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The Honor brand, owned by the Chinese company Huawei, took first place in the Russian smartphone market in unit sales in the first quarter of 2019 with a share of 27,1%. This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper with reference to a GfK study. The new leader pushed Samsung into second place (26,5%), Apple remained in third place (11%), fourth […]
The section dedicated to the Elbrus operating system has been updated on the JSC MCST website. This OS is based on the kernels Linux various versions with built-in information security tools. The page presents: Elbrus OPO - general software based on kernels Linux versions 2.6.14, 2.6.33 and 3.14; Elbrus OS - ported version Debian 8.11 based on the kernel Linux version 4.9; […]
According to online sources, Google has begun the process of shutting down its own social network, which involves deleting all user accounts. This means that the developer has abandoned attempts to impose competition on Facebook, Twitter, etc. The Google+ social network had a relatively low popularity among users. Several large data breaches are also known, as a result of which information about […]
WhatsApp launches new Checkpoint Tipline fact-checking service in India ahead of upcoming elections. According to Reuters, from now on, users will forward messages through an intermediate node. The operators in it will evaluate the data, setting labels like "true", "false", "misleading", or "controversial". These posts will also be used to create a database to understand how disinformation is being spread. […]
We have already reported that Lenovo is working on smartphones with a flexible display. Now, network sources have unveiled the company's new patent documentation for the design of related devices. The LetsGoDigital resource has already published renderings of the gadget, created on the basis of patent documentation. As you can see in the images, the device is equipped with two displays. The main flexible screen is folded in such a way that its halves are inside the case. […]
User Cody Darr, aka Sonic Ether, has submitted a shader pack update for Minecraft in which he adds a rendering technology called path tracing. Outwardly, it looks almost like the currently fashionable ray tracing from Battlefield V and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but it is implemented differently. Path tracing implies that the illumination is emitted by a virtual […]
Studio Amplitude has released a visual novel, Love Thyself: A Horatio Story, set in the Endless universe. A year ago it was an April Fool's joke, which has now become a reality. Amplitude Studios usually deals with more serious games, such as Endless Legends or Endless Space 2. But last year on April 1, the studio joked that it was preparing a dating simulator with a narcissist and […]
The other day, Valve made an unexpected preliminary announcement of its own virtual reality headset, Index. Officially, only a page was presented with a blacked-out image and the promise of details in May. However, a Twitter user under the pseudonym @Wario64 discovered another, more detailed product page in the Steam store itself, which states that the device will hit the market on June 15. Although the page […]
In 2008, I managed to visit one IT company. There was some unhealthy tension in every employee. The reason turned out to be simple: mobile phones - in a box at the entrance to the office, behind the back - a camera, 2 large additional "looking" cameras at the office and control software with a keylogger. And yes, this is not the company that developed SORM or life support systems […]
Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have demonstrated the first fully automated and readable storage system for artificially engineered DNA. This is a key step in moving new technology from research labs to commercial data centers. The developers confirmed the concept with a simple test: they successfully encoded the word "hello" in fragments of a synthetic DNA molecule and […]
On April 8, deliveries of the Acer Aspire 7 laptop computer, equipped with a 15,6-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels (Full HD format), will begin. The laptop is based on the Intel Kaby Lake G hardware platform. In particular, the Core i7-8705G processor is used. This chip contains four computing cores with the ability to simultaneously process up to eight instruction threads. Nominal clock frequency […]
Google representatives released their annual security and privacy report today. They noted that despite the increase in downloads of potentially dangerous apps, the overall state of the ecosystem is Android improved. The share of dangerous programs downloaded to Google Play in 2017 increased from 0,02% to 0,04% over the period under review. If we exclude information on cases […]