The winners of the first stage of the MOBI Grand Challenge are applying blockchain to the automotive and transportation market in new ways, from driverless car convoys to automated V2X communications. Blockchain still has some challenges along the way, but its potential impact on the automotive industry is undeniable. An entire ecosystem of start-ups and new ventures has sprung up around this particular application of blockchain. Mobility […]
Note. Note: This cautionary tale of Omio, the European travel aggregator, takes readers from basic theory to the fascinating practical intricacies of Kubernetes configuration. Acquaintance with such cases helps not only to broaden one's horizons, but also to prevent non-trivial problems. Have you ever encountered the fact that the application "stuck" in place, stopped responding to requests to check the […]
Microsoft has released another update to Office 2004 Preview (Build 12730.20024, Fast Ring) for Windows desktops. This fresh update gives Office 365 subscribers the ability to easily add high-quality, curated images, stickers, and icons to personal or professional documents, files, and presentations. We are talking about the ability to freely use over 8000 […]
Leica and Olympus have announced their free courses and talks for photographers as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. Many companies related to creative professions have opened resources for those who are currently self-isolating at home: for example, last week Nikon made its online photography lessons free until the end of April. Olympus followed suit, […]
Disney's ambitions for its streaming service appear to be growing rapidly. The company has announced that the 1973 animated classic Robin Hood will be getting a photorealistic computer-animated remake in the vein of 2019's The Lion King or 2016's The Jungle Book. But, unlike previous examples, this project will bypass cinemas and immediately debut on the Disney+ service. How […]
Taleworlds Entertainment has released an update for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords that aims to improve the game's performance. For now it is only available in the beta version of the project. The developer follows a structured patching process. In addition to the main build of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords, Steam users can install the beta version. “The beta branch will contain content that has passed our internal testing and will only be available to public […]
Currently, mass gatherings are prohibited in EU countries, and many churches of various faiths are forced to stop regular public services. And for many, support is important in moments of such trials. The BBC reports that churches are turning to technology to solve problems. Catholics and Anglicans are currently celebrating Easter (in Russia it falls on April 19), and BBC Click […]
Apple recently updated its most affordable MacBook Air laptops. It was expected that an updated version of the cheapest MacBook Pro would be presented along with them, but this did not happen. However, the compact MacBook Pro will be updated one way or another in the coming months, and evidence of its preparation was found in the macOS Catalina code. A known source of leaks from [...]
Samsung is often criticized for its Exynos mobile processors. Recently, there have been negative comments addressed to the manufacturer due to the fact that the Galaxy S20 series smartphones on the company’s own processors are inferior in performance to versions on Qualcomm chips. Despite this, a new report from Samsung states that the company has entered into a partnership with Google to produce a special chip […]
Last year, Google changed the product line of its branded smartphones, releasing after the flagship devices Pixel 3 and 3 XL their cheaper versions: Pixel 3a and 3a XL, respectively. It is expected that this year the tech giant will follow the same path and release the Pixel 4a and Pixel 4a XL smartphones. A lot of leaks have already appeared on the Internet about the upcoming [...]
Researchers from Microsoft and Central China University have developed a new high-performance method for tracking multiple objects in video using machine learning technologies - FairMOT (Fair Multi-Object Tracking). The code with the implementation of the method based on Pytorch and the trained models are published on GitHub. Most existing object tracking methods use two stages, each of which is implemented by a separate neural network. […]
Neil McGovern, who served as Debian project leader in 2015 and now heads the GNOME Foundation, announced that he has begun testing a new discussion infrastructure called discourse.debian.net, which may replace some mailing lists in the future. The new discussion system is based on the Discourse platform used in projects such as GNOME, Mozilla, Ubuntu and Fedora. It is noted that Discourse […]
