Author: ProHoster

The creation of the Russian lunar observatory may begin in 10 years

It is possible that in about 10 years the creation of Russian observatories will begin on the surface of the Moon. At least, as TASS reports, this was stated by the scientific director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lev Zeleny. “We are talking about a rather distant future at the end of the 20s - early 30s. The Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow University and other organizations have proposed that during the exploration of the Moon […]

CI Games terminated the contract with the developers of Lords of the Fallen 2 - the game may not be released soon

The sequel to Lords of the Fallen was announced more than four years ago, but players have still not been shown a single screenshot. Apparently, the project’s situation is close to “production hell.” First, CI Games cut its development team, then transferred the action role-playing game to another studio, Defiant, and recently unexpectedly terminated its contract. Apparently, wait for the premiere [...]

NASA's MRO probe circled Mars 60 times

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has completed its 60th anniversary flyby of the Red Planet. Recall that the MRO probe was launched on August 12, 2005 from the Cape Canaveral Space Center. The device entered Mars orbit in March 2006. The probe is designed to study the Martian climate, [...]

New Article: Deepcool Captain 240 Pro Liquid Cooling System Review with Anti-Leak Technology

Maintenance-free liquid cooling systems for central processors are slowly but surely gaining market share. Their advantages over air coolers are higher cooling efficiency (starting with 240 mm radiators), compactness in the processor socket area, and a huge range of options for any system case and any processor. But there are also disadvantages, including the lack of any airflow for radiators [...]

New article: First impressions of ASUS Zenfone 6: a flip phone

ASUS is entering the era of “small smartphones”. The days of countless versions of Zenfone (Go, Selfie, Z, Zoom, Lite, Deluxe - and I haven’t even listed them all) are passing, the company is moving from increasing turnover and share to trying to earn more on each device sold. This happens for a reason - the zoo of models simply no longer worked in the modern market, the share […]

Nissan backs Tesla in ditching lidars for robo-cars

Nissan Motor announced Thursday that it will rely on radar sensors and cameras instead of lidar or light sensors for its self-driving technology due to their high cost and limited capabilities. The Japanese automaker unveiled its updated self-driving technology a month after Tesla CEO Elon Musk called lidar a "futile idea," criticizing the technology for […]

$50 Amazon Fire 7 Tablet Gets Faster, More Memory

Amazon has introduced an improved version of the inexpensive Fire 7 tablet computer, which is already available for pre-order. Like the previous model, the new product is offered at an estimated price of $50. At the same time, the developers talk about increased performance, and the amount of flash memory in the basic version has doubled - from 8 GB to 16 GB. A version is also available […]

KLEVV CRAS C700 RGB: NVMe M.2 SSDs with spectacular backlighting

The KLEVV brand, which entered the Russian market about a year ago, has released fast CRAS C700 RGB solid-state drives, designed for use in gaming desktop computers. New items relate to NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 products; form factor - M.2 2280. 72-layer SK Hynix 3D NAND flash memory microchips and SMI SM2263EN controller are used. The series includes models with a capacity of 120 GB, 240 […]

Rumors: Samsung will fix two details in the Galaxy Fold and release a flexible smartphone in June

Soon after journalists received early samples of the Samsung Galaxy Fold, it became clear that the bendable device had durability issues. After this, the Korean company canceled pre-orders for some customers, and also postponed the launch date of the curious device to a later and as yet unspecified date. It seems that the time that has passed since then has not been wasted [...]

Beeline to deploy 5G-ready network in Moscow in 2020

VimpelCom (Beeline brand) announced that next year it will be able to commission an advanced 5G-ready cellular network in the Russian capital. It is reported that Beeline began modernizing its mobile network in Moscow last year: this is the largest infrastructure reconstruction in the company's history. Beeline is gradually modernizing all base stations in the Russian capital to create an ultra-modern […]

Digitimes Research: April Notebook Shipments Down 14%

According to research firm Digitimes Research, the combined shipments of laptops from the top five brands fell 14% in April compared to the previous month. At the same time, the April 2019 figure turned out to be better than the results of the same month last year, analysts note. This is primarily due to the growing demand for Chromebooks in the educational sector [...]