Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot has suggested that Ubisoft's next-generation video games could be delayed if the Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 fail to meet their scheduled release dates. Although Microsoft has stated that the Xbox Series X will not be delayed, in the current pandemic environment there remains a lot of uncertainty regarding hardware and software for the entire 2020 […]
The NPD Group analytical campaign revealed data on console sales in the United States of America in March 2020. Overall, the country's consumers spent $461 million on gaming systems, up 63% from the same period last year. Nintendo Switch sales have doubled since last March, while demand for PlayStation 4 and […]
Microsoft is now preparing several portable computers at once, one of which is the Surface Book 3 mobile workstation. About a week ago, details about various configurations of this system appeared on the Internet. Now, WinFuture resource editor Roland Quandt has presented updated data on the upcoming new product. As previously reported, Microsoft is preparing two main versions of the Surface Book […]
The authoritative resource Mac Otakara shared information that Apple plans to introduce a new budget iPad with a display diagonal of 11 inches and a 23-inch all-in-one iMac in the second half of 2020. Interestingly, iMacs with such a diagonal have not been produced before. Currently, the company's lineup includes iMacs with screen diagonals of 21,5 and 27 inches. […]
Node.js 14.0 was released, a platform for running network applications in JavaScript. Node.js 14.0 is a long-term support branch, but this status will only be assigned in October, after stabilization. Node.js 14.0 will be supported until April 2023. Maintenance of the previous LTS branch of Node.js 12.0 will last until April 2022, and the support of the LTS branch 10.0 […]
ReversingLabs published the results of an analysis of the use of typesquatting in the RubyGems repository. Typically, typosquatting is used to distribute malicious packages designed to cause an inattentive developer to make a typo or not notice the difference when searching. The study identified more than 700 packages whose names are similar to popular packages but differ in minor details, such as replacing similar letters or using […]
The rebuilderd toolkit is presented, which allows you to organize independent verification of binary packages of a distribution through the deployment of a continuously running build process that checks downloaded packages with packages obtained as a result of rebuilding on the local system. The toolkit is written in Rust and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Currently only experimental support for package verification from Arch Linux is available in rebuilderd, but […]
Or how to get nice badges for your project in one evening of easy coding Probably every developer with at least one pet project at some point has an itch about beautiful badges with statuses, code coverage, package versions in nuget ... And me this the itch led me to write this article. In preparation for writing it, I […]
Hi Habr, my name is Sasha. After 10 years of working as an engineer in Moscow, I decided to change my life dramatically - I took a one-way ticket and left for Latin America. I did not know what awaited me, but, I confess, this was one of my best decisions. Today I want to tell you what I have experienced over the past three years in […]
When the work fits in one laptop and can be performed autonomously from other people, then there is no problem moving to a remote location - it is enough to stay at home in the morning. But not everyone is so lucky. The duty shift is a team of Service Availability Specialists (SREs). It includes duty administrators, developers, managers, as well as a common "dashboard" of 26 LCD panels […]
Unity Technologies has announced that it will not attend or host any conferences or other events for the remainder of the year. This position was taken amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Unity Technologies said that while it is open to sponsoring third-party events, it will not send representatives to them until 2021. The company will consider the possibility […]
Many competitors are trying to encroach on the popularity of the video conferencing service Zoom. Today, Google announced that Google Meet will have a new mode for displaying the gallery of participants. If previously you could only see four online interlocutors on the screen at a time, then with the new tiled layout of Google Meet you can see 16 conference participants at once. The new Zoom-style 4x4 grid is not […]
