the plans of the Vietnamese authorities to strengthen the country's presence in the global semiconductor industry. Image source: Maxence Pira / unsplash.comSource: 3dnews.ru

Release of the game Mineclonia 0.91, created on the Minetest engine

An update to the game Mineclonia 0.91 has been released, which is made on the Minetest engine and is a fork of the game Mineclone 2, providing gameplay similar to Minecraft. When developing a fork, the main focus is on increasing stability, expanding functionality and optimizing performance. The project code is written in Lua and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The new version has reworked villages and residents, updated […]

OmniOS CE r151048 and OpenIndiana 2023.10 are available, continuing the development of OpenSolaris

The release of the OmniOS Community Edition distribution kit r151048 is available, based on the developments of the Illumos project and providing full support for the bhyve and KVM hypervisors, the Crossbow virtual network stack, the ZFS file system and tools for launching lightweight Linux containers. The distribution can be used both for building scalable web systems and for creating storage systems. In the new release: Added support for NVMe 2.x devices. Added […]

Support for NVIDIA GSP firmware has been added to the nouveau driver

David Airlie, maintainer of the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) subsystem in the Linux kernel, announced changes to the codebase that powers the 6.7 kernel release to provide initial support for GSP-RM firmware in the Nouveau kernel module. The GSP-RM firmware is used in the NVIDIA RTX 20+ GPU to move initialization and GPU control operations to a separate microcontroller […]

Updating the CADBase platform for design data exchange

The digital platform CADBase is designed for the exchange of 3D models, drawings and other engineering data. Following the tradition formed by the news from 10.02.22/10.02.23/3 and XNUMX/XNUMX/XNUMX, I hasten to share with you information about the next update of the CADBase platform. There are two significant changes that I would like to start with: The highlight (within the platform) was the introduction of the XNUMXD file viewer. Since the viewer only works for [...]