AMD and Oxide Games today announced a long-term partnership to improve graphics for cloud gaming. The companies plan to jointly develop technologies and tools for cloud gaming. The goal of the partnership is to create “a robust set of tools and technologies for cloud rendering.” There are no details about the partners' plans yet, but the companies appear to have a common goal of making it easier to develop high-quality cloud […]
Western Digital has begun shipping WD Purple QD101 family of flash cards, the preparation of which was first reported last fall. A special feature of the new products is increased reliability. The products are intended for use in video surveillance systems operating around the clock (24/7). A 96-layer 3D TLC NAND memory is used: this technology provides for storing three bits of information in one cell. The products belong to the category [...]
At the end of the first quarter, Intel increased revenue in the laptop segment by 19%, and the number of mobile processors sold increased by 22% compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the company received twice as much money from the sale of laptop components as from desktop components. The transition to remote work will only increase this advantage. Intel partners from the pages of the publication […]
ID-Cooling has announced the SE-224-XT RGB universal processor cooler: the new product will go on sale in the middle of next month at an estimated price of $30. The product is of the tower type. The design includes an aluminum radiator and four heat pipes with a diameter of 6 mm. The latter have direct contact with the processor cover, which increases the efficiency of heat dissipation. A 120mm fan is responsible for cooling the radiator [...]
In his address dedicated to the release of Ubuntu 20.04, Mark Shuttleworth said that Canonical has long been independent of his personal financial contributions and has become self-sufficient. According to Shuttleworth, if anything were to happen to him tomorrow, the Ubuntu project will continue to exist in the capable hands of the current Canonical team and the community. Since Canonical is […]
Google has warned that it will tighten its rules for adding add-ons to the Chrome Web Store to combat spam. By August 27, developers must bring additions into compliance with the new requirements, otherwise they will be removed from the catalog. It is noted that the catalog, which contains more than 200 thousand additions, has become the object of attention of spammers and scammers who began publishing low-quality and […]
TON Labs has announced TON OS, an open infrastructure for running applications based on the TON (Telegram Open Network) blockchain platform. So far, almost nothing is known about TON OS, except that it should soon be available on Google Play Market and AppStore. Most likely it will be a Java virtual machine or a software shell that will launch applications for […]
Starting today, all applications that access ProtonMail are fully open and have undergone an independent security audit. The latest client to open source was for Android. You can view the result of the Android application audit here. One of our main principles is transparency. You need to know who we are, how our products can and cannot protect you, and how we […]
OpenCovidTrace implements open versions of contact tracing protocols under the LGPL license. Earlier, in April of this year, Apple and Google issued a joint statement about the start of development of a system for tracking user contacts and published its specifications. The system is planned to be launched in May simultaneously with the new release of the Android and iOS operating systems. The described system uses a decentralized approach and is based […]
The next release of the Qmmp player has been presented. The player is written using the Qt library, has a modular structure and comes with two user interface options. The new release is focused mainly on improving existing capabilities and supporting new versions of libraries. Main changes: code revision taking into account changes in Qt 5.15; sleep mode blocking; moving ListenBrainz support to the native API from […]
For four months now, I have been working on a project called “Development of data protection and management tools in government and industrial sectors based on the blockchain”. Now I would like to tell you about how I started this project, and now I will describe in detail the program code. This is the first article in a series of articles. Here I describe the server and the protocol. On […]
The media is full of news about the epidemiological situation and recommendations for self-isolation. But there are no simple recommendations regarding business. Company executives are faced with a new challenge - how to transfer employees to remote work with minimal productivity losses and arrange their work so that everything is “as before”. What worked in the office often doesn't work […]
