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Many manufacturers are installing high refresh rate displays in their flagship mobile devices. OnePlus is no exception, its new smartphones use 90-Hz matrices. However, apart from smoother interface operation, a high refresh rate does not bring significant advantages. In theory, it could provide a smoother gaming experience, but most games are capped at 60fps. [β¦]
Behavior Interactive studio announced that the multiplayer action game Dead by Daylight will have a chapter dedicated to Silent Hill. It will feature two new characters: killer Pyramid Head and survivor Cheryl Mason, as well as a new map - Midwich Elementary School. Horrible events have happened at Midwich Primary School, and something terrible will happen there again. Pyramid head with a huge [β¦]
Australian studio Sneaky Bastards and publisher Humble Games announced via Twitter the release of the PC version of their pixel stealth action game about the riot of the elements Wildfire. The cost of Wildfire is 360 rubles - no discount is provided in honor of the launch. The game is available for purchase on Steam and GOG. The price is the same in both digital stores. In connection with the long-awaited premiere on the YouTube channel [...]
American lawmakers are close to approving new rules for foreign companies' access to the US stock market. Those foreign issuers that fail to successfully pass an audit according to American standards for three years in a row will be excluded from the local stock market. The Chinese authorities have already condemned these actions. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said that [β¦]
A week ago, the Honor brand, owned by the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, announced the X1 family of smart TVs. More information about these panels has now emerged, including pricing details. Three models were presented - with a diagonal of 50, 55 and 65 inches. They correspond to the 4K format: the resolution is 3840 Γ 2160 pixels. 92% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space is claimed. So, it is reported that today, 25 [β¦]
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released a stunning image of a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The object is designated NGC 3895. Its image was taken from the orbiting Hubble Observatory (NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope), which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary this year. Barred spiral galaxies are quite numerous: it is estimated that approximately two [β¦]
The release of the cross-platform framework Qt 5.15 has been presented. The source code for Qt components is provided under the LGPLv3 and GPLv2 licenses. A new branch of Qt 6 will be published in December, with significant architectural changes expected. To smooth the future transition to the Qt 6 branch, Qt 5.15 includes preliminary implementations of some new features and added warnings about the imminent end of support for functionality planned [β¦]
An update has been published for Protox, a mobile application for exchanging messages between users without a server, implemented based on the Tox protocol (c-toxcore). At the moment, only Android OS is supported, however, since the program is written on the cross-platform Qt framework using QML, in the future it is possible to port the application to other platforms. The program is an alternative to Tox clients Antox, Trifa. Project code [β¦]
New Vector, which also leads the non-profit organization behind the Matrix protocol and the network's client/server reference implementations, announced a $4.6 million strategic funding commitment from WordPress CMS developer Automattic. Matrix is ββa free protocol for implementing a federated network based on a linear history of events within an acyclic graph (DAG). Basic [β¦]
Frictional Games creative director Thomas Grip spoke in an interview with GameSpot about what the developers focus on when creating the horror Amnesia: Rebirth. The game was announced this spring, and its plot will unfold ten years after the events of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Amnesia: The Dark Descent is one of the best examples of psychological horror. She is gradually catching up [...]
A few days ago it became known that iPhone and iPad users encountered problems opening some applications. Now, online sources say that Apple has fixed an issue that caused the message βThis app is no longer available to youβ to appear when launching some apps on devices running iOS 13.4.1 and 13.5. To use it you must buy it [β¦]
Music service Spotify has removed the 10 song limit for personal libraries. The developers reported this on the company's website. Now users can add an unlimited number of tracks to themselves. Spotify users have complained for years about limits on the number of songs they can add to their personal library. At the same time, the service contained more than 50 million compositions. In 2017, company representatives stated [β¦]
