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According to the human rights organization 'Kämpa för munkar', the activity of hypoviruses has doubled over the last month. The map created from an American satellite shows the infected areas. Statistics claim that over half of the files circulating online are infected with some variety of this pestilence, including: • torrent files – 5%, • porn videos – 21%, • […]
This article is written specifically for Habr – the most advanced audience of tech enthusiasts in the RuNet. The sketch artist is illustrator Yu.M. Pak. One might wonder why a science fiction writer would need the help of a scientific consultant while working on a book. After all, paper can withstand anything. Need a cyborg girl? No problem! What’s trending these days? Sexual appearance? Easy! Unmatched […]
Habr already features quite a few articles by juniors and for juniors. Some are astonishing in their level of arrogance, as young specialists at the very beginning of their careers are already ready to advise corporations. Others, on the contrary, surprise with their youthful enthusiasm: 'Oh, I was hired by a real company as a programmer, now I am ready to work for free! Just yesterday, I […]
Good afternoon. There are many articles about Telegram bots, but few discuss skills for Alice, and I found no information on how to create a unified bot. Therefore, I decided to share my experience on how to make a simple Telegram bot and a Yandex.Alice skill for a website with shared functionality. So, how to set up a web server and obtain an SSL certificate I […]
In December of last year, Wave Computing, which acquired the developments and patents of MIPS Technologies after the bankruptcy of Imagination Technologies, announced its intention to make the MIPS 32- and 64-bit instruction set, tools, and architecture open and free of licensing fees. Wave Computing promised to provide access to developer packages within the first quarter of 2019. And they made it […]
Google has simplified the task of photographing bills and other documents on a smartphone. Continuing the development of the intelligent feature introduced last year in Google Photos, which offers automatic image processing, the company has introduced a new capability called 'Crop and Adjust' for images of printed documents and text pages. The operation principle is very similar to recommended actions in Google Photos. After photographing, the platform will identify the document […]
In 2006, at a major Russian conference, a Doctor of Technical Sciences gave a presentation on the growing information space. Using beautiful diagrams and examples, the scientist explained that in 5-10 years, information in developed countries would be delivered to each person in quantities that they would not be able to fully comprehend. He spoke of wireless networks, available at every turn […]
On our blog on Habr, we not only share stories about the developments from the ITMO University community but also photo excursions — for example, to our robotics lab, cyber-physical systems lab, and DIY coworking FabLab. Today, we have gathered a selection of books that explore opportunities for enhancing work and study efficiency from the perspective of thinking patterns. Photo: g_u / Flickr / CC […]
According to several sources within Intel, the company laid off a significant number of IT workers across various departments this week. The number of layoffs reportedly reached hundreds, according to informants. Intel confirmed the layoffs but declined to explain the reasons for the cuts or specify the number of people who lost their jobs. "The changes in our workforce are driven by the needs and priorities of the business that we continually assess. We […]
Experts from Mozilla have introduced the WASI (WebAssembly System Interface) project, which aims to develop an API for creating regular applications that run outside the browser. The focus is initially on cross-platform capabilities and a high level of security for such applications. As noted, they run in a special "sandbox" and have access to files, file systems, network sockets, timers, and so on. Meanwhile, […]
Backup is not a trendy technology that everyone is shouting about. It is simply a must-have in any serious company, and that's it. In our bank, we back up several thousand servers — it's a complex and interesting job, and I want to talk about some of the nuances of it, as well as common misconceptions about backups. This topic […]
It will find application in hyperscale data centers. / photo Not4rthur CC BY-SA Why the specification was updated Engineers from the Open Compute Project (OCP) presented the first version of the standard back in 2013. It described a modular and open rack design for data centers with a width of 21 inches. This approach allowed the rack's effective space utilization ratio to increase to 87.5%. In comparison, […]