Author: ProHoster

Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans decided to "take a break" from game development, but asked not to worry about Dreams

One of the founders of the British studio Media Molecule, Alex Evans, announced on his microblog that he was leaving game development to try his hand at something completely new. According to Evans, it's just about "taking a break" from producing interactive entertainment. It is quite possible that one day the developer will return to the industry. “Media Molecule is a wonderful place […]

Vivo showed a smartphone that can change the color of the case

Recently, smartphone manufacturing companies have been trying to make their devices more attractive to consumers by offering beautiful body color options. In addition, you can sometimes find smartphones trimmed with leather, precious metals, and even devices with transparent panels. However, Vivo has gone the furthest, introducing technology that allows the user to customize the color of the smartphone's body. The technology shown by the Chinese company is based on […]

Chieftec Hunter gaming PC case comes with four ARGB fans

Chieftec has introduced the Hunter ATX computer case, on the basis of which you can create a desktop gaming station with a strict, but at the same time attractive appearance. The new product (model GS-01B-OP) is completely black. The front part is crossed vertically by a wide mesh strip, through which three 120 mm Rainbow fans with addressable ARGB lighting are visible. Another one like this [...]

Oracle releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R5U4

Oracle has released the fourth functional update for the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R5, positioned for use in the Oracle Linux distribution as an alternative to the standard package with the kernel from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The kernel is available for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. The kernel sources, including the breakdown into individual patches, are published in the public Oracle Git repository. Unbreakable Enterprise package […]

Best DevOps practices for developers. Anton Boyko (2017)

The report will talk about some DevOps practices, but from a developer's point of view. Usually, all engineers who come to DevOps already have several years of administration experience behind them. But this does not mean that the developer does not have a place here. More often than not, developers are busy fixing "another hot-critical bug of the day" and don't have time for even one […]

Zabbix Summit 2020 will be held online

Zabbix Summit is an event where you can learn about outstanding Zabbix use cases and see technical solutions presented by global IT experts. For nine years in a row, we have organized events gathering hundreds of visitors from dozens of countries. This year we are adopting new rules and moving to an online format. Program The Zabbix Summit Online 2020 program will mainly focus on […]

Check Point Gaia R81 is now EA. first look

A new version of Gaia R81 has been released to Early Access (EA). Previously, it was possible to get acquainted with the planned innovations in the release notes. Now we have the opportunity to see it in real life. For this, a standard scheme was assembled with a dedicated management server and a gateway. Naturally, we did not have time to conduct all the full-fledged tests, but we are […]

Gaming smartphone ZTE Nubia Red Magic 5S entered the international market for $579

The latest gaming smartphone Nubia Red Magic 5S went on sale in China back in July. Last week, pre-orders for the smartphone were finally opened for other regions. Today the device has finally become available on the global market starting at $579. For the specified amount you can purchase a smartphone in the basic configuration with 8 GB of RAM and […]

Xbox One controller box contains references to unrevealed Xbox Series S

One of the next-gen consoles, the Xbox Series S, is currently one of the gaming industry's worst kept secrets. Microsoft never announced it, but references to the system appear literally everywhere. This time - on an insert with a subscription code for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate that came with the controller for Xbox One. Twitter user @BraviaryBrendan shared photos […]

New Apple Watch will have to wait until at least October

Apple typically unveils the iPhone and Apple Watch in September. However, 2020 certainly turned out to be quite difficult and disrupted many plans. Apple has already announced that the presentation date of the new iPhones has been postponed by several weeks. A new leak indicates that the Apple Watch Series 6 will also launch later than usual. Last month, respected analyst Jon Prosser […]

Vulnerability in Linux kernel AF_PACKET socket implementation

Three years after the wave of vulnerabilities (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), another problem was identified in the AF_PACKET subsystem of the Linux kernel (CVE-2020-14386), which allows a local unprivileged user to execute code with root rights or escape from isolated containers. if they have root access. Creating an AF_PACKET socket and exploiting the vulnerability requires CAP_NET_RAW privileges. Nevertheless, […]

GnuPG 2.2.23 update fixes critical vulnerability

A release of the GnuPG 2.2.23 (GNU Privacy Guard) toolkit has been published, compatible with OpenPGP (RFC-4880) and S/MIME standards, and providing utilities for data encryption, working with electronic signatures, key management and access to public key stores. The new version eliminates a critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-25125), which appeared starting from version 2.2.21 and was exploited when importing a specially designed OpenPGP key. Import key […]