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You have created your own program or game and now want to sell it around the world. Most likely, for this you will have to localize the graphical interface and, preferably, the documentation. Where to start? How to choose someone who will carry out the translation? How will the price be determined? This will be discussed in an article by our technical writer Andrey Starovoitov. Step 1 - […]
According to the Digitimes resource, citing industry sources in Taiwan, Huawei foresaw the current US sanctions in advance and began stockpiling components for its electronics at the end of last year. According to preliminary estimates, they will last until the end of 2019. Let us recall that after the announcement of the blacklisting of Huawei by the American authorities […]
In a blog post, Google announced a recently discovered bug that resulted in some G Suite users' passwords being stored unencrypted inside plain text files. This bug has existed since 2005. However, Google claims that it cannot find any evidence that any of these passwords fell into the hands of attackers or were misused. However […]
Blizzard Entertainment is hosting a seasonal Overwatch event from May 21 to June 10 to celebrate the competitive team-based shooter's third anniversary. During this period, logging into the game will reward you with a Legendary Anniversary Container containing at least one Legendary item. In general, this will be the largest anniversary celebration of Overwatch in the history of the game: the project is three years old, and […]
Today, high availability of services is required always and everywhere, not only in large expensive projects. Temporarily unavailable sites with the message “Sorry, maintenance in progress” are still encountered, but usually cause a condescending smile. Add to this life in the clouds, when you need only one call to the API to launch an additional server, and […]
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 3.14 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the package base, is available Debian and designed to provide anonymous online access. A 1.2 GB ISO image, capable of running in Live mode, is available for download. The Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) distribution is designed as a Live system, providing the highest level of anonymity and security out of the box. […]
The Kali distribution has been released Linux 2019.2, designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting audits, analyzing residual information, and identifying the consequences of malicious attacks. All original developments within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. A full ISO image (3.2 GB) and a reduced ISO image (929 MB) are available for download. Builds are available for […]
On May 25, a hackathon will begin in Blagosphere (Moscow) for everyone who is ready to work with open resources - wiki projects (primarily Wikidata), Noosphere, Scientific Correspondent and international aggregators of open works. The organizers of the hackathon are NP “Wikimedia RU” and the Association of Internet Publishers (AIP), whose experts will tell you how to interact with the projects’ API. More detailed information about the hackathon and a sample list […]
The Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL smartphones entered the market just a couple of weeks ago, but their first owners have already apparently encountered a manufacturing defect. On online forums, users complain about devices randomly shutting down, after which they can only be restored to functionality through a “hard reboot” by holding down the power button for 30 seconds. After this, the smartphone […]
On May 21, at a special event in London (UK), the presentation of the Honor 20 smartphone will take place, which many expected back in March. Along with Honor 20, the Honor 20 Pro and Lite models are expected to be presented. The live broadcast of the event, which will begin at 14:00 BST (16:00 Moscow time), can be viewed on the 3DNews website. Huawei, the owner of the Honor brand, […]
Last fall, publisher Devolver Digital and studio No Code (authors of Stories Untold) announced an interesting sci-fi thriller, Observation. Its peculiarity is that the player will take on the role of the artificial intelligence system SAM on a space station where some dark events took place. The only living person on the station will be Dr. Emma Fisher, who does not remember anything. The rest […]
This is a continuation of a long story about our thorny path to creating a powerful, highly loaded system that ensures the operation of the Exchange. The first part is here: habr.com/ru/post/444300 Mysterious bug After numerous tests, the updated trading and clearing system was put into operation, and we encountered a bug, about which it is just right to write a detective-mystical story. Shortly after starting on the main server, one of the transactions was processed with an error. […]