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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) unveiled Vyommitra, a humanoid robot that it plans to send into space as part of the Gaganyaan mission, at an event in Bangalore on Wednesday. The robot Vyommitra (viom means space, mitra means deity), made in female form, is expected to go into space on an unmanned spacecraft later this year. ISRO plans to produce several […]
A few days ago it became known that the solid-state drive of the Xbox Series X console will be built on a Phison controller, but which one was not specified. Now, from the LinkedIn profile of one of the software developers who worked at Phison, it has become known that this will be the Phison E19 controller. Phison E19 is a controller that is designed for use in PCIe SSDs […]
What to do if the power of one server is not enough to process all requests, and the software manufacturer does not provide load balancing? There are many options, from purchasing a load balancer to limiting the number of requests. Which one is correct must be determined by the situation, taking into account existing conditions. In this article we will tell you what you can do if your budget is limited, [...]
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that you cannot measure the position of an object and its speed at the same time. If an object is moving, then it has no location. And if there is a location, it means it has no speed. As for microservices on the Red Hat OpenShift platform (and running Kubernetes), thanks to the appropriate open source software, they can simultaneously report […]
This article is a translation of my Medium article, "Getting Started with a Data Lake," which proved quite popular, probably due to its simplicity. So I decided to rewrite it in Russian and add a few additions to make it clearer to the average person who isn't a data specialist what a data warehouse (DW) is and what a data lake is […]
Issues of personal data security, data leaks, and the growing "power" of large IT corporations are increasingly troubling not only ordinary internet users but also representatives of various political parties. Some, such as supporters of left-wing movements, propose radical approaches—from nationalizing the internet to transforming tech giants into cooperatives. What real steps can be taken toward this "restructuring" […]
The release of the GNU Mes 0.22 toolkit is presented, providing a bootstrap process for GCC and allowing for a closed-loop rebuilding cycle from source code. The toolkit solves the problem of verified initial assembly of the compiler in distributions, breaking the chain of cyclical rebuilding (building the compiler requires executable files of an already built compiler, and binary assemblies of the compiler are a potential source of hidden bookmarks, which does not allow […]
For the free content management system Plone, written in Python using the Zope application server, patches have been published to eliminate 7 vulnerabilities (CVE identifiers have not yet been assigned). The problems affect all current releases of Plone, including the 5.2.1 release released a few days ago. The issues are planned to be fixed in future releases of Plone 4.3.20, 5.1.7, and 5.2.2, and hotfix is suggested until they are published. […]
CyberMDX has released information about six vulnerabilities affecting various GE Healthcare medical devices designed to monitor the condition of patients. Five vulnerabilities are assigned the maximum severity level (CVSSv3 10 out of 10). The vulnerabilities have been codenamed MDhex and are mainly related to the use of previously known pre-installed credentials used across the entire series of devices. CVE-2020-6961 – delivery to […]
Online store GOG has launched a sale in honor of the Chinese New Year. More than 1,5 thousand projects are participating in the promotion, some of which have a discount of up to 90%. The list includes the re-release of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II, Frostpunk, Firewatch and other video games. The most interesting offers on GOG: Frostpunk - 239 rubles (60% discount); Warcraft: Orcs & […]
Canalys has presented a forecast for the global market for smart devices in the coming years: the demand for such products will continue to increase. The released data takes into account shipments of smartphones, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, various wearable gadgets, smart speakers and various types of headphones. It is estimated that approximately 2019 billion devices were sold globally in these categories in 2,4. In 2023 […]
More than five years ago, the Canadian company Matrox announced the transition to using AMD graphics processors for its specialized video cards. Now a new stage in the history of the brand begins: a collaboration with NVIDIA has been announced, within which Matrox will use custom Quadro options for the embedded segment. Founded in 1976, Matrox Graphics has long relied on graphics […]