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Palemoon plans to increase CPU requirements in ready-made assemblies

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The developers of the Palemoon browser plan to increase the CPU requirements in ready-made builds. The reason given is the desire to use AVX processor instructions to significantly speed up the browser. The change is planned for summer 2024. To use the new builds, you will need a processor that supports the second version of the x86-64 microarchitecture (x86_64-v2), which has been used by processors since approximately 2009, starting with AMD FX […]

Mozilla abandons Onerep service due to its founder's connection to collecting information about people

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Mozilla has decided to terminate its partnership with Onerep, which is developing a service for centralized removal of personal data, on the basis of which the Mozilla Monitor Plus product was built, expanding the capabilities of the Mozilla Monitor system built into Firefox (enabled through the browser.contentblocking.report.monitor.enabled setting in about:config). The decision was made after the discovery of the connection between the founder of Onerep and networks involved in the search and sale of personal data. Founder […]

Equinix, one of the largest data center operators, was accused of falsifying accounting reports and selling non-existent capacities.

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The analytical company Hindenburg Research accused one of the world's largest data center operators, Equinix, which owns more than 260 facilities worldwide, of manipulating its financial statements. According to Datacenter Dynamics, we are talking about an unreliable interpretation of facts and, as media reports, selling clients “pipe dreams” about AI. Hindenburg's statements raise questions regarding the future of Equinix, which has been extracting […]

Next year, 150 million PCs with processors supporting local AI acceleration will be sold.

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Canalys specialists at the beginning of the outgoing week suggested that this year 48 million PCs equipped with processors with the function of local acceleration of artificial intelligence systems will be delivered; the share of such computers in the total supply volume will reach 18%. Next year, this figure will increase to 150 million and 40%, respectively, according to the authors of the forecast. Source […]

One of the oldest stars in the Universe discovered near the Milky Way

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Astronomers have long dreamed of discovering the very first stars in the Universe. But so far, even the discovery of second-generation stars happens less than once per 100 thousand stars. And yet, discovering a second-generation star, and even in another galaxy, is also luck, and scientists from the University of Chicago have just caught it. This star was discovered below us [...]

New article: Unicorn Overlord - tactical superiority. Review

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There is no stopping Japanese developers this year: they released a cool fighting game, three large-scale role-playing games, and a remake of the old “Persona”... All that was missing was a tactical strategy - and here it is, and even from a well-known studio. And Unicorn Overlord is beautiful - we’ll tell you why exactlySource: 3dnews.ru

Android 15 Second Preview

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Google has presented the second test version of the open mobile platform Android 15. The release of Android 15 is expected in the third quarter of 2024. To evaluate the new capabilities of the platform, a preliminary testing program is proposed. Firmware builds have been prepared for Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet devices. Changes in Android 15 Developer Preview 2 […]

Release of SDS Vitastor 1.5.0 with support for cluster FS has been published

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Release 1.5.0 of the Vitastor software storage system with support for the cluster file system (VitastorFS) has been published. Vitastor is a distributed block software data storage system, that is, a storage of images of virtual machines or container disks, developed by the author since 2019. As of release 1.5.0, it is also a clustered file system. VitastorFS is mounted using the NFS 3.0 protocol from locally or […]

The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft launched from Baikonur to the ISS

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Today, March 23, at 15:36 Moscow time, the Soyuz MS-31 manned spacecraft launched to the ISS on the Soyuz-25a launch vehicle from the 2.1st site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The rocket exhausted its service life in about 9 minutes, and the spacecraft successfully entered orbit. Arrival at the ISS is expected on the evening of March 25; docking of the spacecraft with the Russian segment of the station is scheduled for 18:10 Moscow time. Image source: t.me/roscosmos_gkSource: […]

Google has started showing AI search results to users who haven't enabled the feature.

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Google continues to develop its own search system, which previously received the function of displaying a summary of answers to an entered query and links to sources selected using generative AI. Previously, to use this innovation, you had to activate the Search Generative Experience (SGE) option on the Search Labs platform. Now, AI-selected answers began to appear in the results of all search engine users […]

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