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The moment we started believing in innovation

Innovation has become commonplace. And we are not talking about such modern “innovations” as ray tracing technology on RTX graphics cards from Nvidia or 50x zoom in the new smartphone from Huawei. These things are more useful for marketers than for users. We are talking about real innovations that have significantly changed our approach and outlook on life. For 500 years, and especially […]

Nanotubes stuffed with magnetic particles could boost hard drive storage density

Carbon nanotubes have found another application. A few days ago, an article was published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, which for the first time considers the possibility of using multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in magnetic recording on hard disks. These are various complex CNT-structures in the form of "matryoshka", "convolutions" and other structures. The task in all cases comes down to one thing - to stuff […]

Elbrus operating system is available for download

The section dedicated to the Elbrus operating system has been updated on the JSC MCST website. This OS is based on the kernels Linux various versions with built-in information security tools. The page presents: Elbrus OPO - general software based on kernels Linux versions 2.6.14, 2.6.33 and 3.14; Elbrus OS - ported version Debian 8.11 based on the kernel Linux version 4.9; […]

Google has begun to close the social network Google+

According to online sources, Google has begun the process of shutting down its own social network, which involves deleting all user accounts. This means that the developer has abandoned attempts to impose competition on Facebook, Twitter, etc. The Google+ social network had a relatively low popularity among users. Several large data breaches are also known, as a result of which information about […]

Minecraft adds "path tracing"

User Cody Darr, aka Sonic Ether, has submitted a shader pack update for Minecraft in which he adds a rendering technology called path tracing. Outwardly, it looks almost like the currently fashionable ray tracing from Battlefield V and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but it is implemented differently. Path tracing implies that the illumination is emitted by a virtual […]

Google continues to fight against dangerous applications for the platform Android

Google representatives released their annual security and privacy report today. They noted that despite the increase in downloads of potentially dangerous apps, the overall state of the ecosystem is Android improved. The share of dangerous programs downloaded to Google Play in 2017 increased from 0,02% to 0,04% over the period under review. If we exclude information on cases […]

5 Key Rules for Conducting Problem Interviews to Identify Consumer Needs

In this article, I talk about the most basic principles of finding the truth in conditions where the interlocutor is not inclined to be completely honest. Most often, you are deceived not for malicious intent, but for many other reasons. For example, due to personal delusions, bad memory, or to not upset you. Often, when it comes to our ideas, we are prone to self-deception. […]

Skype for Android automatically answers incoming calls

If you use 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, more and more users are contacting Microsoft support to report this issue. Android-devices. Support forums have seen numerous customer reviews reporting […]

Developing web servers in Golang - from simple to complex

Five years ago I started developing Gophish, which gave me the opportunity to learn Golang. I realized that Go is a powerful language, which is complemented by many libraries. Go is versatile: in particular, you can easily develop server-side applications with it. This article is about writing a server in Go. Let's start with simple things like "Hello world!" and end with an application with […]

Warp - VPN, DNS & Traffic Compression by Cloudflare

April 1 is not the best day to announce a new product, because many may think that this is just another joke, but the Cloudflare team thinks otherwise. In the end, this is quite 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 1 last year. […]

Scythe introduced a compact "tower" Byakko 2

Scythe has unveiled an updated version of its relatively small Byakko tower cooling system. The novelty is called Byakko 2 and it differs from its predecessor primarily in a new fan, as well as a larger heatsink. The cooling system of Byakko 2 is built on three nickel-plated copper heat pipes with a diameter of 6 mm, which are assembled in a nickel-plated copper base. On tubes […]

Dmitry Dumik, Chatfuel: about YCombinator, technology entrepreneurship, behavior change and awareness

I spoke with Dmitry Dumik, CEO of the Californian chatbot startup Chatfuel and YCombinator resident. This is the sixth in a series of interviews with experts in their field about the product approach, behavioral psychology and technological entrepreneurship. I'll tell you a story. I got to know you in absentia through a mutual friend in San Francisco as a person who has some good remixes on Soundcloud. Mixes I […]

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