Author: ProHoster

Data marts DATA VAULT

In previous articles, we've covered the basics of DATA VAULT, extending DATA VAULT to a more parsable state, and creating a BUSINESS DATA VAULT. It's time to end the series with the third article. As I announced in the previous post, this article will focus on the topic of BI, or rather, the preparation of DATA VAULT as a data source for BI. Let's see how to create […]

“Black lives matter”: in the Russian versions of Call of Duty: MW and Warzone, a statement appeared with support for the movement

Over the past week, protests against police brutality and racial injustice have spread across the United States and several countries around the world. Many companies have issued statements expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Among them, Activision Blizzard and Infinity Ward did something special - they added a message directly to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and […]

The creators of PUBG Mobile removed the animation of worshiping totems from the game due to complaints from Muslims

Tencent has removed the totem worship animation from the mobile version of PUBG. Gulf News writes about this. The reason was complaints from Muslim players from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The mechanic appeared in the game in early June in the Mysterious Jungle mode. Players may have found totems in the game that give various effects to characters when worshiped. One of these effects […]

Australian court orders Sony to pay $2,4 million for refusing to refund PS Store games

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won a legal battle against the European division of Sony Interactive Entertainment that began in May 2019. The company will pay a fine of $2,4 million ($3,5 million Australian dollars) for refusing to refund money for games with defects to four residents of the country. The company refused to refund the four gamers […]

Dropbox launches password manager for Android

Dropbox quietly published a program designed to manage user passwords in the Google Play app store. Called Dropbox Passwords, the app is a password manager that is currently in closed beta and available by invitation only to existing Dropbox customers. The app's interface is reminiscent of most other password managers, such as LastPass or […]

NUC nettops based on Tiger Lake-U processors spotted in Intel roadmaps

Twitter user @momomo_us discovered images of two roadmaps for Intel's NUC and NUC Element families of compact systems, announcing plans to announce new models based on Tiger Lake-U and Elk Bay processors before 2021. As one of the images indicates, sales of the NUC 9 Extreme series of compact computers (Ghost Canyon generation) will continue until the end of 2021 […]

LG is preparing laptops with AMD Ryzen 4000U processors

Information about a new laptop from the South Korean company LG has appeared in the Geekbench synthetic test database. As a basis, the new product with model number 15U40N uses AMD Ryzen 4000 (Renoir) U-series processors. The leak was shared by the well-known insider @_rogame, who reported that the 15U40N laptop model will be able to offer at least two AMD processors based on the Zen 2 architecture […]

The FreeBSD Project conducts a survey to prioritize development

The FreeBSD developers have announced a survey among users and developers of the project, which should help prioritize development and identify areas that require special attention. The survey includes approximately 50 questions and takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. Responses will be accepted until June 16. Questions cover topics such as scope of application, tool preferences when […]

FreeNAS Developers Unveil TrueNAS SCALE Linux-Based Distribution

iXsystems, which develops a distribution for the rapid deployment of network-attached storage FreeNAS and commercial TrueNAS products based on it, announced the start of work on a new open project TrueNAS SCALE. A feature of TrueNAS SCALE was the use of the Linux kernel and the Debian 11 (Testing) package base, while all previously released products of the company, including TrueOS (formerly PC-BSD), […]

Release of decentralized video broadcasting platform PeerTube 2.2

The release of PeerTube 2.2, a decentralized platform for organizing video hosting and video broadcasting, has been published. PeerTube offers a vendor-neutral alternative to YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo, using a content distribution network based on P2P communications and linking visitors' browsers together. The project's developments are distributed under the AGPLv3 license. PeerTube is based on the BitTorrent client WebTorrent, which runs in the browser and uses WebRTC technology to […]