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The Windows 10 November 2019 (1909) update will be available for download in the coming weeks. This will approximately happen in the first or second week of November. Unlike other major updates, it will be presented as a monthly package. And this update will receive several improvements that, although they wonβt change anything radically, will improve usability. It is reported that one of [β¦]
Oracle has published a corrective release of the virtualization system VirtualBox 6.0.14, which notes 13 fixes. Main changes in release 6.0.14: Compatibility with Linux 5.3 kernel is provided; Improved compatibility with guest systems that use the ALSA audio subsystem in AC'97 emulation mode; Flickering, redrawing, and crashing of some [β¦]
Studio Daybreak Game Company (Z1 Battle Royale, Planetside) has laid off several employees. The company confirmed the layoffs after many of the affected employees discussed the job cuts on Twitter. It's unclear how many people were affected, although a Reddit thread dedicated to the topic suggested that the Planetside 2 and Planetside Arena teams were most affected. βWe are taking steps to improve [β¦]
Mozilla developers have announced a decision to remove all add-ons for integration with search engines that use OpenSearch technology from the Firefox add-ons catalog. Also reported is the future removal of support for the OpenSearch XML markup from Firefox, which allowed sites to define scripts to integrate search engines into the browser's search bar. Add-ons based on OpenSearch will be removed on December 5th. Instead of [β¦]
Chucklefish has announced a free addition to the turn-based strategy Wargroove with a new campaign and game features. The developer published details of the add-on, called Double Trouble, on the official blog. The main feature of the DLC is the story campaign, designed to be played in co-op mode (although it will also be available in single player). The story will revolve around a group of Robbers. Led by three [β¦]
In the latest issue of the Japanese magazine Famitsu, new screenshots of the upcoming action role-playing game Nioh 2 were published. The screenshots show the characters of the game. In particular, Daimyo Yoshimoto Imagawa, with whom gamers will have to face in battle, the beautiful Nohime, new spirits, demons, and more. Nioh 2 Action RPG Nioh 2 will offer players more features and gameplay mechanics than its predecessor, [β¦]
Kaspersky Lab has published a report on information security trends in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT). Research has shown that this area continues to be the focus of cybercriminals, who are increasingly interested in vulnerable devices. It is reported that in the first six months of 2019, Honeypots masquerading as IoT devices (such as smart TVs, webcams [β¦]
Publisher Sega has decided on the release date of the football club management simulator Football Manager 2020. The premiere of all versions of the game will take place on November 19 this year. Let us remind you that in addition to the main Football Manager 2020, developed by Sports Interactive for PC (Windows and macOS), there are two more game options: Football Manager 2020 Touch for Steam, iOS and Android, as well as mobile Football [β¦]
The other day, most news sites, including ours, wrote that at the Intel Developer Conference 2019 event in Tokyo, Intel representatives promised support for hardware ray tracing in the planned Xe discrete accelerator. But this turned out not to be true. As Intel later commented on the situation, all such statements are based on erroneous machine translation of materials from Japanese sources. An Intel representative [β¦]
Larian Studios announced the suspension of development of the tactical role-playing game Divinity: Fallen Heroes, a story-based offshoot of the Divinity: Original Sin series. The project was announced in March of this year. Then we learned that the development was entrusted to the Danish studio Logic Artists: the goal was to cross the tactical RPG component of Original Sin with the deep narrative and extensive system of story choices from Dragon Commander. "In past [β¦]
Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its new flagship smartphones in the Mate series last month. Now online sources are reporting that the manufacturer intends to launch another flagship, the distinctive feature of which will be a display without any cutouts or holes. Atherton Research chief analyst Jeb Su posted the images on Twitter, adding that [β¦]
