Author: ProHoster

Archer Aviation tested proprietary lithium batteries by falling from a height - this is necessary for future certification of air taxis

Lithium batteries are susceptible to fire if they malfunction, during use, or if they are physically damaged. This has a lot of negative consequences in case of electric vehicle accidents and is doubly dangerous in the event of an electric vehicle crash. Therefore, the requirements for the stability of air taxi battery packs are the most stringent. In preparation for FAA certification, Archer Aviation dropped three batteries from a height and verified […]

New article: Rise of the Ronin - Open Japan. Review

In Rise of the Ronin, Team Ninja, known for the Nioh duology, implemented a full-fledged open world for the first time. We talk about how the strengths and weaknesses of the games from this studio were transferred to it in the review. Source: 3dnews.ru

The Snap Store is moving to manual review of new package names

Following several repeated incidents of malicious applications being posted to the Snap Store catalog posing as official clients of well-known cryptocurrency wallets, Canonical has decided to move to manual review of all new package names posted to the Snap Store for the first time. When registering a new package name, a questionnaire will be displayed containing questions about the purpose and source of the assembly. The account will be […]

Video editor Flowblade 2.14 published

A release of the multi-track nonlinear video editing system Flowblade 2.14 is available, which allows you to compose films and videos from a set of individual videos, sound files and images. The editor provides tools for trimming clips down to individual frames, processing them using filters, and layering images for embedding into videos. It is possible to arbitrarily determine the order of using tools and adjusting behavior [...]

Debian 10 "Buster" moved to archive

The Debian 10 "Buster" repositories have been moved to archive.debian.org, after which the distribution will soon no longer be available through the main mirror network. Debian 10 packages for architectures that do not have LTS support will be removed from mirrors in mid-April. The release of Debian 10 was presented on July 7, 2019 and was supported until September 2022. As part of the LTS cycle […]

Retrospective of the backdoor promotion to the xz package

Presumably, the backdoor in the xz package was introduced by the developer Jia Tan, who in 2022 received maintainer status and released releases starting with version 5.4.2. In addition to the xz project, the alleged author of the backdoor also participated in the development of the xz-java and xz-embedded packages, and was included in the number of maintainers of the XZ Embedded project used in the Linux kernel. In organizing the promotion of the backdoor [...]

Samsung was to blame for the delay of iPad Pro with OLED screens

Problems with the supply of OLED panels were a key factor in the delay in the launch of new iPad Pro tablet computers by Apple, according to a recent publication by the South Korean publication Hankooki. In short: Samsung was unable to produce enough screens. Image source: MacrumorsSource: 3dnews.ru

New article: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - why are you doing this? Review

The seventh “final” is deservedly considered one of the most important games in history. And it became a project that Square Enix still can’t get behind. Remake succeeded, but Rebirth went wrong. It’s impossible to talk about such a game briefly no matter how much you want, so make some tea and let’s take a closer look at what happened this […]