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Oppo has filed an insane patent for a smartphone with a retractable screen

There are patents that make the public want the concept to be implemented quickly. On the other hand, there are patents that baffle and leave you scratching your head over the thinking process that led to such a strange idea. Oppo's latest patent undoubtedly falls into the latter group. We've seen more than one dual-screen smartphone, but Oppo's idea of ​​a pop-up secondary display is definitely […]

A quarter of a million rubles: Acer Predator Triton 500 gaming laptop released in Russia

Acer has announced the start of Russian sales of the Predator Triton 500 gaming laptop computer, using the Intel hardware platform and the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. The laptop is equipped with a 15,6-inch FHD display with a resolution of 1920 Γ— 1080 pixels. The screen occupies 81% of the surface area of ​​the lid. The response time is 3 ms, the refresh rate is 144 Hz. The device carries a Core processor […]

Samsung launches mass production of 5G chips

Samsung Electronics has announced the start of mass production of its own 5G chips. Among the company's new offerings is the Exynos Modem 5100 modem for 5G mobile networks, which also supports previous radio access technologies. Exynos Modem 5100, introduced last August, is the world's first 5G modem fully compliant with 3GPP Release 15 (Rel.15) specifications for 5G New Radio mobile networks […]

GIGABYTE Aorus RGB AIC NVMe SSD: Fast SSDs as Expansion Cards

GIGABYTE has released high-performance solid-state drives Aorus RGB AIC NVMe SSD, the first information about which appeared at the beginning of this year during the CES 2019 exhibition. The devices are made in the form of expansion cards with a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 interface. The new products are designed for gaming desktop computers and workstations. The drives use Toshiba BiCS3 TLC NAND flash memory microchips: […]

Developer's video story about creating a storm in Man of Medan

Following the first part of the video story β€œThe Deeps of the Sea,” dedicated to modeling water during a storm in the thriller The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan, publishing house Bandai Namco Entertainment presented a continuation of the story about the creation of water elements in the game. The development is carried out by the Supermassive Games studio, known for the games Until Dawn and The Inpatient. Project art director Robert Craig noted that the scene […]

3000 rubles: a fine has been determined for Twitter in the context of a data localization case

The World Court in Moscow, according to RBC, determined penalties against the microblogging service Twitter due to non-compliance with the requirements of Russian legislation. Twitter, as well as the social network Facebook, is in no hurry to transfer personal data of Russians to servers located on the territory of the Russian Federation. The corresponding requirements came into force on September 1, 2015. As previously […]

The Battle for Washington Continues: The Division 2 Invasion Trailer

As publisher Ubisoft promised, the release of the cooperative action role-playing game Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is just the beginning, so players can count on active development of the game. Starting April 5, all level 30 agents will be able to enter the Black Tusk stronghold as part of the first major expansion called Invasion. β€œSpecial squad agents, Black Tusk fighters attacked Washington, and […]

News of the week: major events in IT and science

Among the important ones, it is worth highlighting the drop in prices for RAM and SSD, the launch of 5G in the USA and South Korea, as well as an early test of fifth-generation networks in the Russian Federation, hacking of the Tesla security system, Falcon Heavy as a lunar transport and the emergence of the Russian Elbrus OS in general access. 5G in Russia and the world Fifth generation networks are gradually starting […]

Android Q will make it harder to install apps from unverified sources

The Android mobile OS has a poor reputation for malware protection. Although Google does its best to weed out dubious software, this only applies to the Google Play app store. However, the open nature of Android means that it is possible to install apps from other, β€œunverified” sources. Google already has a system in place that reduces the impact of this freedom, and it appears that Android […]

Instagram, Facebook and Twitter may deprive Russians of the right to use data

Experts who are working on the Digital Economy program have proposed prohibiting foreign companies without a legal entity in Russia from using the data of Russians. If this decision comes into force, it will be reflected on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The initiator was the autonomous non-profit organization (ANO) Digital Economy. However, exact information about who proposed the idea is not provided. It is assumed that the original idea […]

In every second online bank theft of funds is possible

Positive Technologies has published a report with the results of a study of the security of web applications for remote banking (online banking). In general, as the analysis showed, the security of the respective systems leaves much to be desired. Experts have found that most online banks contain critical vulnerabilities, the exploitation of which can result in extremely negative consequences. In particular, in every second - in 54% - banking applications […]

[Updated] Qualcomm and Samsung won't ship 5G modems to Apple

According to online sources, Qualcomm and Samsung have decided to stop supplying 5G modems to Apple. Considering that Qualcomm and Apple are engaged in many patent disputes, this outcome is not surprising. As for the South Korean giant, the reason for the refusal lies in the fact that the manufacturer simply does not have time to produce a sufficient number of branded Exynos 5100 5G modems. If […]