An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API - Wine 9.3 - took place. Since the release of 9.2, 23 bug reports have been closed and 295 changes have been made. The most important changes: Support for working through a proxy has been added to the Windows Internet API (WinINet). Added a new mouhid.sys driver for pointer control devices (touchpads, mice) using the HID (Human Interface Device) protocol. Data updated […]
When discussing a bug related to the relatively high power consumption compared to Windows on AMD APUs with hardware video decoding support, AMD engineer Alex Deucher, the main developer of the amdgpu driver, admitted that video display on Linux is fundamentally inefficient. When outputting video on Linux, the following chain is currently used: Compressed video stream VCN (hardware module […]
Despite the highest ratings in the series, Dark Souls 2 is considered by fans to be the ugly duckling of Dark Souls. Franchise creator Hidetaka Miyazaki came to the defense of the controversial release. Image source: Steam (UselessMouth)Source: 3dnews.ru
The cult detective-psychological quest Sublustrum (Outcry abroad) from the St. Petersburg studio Phantomery Interactive will receive a new life in the form of a remake. This was announced by the screenwriter and composer of the game Georgy Beloglazov. Image source: Phantomery InteractiveSource: 3dnews.ru
Colorfire, a sub-brand of Colorful, has expanded the range of products in the Meow series, within which the manufacturer previously released the GeForce RTX 4060 video card and motherboard. The devices in the series are characterized by bright colors and an abundance of images of cats. The new addition to the series is the Meow R15 laptop in a bright orange color. The new product is based on processors from the Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 8040 series. Source […]
On February 23, 1993, Ruby was born - a dynamic, reflective, interpreted high-level programming language. The language has an operating system-independent implementation of multithreading, strong dynamic typing, a garbage collector, and many other features. In terms of syntax, it is close to the Perl and Eiffel languages, and in its object-oriented approach, it is close to Smalltalk. Also, some features of the language are taken from Python, Lisp, Dylan […]
Google has announced the publication of Gemma, a large machine learning language model built using technologies used to build the Gemini chatbot model, which attempts to compete with ChatGPT. The model is available in four variants, covering 2 and 7 billion parameters, in basic and dialog-optimized views. Options with 2 billion parameters are suitable for use in consumer applications […]
Claudio Jeker (claudio@) added the mwx driver to the OpenBSD kernel for wireless cards based on Mediatek MT7921 and MT7922 chips (supports the 802.11ax standard). In its current form, the driver continues to be under development and is not yet suitable for use on production systems. For example, scanning networks and receiving packets (scan + rx) works normally, but temporarily […]
Vivo introduced the Vivo Y100t smartphone in China with a powerful mid-level Dimensity 8200 processor, a very advanced 64-megapixel camera and support for 120 W fast charging. The manufacturer is positioning the new product as an alternative to the Y100i and Y78t models, which has the fastest charging among them for a 5000 mAh battery. Image source: GSMArena.comSource: 3dnews.ru
The other day, on February 21, there were one less way to top up the balance of a Russian account on the Steam service - the Central Bank revoked the license from Qiwi Bank, and electronic QIWI wallets essentially turned into pumpkins. However, there are still working methods - we will talk about them in this material. Image sources: CD Projekt RED and ValveSource: 3dnews.ru
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang hinted that the company intends to develop the market for non-standard (custom) chips - this segment has potential, and interest in such products is associated with the artificial intelligence industry. By custom we mean chips that are tailored in one way or another to the needs of a specific client. They are often made on the basis of existing solutions, adding or changing [...]
A release of the Wolvic 1.6 web browser is available, intended for use in augmented and virtual reality systems. The project continues the development of the Firefox Reality browser, previously developed by Mozilla. After the Firefox Reality codebase stagnated within the Wolvic project, its development was continued by Igalia, known for its participation in the development of such free projects as GNOME, GTK, WebKitGTK, Epiphany, GStreamer, Wine, Mesa […]
