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According to online sources, Google has initiated the process of shutting down its social network, which involves deleting all user accounts. This means the developer has abandoned attempts to compete with Facebook, Twitter, and others. The Google+ social network had a relatively low popularity among users. There are also reports of several major data breaches resulting in information about […]
User Cody Darr, also known as Sonic Ether, has released an update for his shader pack for Minecraft, introducing a rendering technology called "path tracing." Visually, it appears almost like the trendy ray tracing featured in Battlefield V and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but it's implemented differently. Path tracing implies that light is emitted from a virtual […]
Representatives from Google released their annual security and privacy report today. It noted that despite the increase in downloads of potentially harmful applications, the overall state of the Android ecosystem has improved. The share of harmful applications downloaded from Google Play rose from 0.02% to 0.04% during the reported period in 2017. If we exclude from the statistics information about cases […]
In this article, I discuss the fundamental principles of uncovering the truth in situations where the interviewee is not inclined to be completely honest. More often than not, you are misled not out of malice, but for various other reasons. For example, due to personal misconceptions, poor memory, or simply to avoid upsetting you. Typically, when it comes to our ideas, we tend to self-deceive. […]
If you are using the mobile version of Skype for everyday communication with colleagues, friends, and family, you may encounter an issue where the messenger automatically answers incoming calls. Currently, an increasing number of users are reaching out to Microsoft support regarding this problem, which has arisen on Android devices. Many customer reviews have appeared on support forums reporting on […]
Five years ago, I started developing Gophish, which gave me the opportunity to learn Golang. I realized that Go is a powerful language, enhanced by many libraries. Go is versatile: in particular, it easily allows for the development of server-side applications. This article is dedicated to writing a server in Go. We'll start with simple things, like 'Hello world!', and finish with an application that […]
April 1st is not the best day to announce a new product, as many might think it's just another joke, but the Cloudflare team thinks differently. After all, this is a significant date for them since the address of their main mass product—a fast and anonymous DNS server—is 1.1.1.1 (4/1), which was also launched on April 1st last year. […]
Scythe has unveiled an updated version of its relatively small tower-type cooling system, named Byakko 2. It differs from its predecessor primarily with a new fan and a larger radiator. The Byakko 2 cooling system is built on three nickel-plated copper heat pipes with a diameter of 6 mm, which are gathered in a nickel-plated copper base. The pipes […]
I spoke with Dmitry Dumik, the CEO of the California-based chatbot startup Chatfuel and a resident of YCombinator. This is the sixth in a series of interviews with masters of their craft about product-driven approaches, behavioral psychology, and tech entrepreneurship. Let me share a story. I learned about you through a mutual friend in San Francisco as someone with some impressive remixes on Soundcloud. The mixes I […]
NVIDIA has lost its long-time director of technical marketing and outstanding engineer Tom Petersen. He announced last Friday that he finished his last day at the company. Although his new job has not been officially disclosed, sources at HotHardware claim that Intel's visual computing division leader Ari Rauch has successfully recruited Mr. Petersen to join the team working on […]
The NVIDIA Shield TV was one of the first media streaming devices for televisions based on Android to come to market, and it still remains one of the best. NVIDIA continues to release regular updates for the device, and it seems that another one is in the works, which will not just be another firmware update. The Shield TV is built on […]
Perfect World Entertainment has announced that it is partnering with Panic Button to release the action RPG Torchlight II for current-generation consoles this fall. Specific platforms have not been named. Torchlight II was released on PC in September 2012. It is an action RPG with a procedurally generated world where you fight hordes of enemies and search for treasures. On […]