Author: ProHoster

Google Messages app may get end-to-end encryption support

According to online sources, the Google Messages app, which is the basic means of sending messages on Android smartphones, may soon support end-to-end encryption. References to this function were found in the code of one of the test versions of the program. Enthusiasts examined the internal build code of Google Messages version 6.2 and found references to several new features, the most notable […]

The executioner of Doom has become a swordsman: a modification has been released for Doom II that turns the game into a slasher

The Doom fan community continues to experiment with games in the series and provide them with interesting modifications. Recently, a user under the nickname zheg presented his work on the topic. He created a mod for Doom II that turns the shooter into a slasher. The enthusiast implemented the Doom Slayer model, armed the main character with the Crucible from DOOM Eternal and completely changed the combat system, and also moved the camera […]

Epic Games Store DRM protection did not help: Saint's Row: The Third Remastered was hacked a day after release

At the beginning of May, Sperasoft Studio and Deep Silver announced a remaster of Saint's Row: The Third for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. At the same time, the version of the game for personal computers became exclusive to the Epic Games Store. The project was released on May 22, and a day later hackers hacked it and posted it on pirated resources. This became known thanks to information on [...]

70% of security issues in Chromium are caused by memory bugs

The developers of the Chromium project analyzed 912 dangerous and critical vulnerabilities identified in stable releases of Chrome since 2015, and came to the conclusion that 70% of them were caused by unsafe work with memory (errors when working with pointers in C/C++ code). Half of these problems (36.1%) are caused by accessing the buffer after freeing the associated memory […]

Internet History: ARPANET - Subnet

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

History of the Internet: the computer as a communication device

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

History of the Internet: Interworking

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

Public testing of Halo 3 for PC will begin in the first half of June

343 Industries has announced that the public beta phase for Halo 3 on PC will begin next month. More precisely, this stage for the classic shooter will begin in the first half of June. 343 Industries said: “Halo 3 will be next in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC. We are already at the stage where early tests are being carried out […]

Digital chart: which games were the most successful in April

Analytics firm SuperData Research has published its report on digital sales of video games around the world. Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to set records - it is now the best-selling Nintendo Switch project in digital terms, both in terms of number of copies and revenue. According to SuperData Research, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold 3,6 million digital copies in its second […]

Mafia II: Definitive Edition is full of bugs and brakes - we have collected a video with enchanting glitches

Earlier this week, 2K Games fully unveiled Mafia: Trilogy, and also released Mafia II: Definitive Edition and Mafia III: Definitive Edition. The first is a remaster; the second is the edition with all the additions. And everything would be fine, but Mafia II: Definitive Edition turned out to be full of bugs. Players are complaining about numerous glitches - including objects popping up and performance […]

Post-apocalypse, Slavic myths and Nazis of the future in a new adventure Paradise Lost

Publishing house All in! Games and studio PolyAmorous have released an official cinematic teaser and the first screenshots of the new project Paradise Lost. We are talking about a first-person adventure game that will be released on PC later this year. In Paradise Lost you will get into the role of a 12-year-old child who finds a mysterious Nazi bunker while wandering through a post-nuclear wasteland. Players […]

Xiaomi is seriously engaged in the fight against fakes of its devices

Xiaomi's legal department reported the arrest of a criminal group involved in the production and sale of counterfeit Mi AirDots wireless headphones. The company said it discovered a website earlier this year that was selling counterfeit headphones. Security forces managed to track down a manufacturing facility that produced counterfeits, which was based in an industrial park in Shenzhen. Xiaomi lawyers said that during the storming of the factory, […]