Author: ProHoster

AMD releases Radeon 20.4.2 driver with optimizations for Gears Tactics and Predator: Hunting Grounds

AMD introduced the second driver for April - Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.4.2. The key innovation this time was optimization for two upcoming games: Gears Tactics and the multiplayer asymmetric shooter Predator: Hunting Grounds. In addition, a number of problems have been fixed in the driver: Radeon RX Vega series accelerators exhibited a system freeze or black screen when launching Folding@Home […]

WebGPU support added to Firefox nightly builds

Nightly builds of Firefox now support the WebGPU specification, which provides a programming interface for 3D graphics processing and GPU-side computing that is conceptually similar to the Vulkan, Metal, and Direct3D 12 APIs. The specification is being developed by Mozilla, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and community members in the working group. created by the W3C organization. The key goal of WebGPU is to create secure, user-friendly, portable and high-performance software […]

Final beta release of Snort 3 intrusion detection system

Cisco has unveiled the final beta version of its completely redesigned Snort 3 attack prevention system, also known as the Snort++ project, which has been in the works intermittently since 2005. A release candidate is planned to be published later this year. In the new branch, the product concept is completely rethought and the architecture is redesigned. Of the areas that were emphasized during the preparation [...]

RSS reader release - QuiteRSS 0.19.4

A new release of QuiteRSS 0.19.4 is available, a program for reading news feeds in RSS and Atom formats. QuiteRSS has features such as a built-in browser based on the WebKit engine, a flexible filter system, support for tags and categories, multiple viewing modes, an ad blocker, a file download manager, import and export in OPML format. The project code is supplied under the GPLv3 license. Main changes: Added […]

Nix OS 20.03

The NixOS Project has announced the release of NixOS 20.03, the latest stable version of the self-developed Linux distribution, a project with a unique approach to package and configuration management, as well as its own package manager called "Nix". Innovations: Support is planned until the end of October 2020. Kernel version changes – GCC 9.2.0, glibc 2.30, Linux kernel 5.4, Mesa 19.3.3, OpenSSL 1.1.1d. […]

The history of the creation of a cloud service, seasoned with cyberpunk

With the growth of work experience in IT, you begin to notice that systems have their own character. They can be accommodating, silent, eccentric, harsh. They can be attractive or repulsive. One way or another, you have to “negotiate” with them, maneuver between the “pitfalls” and build chains of their interaction. So we had the honor to build a cloud platform, and for this it was necessary to “persuade” […]

How to build a rocket booster for PowerCLI scripts 

Sooner or later, any VMware system administrator comes to automating routine tasks. It all starts with the command line, then comes PowerShell or VMware PowerCLI. Let's say you have mastered PowerShell a little further than running ISE and using standard cmdlets from modules that work through "some kind of magic." When you start counting hundreds of virtual machines, you will find that the scripts that […]

System level design. Part 1. From idea to system

Hi all. I often apply systems engineering principles in my work and would like to share this approach with the community. System engineering - without standards, but in a simple way, it is the process of developing a system as rather abstract components, without being tied to specific device samples. During this process, the properties of the system components and the links between them are established. Additionally, you need to […]

End of controversy: Microsoft Word started flagging double space as an error

Microsoft has released an update to the Word text editor with the only innovation - the program has started marking a double space after a period as an error. From now on, if there are two spaces at the beginning of a sentence, Microsoft Word will underline them and offer to replace them with one space. With the release of the update, Microsoft has ended a years-long debate among users about whether a double space is considered an error or not, […]

Hackers stole the data of 160 Nintendo accounts

Nintendo reported a data leak for 160 accounts. This is stated on the company's website. How exactly the hack occurred is not specified, but the developers claim that the issue is not in the company’s services. According to the company, the hackers obtained data on email, countries and regions of residence, as well as NNIDs. The owners stated that some of the hacked records were used to purchase […]

CDPR spoke about "Kang-Tao" - a Chinese weapons company from the world of Cyberpunk 2077

CD Projekt RED studio shared another piece of information about the world of Cyberpunk 2077. Not so long ago, it talked about the Arasaka corporation and the Animals street gang, and now it’s the turn of the Chinese weapons company Kang-Tao. This organization is rapidly gaining market share thanks to its bold strategy and government support. A post on the official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter reads: “Kang-Tao is a young Chinese […]

Video: moving furniture, ghosts and other subtleties of moving in Moving Out

An 18-minute video with the initial stage of Moving Out, a comic simulator that demonstrates all the features of moving, has appeared on the YouTube channel of the IGN portal. The material demonstrates the interaction between characters, the transportation of objects and even battles with ghosts. The video begins with a tutorial in which a group of four users perform typical Moving Out tasks. For example, they carry […]