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The next generation of Chinese nuclear submarines could be equipped with laser engines. In theory, this would allow submarines to move faster than the speed of sound in water and do so silently. To do this, thousands of optical emitters will be built into the body, and a 2-MW laser will be enough to create a thrust of 70 thousand N - like a jet engine [β¦]
The EA Play subscription will soon become more expensive, following its main competitors, but Electronic Arts intends to smooth out the unpleasant news by adding one of its main releases in 2023 to the catalog. Image source: Steam (paimona)Source: 3dnews.ru
Benjamin Summerton, author of the PSRayTracing ray tracing system, analyzed the impact on application performance of using the βfinalβ keyword, which appeared in the C++11 standard, in C++ code. The reason for testing was that there were claims floating around the Internet that using βfinalβ would improve performance, which were limited to value judgments without indicating the results of the changes. Benjamin's testing showed that the performance [β¦]
The release of the network security scanner Nmap 7.95 has been published, designed to conduct a network audit and identify active network services. The project's code is licensed under the NPSL (Nmap Public Source License), based on the GPLv2 license, which is supplemented by recommendations (not requirements) for using the OEM licensing program and purchasing a commercial license if the manufacturer does not wish to open source its product in accordance with [β¦]
The release of the NetBSD 9.4 operating system has been published, which completed the maintenance cycle of the previous significant branch 9.x. NetBSD 9.4 is categorized as a maintenance update and primarily includes fixes for issues and vulnerabilities identified since NetBSD 9.3 was published in August 2022. For those who value new functionality, a significant release of NetBSD 10.0 was recently released. Prepared for loading [...]
On April 25, in the vicinity of Hualien in eastern Taiwan, the strongest earthquake in the previous 7,2 years, with a magnitude of 6, occurred, but the statistics of such phenomena indicate the inevitability of repetition of tremors of a lower magnitude, and they were observed in this area both on Monday and Tuesday morning. The strongest fluctuations that occurred last night reached XNUMX points, the authorities ordered the closure of [β¦]
Since the beginning of this year, the situation with immigration legislation in the Netherlands has been discussed, which hinders the harmonious development of ASML's business. Rumors attributed the company's desire to begin expanding outside its home country, and the authorities tried to convince it. It has now become clear that this will be done through subsidies worth β¬2,5 billion. Image source: ASML Source: 3dnews.ru
This week a major automobile exhibition will begin in Beijing, and therefore Xiaomi management tried to anticipate the flow of related information with its own event for investors. The head of the company, Lei Jun, as it became known, promised to supply 100 SU000 electric vehicles to the market this year. Image source: XiaomiSource: 7dnews.ru
The Raspberry Pi Home Media Center project is developing several compact open hardware devices for organizing the operation of a home media center. The devices are based on a Raspberry Pi Zero board, coupled with a digital-to-analog converter, which allows for high-quality audio output. The devices support network connection via Wi-Fi or Ethernet, and can be controlled via a remote control. Scheme [β¦]
Peter Hutterer, an X.Org input subsystem maintainer at Red Hat, introduced a new utility, udev-hid-bpf, designed to automatically load BPF programs that fix problems in HID (Human Input Device) or changing their behavior depending on the user's preferences. To create handlers for HID devices such as keyboards and mice, the HID-BPF subsystem is used, [β¦]
Publisher Private Division and developers from New Zealand studio Weta Workshop presented the first trailer and details of their cozy life simulator Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game in the Lord of the Rings universe. Image source: Private DivisionSource: 3dnews.ru
Seagate sent letters to large customers, notifying them of an immediate increase in prices for all hard drives - Western Digital took a similar step not so long ago. Image source: Seagate.Source: 3dnews.ru
