Category: internet news

Thunderbird will add an implementation of the Microsoft Exchange protocol in Rust

The developers of the Thunderbird email client announced the start of integration of components written in the Rust language into the code base. The next major release of Thunderbird, expected to be released in July of this year, will include code implementing the Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS) mail protocol, implemented in Rust. Support for accessing the Microsoft Exchange calendar and address book will be added at a later date. […]

Chinese authorities have simplified the conditions for attracting foreign investment in the national technology sector

In a situation where we hear more often about the strengthening of certain restrictions in international economic relations, the news that the Chinese authorities have taken a set of measures aimed at simplifying the attraction of foreign investment in national companies in the technology sector is unusual. On the other hand, such government steps are precisely a response to the actions of geopolitical opponents. Image source: SMIC Source: 3dnews.ru

In Japan, a maglev will be launched in 2034, the speed of which will be 500 km/h

Japan plans to launch a new maglev train in the next decade - the Chuo Shinkansen, a high-speed maglev train that will travel faster than a Formula 1 car, reaching speeds of up to 500 km/h. According to The Sun newspaper, the cost of the project to create a high-speed train, which will travel along the Tokyo-Nagoya route, will be £67 billion. Image source: Kyodo News Source: 3dnews.ru

The “people's” electric crossover Kia EV2 for $14 flashed on video

While the press is actively discussing how much Tesla will delay the release of its mass-market electric car costing $25, and whether it will appear at all, the South Korean company Kia is preparing the announcement of a small electric car, the EV000, which some sources attribute an initial cost of less than $2 in the home market. The Kia EV15 prototype was recently spotted on the roads and caught on video. Kia EV000. Image source: […]

Wine 9.7 release

An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API - Wine 9.7 - took place. Since the release of 9.6, 18 bug reports have been closed and 123 changes have been made. The most important changes: Support for generating executable files in the ARM64X format, containing both code for the Arm64EC and ARM64 ABIs, has been added to the assembly system. Added "-marm64x" option to winebuild to generate hybrid libraries […]

Schneider Electric is in talks to buy Bentley Systems

French corporation Schneider Electric announced on Friday that it is in negotiations with infrastructure design software developer Bentley Systems Inc. from Exton (Pennsylvania, USA) about the possibility of its takeover, writes Bloomberg. The corporation explained that the negotiations are at an early stage, adding that their holding is due to its strategy to increase its capabilities in the field of industrial technologies. Company […]

The Swedish Tax Authority has closed 18 data centers for illegal cryptocurrency mining

18 data centers are closed in Sweden by the local tax office (Skatteverket). According to Datacenter Dynamics, the sites were outlawed after it was discovered that they were secretly involved in cryptocurrency mining, taking advantage of tax breaks intended for regular data centers. We are talking about evading payment of 990 million Swedish kronor (about $91 million), including VAT and other surcharges. The investigation began […]

Published miracle-wm 0.2, a composite manager based on Wayland and Mir

Matthew Kosarek from Canonical presented the second release of the miracle-wm composite manager, which uses the Wayland protocol and components for building Mir composite managers. Miracle-wm supports tiling windows in the style of the i3 window manager and the Sway user environment. Waybar can be used as a panel. The project code is written in C++ and distributed under the GPLv3 license. […]

5 GW is already there, another 2,5 GW is on the way: Microsoft is rapidly increasing data center capacity and buying AI accelerators

Microsoft has big plans for the data center market. According to classified documents obtained by Business Insider, the company associates the increase in activity with the boom in AI technologies and intends to multiply the capacity of its new data centers before the end of the current calendar year. Since July 2023 (the beginning of the current fiscal year), Microsoft has commissioned 500 MW of new data centers. Judging by […]

On the path to the quantum Internet, scientists were for the first time able to record and read quantum information in photon states

The sensitivity of quantum states to the weakest external noise continues to be a stumbling block on the path to the quantum internet and distributed quantum computing. The solution to the problem will be the discovery of quantum memory, which will allow quantum states to be stored and read without destruction. This would remove the problem of quantum repeaters and the deployment of global quantum Internet networks. Image source: Imperial College LondonSource: 3dnews.ru

Razer introduced Kishi Ultra and Kishi V2 gaming controllers for smartphones, tablets and PCs

Razer announced the Kishi Ultra gaming controller, designed for mobile devices. It features a USB Type-C port, making it compatible with Apple devices. iPhone 15, iPad Mini and gadgets under Android — smartphones and tablets with screens up to 8 inches. The new product can also be connected to a computer or laptop via a cable. The company also introduced a less expensive Kishi controller […]

Buy reliable hosting for sites with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers 🔥 Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers | ProHoster