Author: ProHoster

Bethesda won't be hosting a digital event instead of E3 this summer

Bethesda Softworks has announced that it has no plans to hold a digital announcement event this summer in place of the canceled E3 2020. If there is something to share, the publisher will simply talk about it on Twitter or through news sites. E3 2020 was canceled last month due to growing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, but organizers […]

The latest update fixed problems with VPN and proxy operation in Windows 10

In the current situation related to the spread of coronavirus, many are forced to work from home. In this regard, the ability to connect to remote resources using VPN and proxy servers has become very important for many users. Unfortunately, this functionality has been working very poorly in Windows 10 lately. And now Microsoft has published an update that fixes the problem […]

Top 10 countries with the most Tesla Cybertruck orders

Tesla intends to use the Cybertruck to help accelerate the pace of electric vehicle sales in the United States by electrifying pickup trucks, the largest segment of the country's auto market. Pickup trucks are very popular in the United States, but other countries also seem to be showing decent interest in Tesla's new electric pickup truck. After the announcement of the Cybertruck, Tesla began accepting pre-orders for it with […]

Detailed press images of OnePlus 8 in all three colors leaked

The appearance of OnePlus 8 first became known in October last year thanks to the publication of drawings. This week, images and detailed specifications of the smartphone leaked online, and it was also announced that it will be released in three colors: Interstellar Glow, Glacial Green and Onyx Black. Now press images have appeared in these three colors. As seen, […]

Abbott mini lab detects coronavirus in 5 minutes

As in most other countries, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to make testing for the coronavirus disease as widespread as possible. One of these products could be a big step forward in technology to combat this disease. Abbott has received emergency use authorization for its ID NOW mini-lab […]

End-to-end encryption in the Zoom videoconferencing system turned out to be a sham

The support for end-to-end encryption announced by the video conferencing service Zoom turned out to be a marketing ploy. In reality, control information was transferred using regular TLS encryption between the client and server (as if using HTTPS), and the UDP stream of video and audio was encrypted using a symmetric AES 256 cipher, the key for which was transmitted as part of the TLS session. End-to-end encryption means […]

Huawei develops NEW IP protocol aimed at future networks

Huawei, together with researchers from University College London, is developing the NEW IP network protocol, which takes into account the development trends of future telecommunications devices and the ubiquity of Internet of Things devices, augmented reality systems and holographic communications. The project is initially positioned as an international one, in which any researchers and interested companies can take part. It is reported that the new protocol has been transferred to […]

Linux Mint 20 will only be built for 64-bit systems

The developers of the Linux Mint distribution have announced that the next major release, built on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS package base, will only support 64-bit systems. Builds for 32-bit x86 systems will no longer be created. The release is expected in July or late June. Supported desktops include Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce. Let us remind you that Canonical has stopped creating 32-bit installation […]

Embedded real-time system release Embox 0.4.1

On April 1, the release of 0.4.1 of the free, BSD-licensed, real-time OS for embedded systems Embox took place: Work on the Raspberry Pi has been restored. Improved support for RISC-V architecture. Improved support for the i.MX 6 platform. Improved EHCI support, including for the i.MX 6 platform. The file subsystem has been greatly redesigned. Added support for Lua on STM32 microcontrollers. Added support for network […]

WordPress 5.4 release

Version 5.4 of the WordPress content management system is available, named “Adderley” in honor of the jazz musician Nat Adderley. The main changes concern the block editor: the selection of blocks and the possibilities for their settings have expanded. Other changes: work speed has increased; simplified control panel interface; added privacy settings; important changes for developers: the ability to change menu parameters, which previously required modification, is now available “from [...]

Huawei Dorado V6: Sichuan heat

Summer in Moscow this year was, to be honest, not very good. It started too early and quickly, not everyone had time to react to it, and it ended already at the end of June. Therefore, when Huawei invited me to go to China, to the city of Chengdu, where their RnD center is located, looking at the weather forecast of +34 degrees […]

Expand nested columns - lists using the R language (tidyr package and unnest family functions)

In most cases, when working with a response received from an API, or with any other data that has a complex tree structure, you are faced with JSON and XML formats. These formats have many advantages: they store data quite compactly and allow you to avoid unnecessary duplication of information. The disadvantage of these formats is the complexity of their processing and analysis. Unstructured data cannot […]