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Confessions of a system administrator: how the family sees my work

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The day of the system administrator (or rather, the day of recognition of his merits) is a wonderful occasion to look at yourself from the outside. See yourself and your work through the eyes of loved ones. The position of "system administrator" sounds very vague. Sysadmins are responsible for a wide range of different devices, from desktops to servers, printers and air conditioners. Therefore, when introducing yourself to another IT specialist, you need to add at least one clarification. For example, […]

Xiaomi Black Shark 3S gaming phone introduced with 120Hz display and price starting at $570

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Xiaomi, as expected, presented today, July 31, a new gaming-grade smartphone - the Black Shark 3S model running the Android 10 operating system with the proprietary Joy UI 12 user interface. The device is equipped with a high-quality AMOLED display with a diagonal of 6,67 inches, resolution Full HD+ (2400 × 1080 pixels) and brightness 500 cd/m2. This panel has a 120Hz refresh rate, […]

Panasonic decided not to produce solar panels together with China's GS Solar

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Panasonic issued a press release announcing the cancellation of all agreements with Chinese solar panel manufacturer GS Solar. Moreover, Panasonic does not rule out “the possibility of legal action against GS Solar for breach of contract.” GS Solar has been producing inexpensive solar panels for over ten years, and its alliance with Panasonic promised a lot of interesting things for budget-conscious builders of home solar farms. […]

The advanced smartphone Xiaomi Redmi K30 Ultra will be based on the Dimensity 1000+ platform with 5G support

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The Chinese Telecommunications Equipment Certification Authority (TENAA) database has detailed information about the characteristics of the high-performance Xiaomi smartphone codenamed M2006J10C. This device is expected to be released on the commercial market under the name Redmi K30 Ultra. The device is equipped with a 6,67-inch Full HD+ display with a resolution of 2400 × 1080 pixels. The front camera has a 20-megapixel sensor. The quad rear camera includes […]

Critical Vulnerability in wpDiscuz WordPress Plugin with 80 Installs

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A dangerous vulnerability has been identified in the wpDiscuz WordPress plugin, which is installed on more than 80 thousand sites, which allows you to upload any file to the server without authentication. You can also upload PHP files and have your code executed on the server. The problem affects versions from 7.0.0 to 7.0.4 inclusive. The vulnerability was fixed in release 7.0.5. The wpDiscuz plugin provides the ability to use AJAX for […]

When work in IT turns into extreme sports: installation of satellite equipment in the Republic of Sakha and Nakhodka

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Hello everyone, this is Anton Kislyakov, head of the installation and operation of wireless communication systems at Orange Business Services in Russia and the CIS countries. Many articles about IT start with an introduction like “one day I was sitting in the office, drinking coffee with a team leader, and we had an idea…”. But I would like to talk about the work in the field, and […]

A selection of useful links on OpenShift 4.5, the book Kubernetes Operators and a webinar about Container Storage

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Useful links to live events, videos, meetups, tech talks and books are below in our weekly post. Start new: What's new in the OpenShift 4.5 consoles for developers Preview developer goodies in OpenShift 4.5, such as creating event sources from the web console, enhanced OpenShift Pipelines Operator, and unified virtual machines. What about the improved navigation of OpenShift 4.5 […]

In the first person: the developer of GNOME spoke about the new ideology and future usability improvements

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Developer Emmanuele Bassi is confident that with the new usability updates, the GNOME desktop will become more flexible and convenient. In 2005, the GNOME developers set out to take 10% of the global desktop market by 2010. 15 years have passed. The share of desktop computers with Linux on board balances around 2%. Will something change after a few new releases? AND […]

EA's Rocket Arena Multiplayer Shooter Offers Free Weekend

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The new dynamic multiplayer shooter Rocket Arena from EA and Final Strike Games received a very cold reception from players. Due to low popularity, the developers held a sale on the PS Store, and now they have decided to organize a free weekend. Rocket Arena Season 1 was announced earlier this week, and now is a really good time for those who would like to […]

China now has its own full-fledged analogue of GPS: the BeiDou-3 global satellite navigation system has been launched

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This morning in China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the launch of the global satellite navigation system BeiDou-3 (in Russian, Ursa Major). The ceremony marked the final touch of China's three-stage activities in this direction. The BeiDou-3 system will allow the Chinese to use satellite navigation in all corners of the Earth for the first time. China was moving towards the BeiDou-3 system […]

Coronavirus prevents Apple and Facebook from returning their employees to offices

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Apple employees can continue to work from home until early 2021, company CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with Bloomberg news agency. A few days earlier, it became known that Google was also going to keep staff on a remote work schedule until at least next summer. “What happens next will depend on the effectiveness of vaccination, treatment and other factors,” […]

Release of the platform for distributed data processing Apache Hadoop 3.3

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After a year and a half of development, the Apache Software Foundation published the release of Apache Hadoop 3.3.0, a free platform for organizing distributed processing of large amounts of data using the map/reduce paradigm, in which the task is divided into many smaller separate fragments, each of which can be run on a separate cluster node. Hadoop-based storage can span thousands of nodes and […]

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