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The final episode and console edition of Kentucky Route Zero will be released on January 28

As expected, on January 7, the release date for the latest release of the episodic adventure Kentucky Route Zero from the independent studio Cardboard Computer was announced. The final fifth act of Kentucky Route Zero will be available to owners of the PC version on January 28. On the same day, the game will go on sale for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Along with the release of the last chapter [...]

Google Chrome will make notification requests less annoying

In the latest version of the Mozilla Firefox browser, developers have radically changed the approach to displaying requests for notifications from different sites visited by users on the Internet. It turns out that not only Mozilla finds these notifications annoying. For example, developers from Google announced that a similar function will appear in the Chrome 80 browser, and this applies not only […]

Samsung suspected of pre-installing Chinese spyware on all of its smartphones and tablets

One of the users of the Reddit portal stated that smartphones and tablets of the South Korean company Samsung come with pre-installed spyware, which periodically transfers data to servers located in China. Suspicion was aroused by the Device Care function, which, as it turned out, is related to the well-known Chinese company Qihoo 360. In the past, this company has repeatedly been involved in scandals […]

CES 2020: Lenovo Legion BoostStation eGPU - graphics card box up to 300mm long

Lenovo has introduced its own external box for a video card. The new product, called Legion BoostStation eGPU, is being demonstrated in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) at CES 2020. The device, made of aluminum, has dimensions of 365 × 172 × 212 mm. Any modern dual-slot video adapter up to 300 mm long can fit inside. Moreover, the box can additionally install one 2,5/3,5-inch drive with […]

The new lithium-sulfur battery will allow the smartphone to work for five days without recharging

Information about lithium-sulfur batteries periodically appears in the news. As a rule, such power supplies have a significantly higher capacity compared to lithium-ion batteries, but have a significantly shorter life cycle. The solution to this could be the development of scientists from Monash University in Australia, who claim to have developed the most efficient lithium-sulfur battery created to date. According to available […]

3CX tech support replies: Upgrading to 3CX v16 from previous versions

Celebrate the new year with a new PBX! True, there is not always time or desire to understand the intricacies of the transition between versions, collecting information from different sources. In this article, we have collected all the information you need to easily and quickly upgrade to 3CX v16 Update 4 from older versions. There are many reasons to update - about all the features that appeared in […]

Web browsers qutebrowser 1.9.0 and Tor Browser 9.0.3 are available

The release of the web browser qutebrowser 1.9.0 has been published, providing a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from viewing the content, and a navigation system in the style of the Vim text editor, built entirely on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt5 and QtWebEngine. The source code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. There is no performance impact to using Python, since rendering and parsing […]

systemd expected to include Facebook's oomd out-of-memory handler

Commenting on the intention of the Fedora developers to enable the earlyoom background process by default to early respond to low memory in the system, Lennart Poettering spoke about plans to integrate another solution into systemd - oomd. The oomd handler is being developed by Facebook, whose employees are simultaneously developing the PSI (Pressure Stall Information) kernel subsystem, which allows the user space out-of-memory handler […]

phpBB 3.3.0 "Proteus"

After 2 years of development, a new version of the open source forum engine phpBB 3.3 has been released, codenamed “Proteus”. Among the changes: support for PHP versions 7.1-7.4, an expanded set of emoji, convenient quoting, easy updating, reCAPTCHA 2.0, improved notifications, new icons (using CSS). Source: linux.org.ru

Void-based Trident OS beta now available Linux

The first beta version of Trident OS, migrated from FreeBSD and TrueOS to the Void package base, is now available. LinuxThe bootable ISO image size is 515 MB. This build uses ZFS on the root partition, supports boot environment rollback using ZFS snapshots, includes a simplified installer, supports EFI and BIOS systems, supports swap partition encryption, and offers package options for standard […]

Vim9 is introduced, a fork of Vim for experimenting with script optimization

Bram Moolenaar, the author of the Vim text editor, announced the creation of the Vim9 repository, where work is underway on an experimental fork of Vim aimed at exploring possible ways to improve the performance and quality of the Vim scripting language. The main optimizations involve reworking the methods for defining, calling, and executing functions, as well as moving away from the use of dictionaries for arguments and […]

Whatsapp has a new virus

WhatsApp messenger is once again in the news, but it turns out it wasn't just another security breach. During the holidays, unknown individuals began sending out large-scale messages containing links to web pages containing viruses. As a result, users could unwittingly subscribe to paid services, leak personal information, including banking data, or simply […]

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