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Chrome 82 will no longer support FTP

One of the upcoming updates to the Chrome browser will completely lose support for the FTP protocol. This is stated in a special Google document addressed to this topic. However, the “innovations” will come into force only in a year or even later. Correct support for the FTP protocol in the Chrome browser has always been a sore subject for Google developers. One of the reasons for abandoning FTP is […]

Borderlands 3 will tie together many of the series' storylines, but won't be the last installment

Before demonstrating the press version of Borderlands 3, DualShockers spoke with the game's leading writers. Sam Winkler and Danny Homan said that the third part will tell a lot about the world of the franchise and tie together different storylines. However, Borderlands 3 will not be the last work in the series. The authors did not directly state the planned continuation, but quite […]

Borderlands 3 comes with Denuvo protection

The shooter Borderlands 3 will be released using Denuvo DRM protection (Digital Rights Management). According to the PCGamesN portal, users noticed the use of protection after the redesign of the Epic Games Store library. The use of Denuvo has not been officially announced. The authors of the publication suggest that 2K Games will add protection to ensure a good level of sales in the first months. This is in line with current practice of using modern DRM technologies, [...]

AMD Stops Advertising Linux RdRand Support for Bulldozer and Jaguar CPUs

Some time ago, it became known that on computers with AMD Zen 2 processors, the game Destiny 2 may not launch, and the latest Linux distributions may not load. The problem was related to the instruction for generating the random number RdRand. And although the BIOS update solved the problem for the latest “red” chips, the company decided not to take risks and no longer plans […]

HTC Wildfire X Triple Camera Smartphone with Helio P22 Processor

The Taiwanese company HTC has announced a mid-level smartphone Wildfire X, running the Android 9.0 Pie operating system. The device is equipped with a display measuring 6,22 inches diagonally. An HD+ format panel with a resolution of 1520 × 720 pixels is used. There is a small teardrop-shaped cutout at the top of this screen: the front camera based on an 8-megapixel sensor is located here. At the rear of the case there is […]

The creation of the Skyblivion mod that brings The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to the Skyrim engine is almost complete

Enthusiasts from the TES Renewal team continue to work on a creation called Skyblivion. This modification is being created with the goal of transferring The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to the Skyrim engine, and soon everyone will be able to evaluate the work. The authors released a new trailer for the mod and reported that the work is nearing completion. The first frames of the trailer show colorful natural landscapes and the hero running […]

XNUMXrd generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors referred to under the codename Sharktooth

In early June, rumors about AMD's doubts about the feasibility of releasing new processors from the Ryzen Threadripper family reached the company's management, and Lisa Su, together with marketing specialists, began to explain that the appearance of the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X model forced them to rethink the positioning of the Ryzen series products Threadripper, and it will take some time to develop a new marketing strategy. However, […]

Epic Games Store adds support for cloud saves

The Epic Games Store has launched support for a cloud save system. This is reported in the service blog. Currently, 15 projects support the function, and the company wants to expand this list in the future. It is also noted that future games of the store will already be released with this function. List of games that currently support cloud saves: Alan Wake; Close to the Sun; […]

OnePlus reveals the name of the upcoming smart TV and logo

Almost a year after the announcement of the OnePlus TV: You Name It competition among fans of the OnePlus brand for the best name for the future smart TV, the company announced the final decision regarding the name and logo of the television project. The company's new TV will be produced under the OnePlus TV brand. The brand's logo was also showcased. The company promised not only to reward the winners of the OnePlus TV: You Name […]

Netflix releases TLS patches for FreeBSD kernel

Netflix has offered a FreeBSD kernel-level implementation of TLS (KTLS) for testing, which allows for a significant increase in encryption performance for TCP sockets. Supports acceleration of encryption of transmitted data using TLS 1.0 and 1.2 protocols sent to the socket using the write, aio_write and sendfile functions. Key exchange at the kernel level is not supported and the connection must first […]

Need for Speed ​​Heat replaces loot boxes with a paid item card and add-ons

The other day, the publishing house Electronic Arts announced a new part of the Need for Speed ​​series with the subtitle Heat. Users of the Reddit forum immediately asked the developers about loot boxes in the game, because the previous part, Payback, was heavily criticized due to intrusive microtransactions. Developers from the Ghost Games studio responded that containers will not appear in the project, but there is other paid content. In Need for Speed ​​[…]