What if I told you that the only function of one of the trusted digitally signed anti-virus software components is to collect all your credentials stored in popular Internet browsers? And if I say that it does not matter to him in whose interests to collect them? You probably think I'm delusional. Let's see how it really is, shall we? Understand Lives for yourself […]
I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the transcript of the report of the end of 2019 by Alexander Valyalkin "Go optimizations in VictoriaMetrics" VictoriaMetrics is a fast and scalable DBMS for storing and processing data in the form of a time series (a record forms a time and a set of values corresponding to this time, for example, obtained through a periodic poll of the status of sensors or collection of metrics). Here is a link to the video of this report - […]
Google has launched a new mobile app for kids called Read Along. With its help, children of primary school age will be able to improve their reading skills. The application already supports several languages and is available for download from the Play Store digital content store. Read Along is based on the learning app Bolo, which was launched in India a few months ago. […]
Google has updated the YouTube Music app with two new tabs. By switching to the first one, the user can find music that interests him. The second tab can be found on the screen with the music being played and read the lyrics of the song of interest. The update was already available to a limited number of users, but now everyone will receive it. In the “Browse” section, the user is shown playlists collected for a specific […]
Facebook and Google have announced plans to reopen their offices soon, while providing more flexibility in allowing staff to work from home. Google initially planned to allow employees to return to work in the office from June 1, but has now decided to extend the remote work guidelines for another seven months. Facebook stated that […]
Epic Games has organized another game giveaway in its store. This time, everyone can add Death Coming to the library. The promotion will last until 18:00 Moscow time on May 14, and then the “mystery game” will become free. Its name will only be revealed at the end of the current distribution. Death Coming is a pixelated sandbox puzzle game from NEXT […]
Nintendo has published a review trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. The Japanese version of the video was released at the end of April, and the translated version into English was released only on May 7. The six-minute trailer is dedicated to the main features of both Xenoblade Chronicles itself (the world and characters, combat system and quests), and specifically the re-release (Future Connected). One of the distinctive features of Xenoblade Chronicles in the video is called […]
Yesterday, China successfully launched its upgraded Long March 5B heavy-lift launch vehicle. One of the main tasks for this launch vehicle over the next two years will be the launch of modules for assembling a promising space station into low Earth orbit. At a press conference held yesterday on this occasion, the project manager said that the successful launch of Long March 5B allows us to count on the completion of work […]
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) offers another look at the amazingly beautiful composite image of the Crab Nebula, located in the constellation Taurus. The named object is located approximately 6500 light years away from us. The nebula is the remnant of a supernova, the explosion of which, according to the records of Arab and Chinese astronomers, was observed on July 4, 1054. Presented […]
Huawei has introduced the FreeBuds 3i fully wireless in-ear headphones to the European market, which will go on sale in the second half of this month. In-ear modules have a design with a rather long “leg”. Bluetooth 5.0 wireless communication is used to exchange data with a mobile device. Each headphone is equipped with three microphones. An active noise reduction system has been implemented, thanks to which users can enjoy [...]
The developers of Ubuntu Studio, the official edition of Ubuntu optimized for processing and creating multimedia content, have decided to switch to KDE Plasma as their default desktop. Ubuntu Studio 20.04 will be the last version to ship with the Xfce shell. According to the published clarification, the Ubuntu Studio distribution, unlike other editions of Ubuntu, is not tied to its own desktop environment, […]
The developers of the Matrix decentralized communications system presented new releases of key client applications Riot Web 1.6, Riot Desktop 1.6, Riot iOS 0.11.1 and RiotX Android 0.19. Riot is written using web technologies and the React framework (the React Matrix SDK framework is used). The desktop version is built on the Electron platform. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The key improvement in […]
