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Video: Rocket Lab showed how it will catch the first stage of a rocket using a helicopter

Small aerospace company Rocket Lab has decided to follow in the footsteps of larger rival SpaceX, announcing plans to make its rockets reusable. At the Small Satellite Conference held in Logan, Utah, USA, the company announced that it had set a goal to increase the frequency of launches of its Electron rocket. By ensuring the rocket's safe return to Earth, the company will be able to […]

Clipboard sync may appear in Chrome

Google may add cross-platform clipboard sharing support to Chrome so users can sync content across all platforms. In other words, this will allow you to copy a URL on one device and access it on another. This can be useful if you need to transfer a link from a computer to a smartphone or vice versa. Of course, all this works through an account [...]

The premiere of the smartphone LG G8x ThinQ is expected at IFA 2019

At the beginning of the year at the MWC 2019 event, LG announced the flagship smartphone G8 ThinQ. As the LetsGoDigital resource now reports, the South Korean company will time the presentation of a more powerful G2019x ThinQ device to the upcoming IFA 8 exhibition. It is noted that the application for registration of the G8x trademark has already been sent to the South Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). However, the smartphone will be released […]

Photo of the day: real shots on a smartphone with a 64-megapixel camera

Realme will be one of the first to release a smartphone whose main camera will include a 64-megapixel sensor. The Verge resource was able to obtain real photos from Realme taken using this device. It is known that the new Realme product will receive a powerful four-module camera. The key sensor will be a 64-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. This product uses ISOCELL technology […]

Alphacool Eisball: the original tank-sphere for coolant

The German company Alphacool is starting sales of a very unusual component for liquid cooling systems (LCS) - a reservoir called Eisball. The product has previously been demonstrated during various exhibitions and events. For example, it was displayed at the developer’s stand at Computex 2019. The main feature of Eisball is its original design. The reservoir is made in the form of a transparent sphere with a rim extending […]

Replacing the iPhone battery in an unofficial service will lead to problems

According to online sources, Apple has begun using software locking in new iPhones, which may indicate the entry into force of a new company policy. The point is that the new iPhones can only use Apple branded batteries. Moreover, even installing the original battery in an unauthorized service center will not avoid problems. If the user has independently replaced [...]

Service mesh data plane vs. control plane

Hello, Habr! I present to your attention a translation of the article “Service mesh data plane vs control plane” by Matt Klein. This time, I “wanted and translated” the description of both service mesh components, data plane and control plane. This description seemed to me the most understandable and interesting, and most importantly leading to the understanding of “Is it necessary at all?” Since the idea of ​​a “Service Network […]

“Changing shoes on the go”: after the announcement of the Galaxy Note 10, Samsung deletes a video with a long-standing Apple trolling

Samsung has not been shy about trolling its main competitor Apple for a long time to advertise its own smartphones, but, as often happens, everything changes over time and the old jokes no longer seem funny. With the release of the Galaxy Note 10, the South Korean company has actually repeated the iPhone feature that it once actively ridiculed, and now the company's marketers are actively removing the old video […]

We eat the elephant in parts. Application Health Monitoring Strategy with Examples

Hi all! Our company is engaged in software development and subsequent technical support. Technical support requires not just fixing errors, but monitoring the performance of our applications. For example, if one of the services has crashed, then you need to automatically record this problem and start solving it, rather than waiting for calls from dissatisfied users to technical support. We have […]

UPS monitoring. Part Two - Automating Analytics

Some time ago I created a system for assessing the viability of office UPS. The assessment is based on long-term monitoring. Based on the results of using the system, I completed the system and learned a lot of interesting things, which I’ll tell you about - welcome to the cat. First part In general, the idea turned out to be correct. The only thing you can learn from a one-time request to UPS is that life is pain. Part […]

DPKI: Fixing the Disadvantages of a Centralized PKI with Blockchain

It's no secret that one of the commonly used auxiliary tools, without which data protection in open networks is impossible, is digital certificate technology. However, it is no secret that the main drawback of the technology is unconditional trust in the centers that issue digital certificates. Director of Technology and Innovation at ENCRY Andrey Chmora proposed a new approach […]

Habr Weekly #13 / 1,5 million dating service users are under threat, Meduza investigation, deanon of Russians

Let's talk about privacy again. We have been discussing this topic in one way or another since the beginning of the podcast and, it seems, for this episode we were able to draw several conclusions: we still care about our privacy; the important thing is not what to hide, but from whom; we are our data. The reason for the discussion was two materials: about a vulnerability in a dating application that exposed the data of 1,5 million people; and about services that can de-anonymize any Russian. There are links inside the post […]