Author: ProHoster

Rumors: the announcement of Silent Hill may take place at the postponed presentation of games for the PlayStation 5

Well-known insider Dusk Golem claims that the new Silent Hill could be shown at the upcoming PlayStation 5 game show, when it takes place. Unfortunately, Sony Interactive Entertainment postponed it indefinitely due to pogroms in the United States. Rumors about the development of a new Silent Hill have been circulating for several months, despite the fact that Konami denied them. Presumably the game […]

Guerrilla Games has hinted that Sony will unveil Horizon Zero Dawn 2 at an upcoming event

Last week, Sony announced that it was going to hold an event dedicated to games for the PlayStation 4 on June 5. The event had to be postponed indefinitely due to protests in the United States, but some details about one of the projects planned to be shown at the event have already appeared Now. We are talking about Horizon Zero Dawn 2 from Guerrilla Games. As the site reports [...]

SpaceX Starship prototype exploded during testing

It became known that the fourth prototype of the manned SpaceX Starship spacecraft was destroyed as a result of an explosion that occurred during fire tests of the Raptor engine installed on it. Tests of Starship SN4 were carried out on the ground and at the beginning everything went according to plan, but in the end there was a powerful explosion that destroyed the spacecraft. The moment of the explosion was published [...]

The first live images of Honor Play 4 Pro appeared on the Web

Chinese tech giant Huawei is expected to soon introduce the Honor Play 4 Pro smartphone. This device will be the first device to support 5G networks in the Honor Play family. Today, the first live images of the upcoming smartphone appeared on the Internet. The photo shows the back panel of the phone. The image confirms that the device will be equipped with a dual-camera unit, as reported […]

Apple asked LG to significantly increase supply of displays for iPad

Apple has asked LG Display to quickly increase its supply of iPad displays to meet the rapidly growing demand for tablets in Asia. It is believed that the main factor that triggered the sharp increase in demand for Apple tablet computers is the transition to distance learning and remote work caused by the coronavirus outbreak. It is reported that in order to meet demand […]

Developer documentation and Elbrus command system published

The MCST company has published a Guide to Effective Programming on the Elbrus Platform (release 4.0 dated 1.0-2020-05) under a CC BY 30 license. A PDF version and an archive of the HTML version, also mirrored in expanded form, are available. This manual contains basic materials for learning programming on the Elbrus platform and is applicable on any version of a Linux-like operating system. Many of the recommendations (for example, on “untangling” dependencies […]

Release of the distributed source control system Git 2.27

Distributed source control system Git 2.27.0 is now available. Git is one of the most popular, reliable and high-performance version control systems, providing flexible non-linear development tools based on branching and merging. To ensure the integrity of history and resistance to retroactive changes, implicit hashing of the entire previous history in each commit is used, and digital authentication is also possible […]

MX Linux distribution release 19.2

The lightweight distribution MX Linux 19.2 has been released, created as a result of the joint work of the communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects. The release is based on the Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and numerous native applications that make it easy to configure and install software. The default desktop is Xfce. 32-bit and 64-bit builds are available for download, 1.5 GB […]

Full home automation in a new building

Three years ago, he began to turn his old dream into reality - the maximum home automation of an apartment bought in a new building from scratch. At the same time, the “finishing from the developer” had to be sacrificed to the smart home and completely redone, and all the electrics that were not related to automation came from a well-known Chinese site. No soldering iron required, but knowledgeable craftsmen, electricians and carpenters […]

"Database as Code" Experience

SQL, what could be easier? Each of us can write a simple query - we type select, list the necessary columns, then from, the table name, a few conditions in where and that's it - the useful data is in our pocket, and (almost) regardless of which DBMS is under the hood at that time (or maybe not a DBMS at all). IN […]

ITMO Research_ podcast: how to approach syncing AR content with a stadium-wide show

This is the first part of the text transcript of the second interview for our program (Apple Podcasts, Yandex.Music). The guest of the issue is Andrey Karsakov (kapc3d), Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow at the National Center for Cognitive Research, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Digital Transformations. Since 2012, Andrey has been working in the Visualization and Computer Graphics research group. Engaged in major applied projects at the state and international level. In this part […]