Superpaper has been released, a tool for fine-tuning wallpaper on multi-monitor systems running Linux (but also works on Windows). It was written in Python specifically for this task, after developer Henri Hänninen stated that he could not find anything similar. Wallpaper managers are not very common because... most people only use one monitor. […]
Despite the passing years, Ubisoft continues to develop its popular tactical shooter Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. As expected, on May 19, the second season of the 4th year of support for the game started. The update is called Operation Phantom Sight, and its main change is two new operators, one each for Defenders and Stormtroopers respectively. A new video shows these fighters […]
The drama surrounding the Epic Games Store continues. Recently, successful indie studio Re-Logic promised not to “sell its soul” to Epic Games. Another developer claims that this opinion is not so popular. The latter’s project, for example, was completely saved by the company with its deal for an exclusive release on the Epic Games Store. Indie developer Gwen Frey is working on a puzzle game called Kine herself […]
The introduction of the multifunctional laboratory module (MLM) “Nauka” into the International Space Station (ISS) will dramatically increase the research productivity of the Russian segment of the orbital complex. This was stated by the head of the Cosmonaut Training Center, Pavel Vlasov, as reported by RIA Novosti. The new module will be one of the largest in the ISS. It will be able to carry up to 3 tons of scientific equipment on board, which […]
Call of Duty, which was supposed to be released in 2020, is no longer being developed by Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software. The Kotaku portal reported this with reference to its sources. Since 2012, the annual cycle has alternated with games from Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games (Raven Software acts as support for each studio). The first released […]
A new version of the Linux distribution Peppermint 10 has been released. The main features of the distribution include: Based on the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS package base. Available in x32 and x64 bit versions. The desktop is a mixture of LXDE and Xfce. Support for Site Specific Browsers and Ice Application technologies for integrating web applications into the OS and launching them as separate programs. Repositories […]
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, according to the Vedomosti newspaper, has prepared amendments to the law on supporting cinematography. We are talking about obliging online cinemas and Internet services that show films to transmit data on the number of spectators to the unified state system for recording cinema tickets (UAIS). Currently, only regular cinemas transmit information to the UAIS. The producers tried for quite some time to reach an agreement [...]
Surely you, as a user of bitcoin, ether or any other cryptocurrency, were concerned that anyone could see how many coins you have in your wallet, to whom you transferred them and from whom you received them. There is a lot of controversy surrounding anonymous cryptocurrencies, but one cannot disagree on one thing - as Monero project manager Riccardo Spagni said […]
Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has published a new study showing slower growth in the iPhone user base in the United States in the second fiscal quarter of 2019. As of March 30, the number of iPhones used by Americans reached 193 million units, while according to the results of the previous similar period there were about 189 million […]
Minecraft has been on the market for 10 years, a period that can make many people feel old. And the other day, Microsoft announced that it had reached a new milestone in the distribution of the popular sandbox: according to the company, 176 million copies have currently been sold worldwide on all platforms. For comparison: according to official data as of October last year, the game […]
We continue the series of articles about Cisco Hyperflex. This time we will introduce you to the work of Cisco Hyperflex in conditions of highly loaded Oracle and Microsoft SQL DBMS, and also compare the obtained results with competitive solutions. In addition, we continue to demonstrate the capabilities of Hyperflex in the regions of our country and are pleased to invite you to visit the next demonstrations of the solution, which […]
Hello again! The title of the article speaks for itself. On the eve of the start of the "Data Engineer" course, we propose to figure out who data engineers are. The article has a lot of useful links. Happy reading. A simple guide on how to catch the wave of Data Engineering and not let it drag you into the abyss. One gets the impression that nowadays every […]
