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Valve donated 5 thousand games to participants of the 2019 Grand Prix competition, timed to coincide with the summer sale on Steam. The developers randomly selected 5 thousand people who received one game from their wish list. So the company tried to compensate for the confusion that arose during the competition. Developers are having problems calculating bonuses for the Steam Summer Sale icon. The company noticed that […]
Huawei intends to hold the Worldwide Developers Conference (HDC) in China. The event is scheduled for August 9, and it looks like the telecom giant is planning to unveil its own operating system HongMeng OS at the event. Reports about this appeared in the Chinese media, which are confident that the launch of the software platform will take place at the conference. This news cannot be considered unexpected, since the head of consumer […]
Pre-orders for Cyberpunk 2077 were opened along with the announcement of the release date at E3 2019. The PC version of the game appeared in three stores at once - Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG.com. The latter is owned by CD Projekt itself, and therefore it has published some statistics regarding pre-purchases on its own service. Company representatives stated: “Did you know that the preliminary […]
The latest build of the Google Chrome Canary browser has a new feature called Global Media Controls. It is reported that it is designed to globally control the playback of music or video in any of the tabs. When you click on the button located near the address bar, a window appears that allows you to start and stop playback, as well as rewind tracks and videos. About the transition […]
Mail.ru company shared its successes in the fight against dishonest players in the shooter Warface. According to published information, in the first two quarters of 2019, developers banned more than 118 thousand accounts for using cheats. Despite the impressive number of bans, their number decreased by 39% compared to the same period last year. Then the company blocked 195 thousand accounts. […]
The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of Russia has developed a draft law that involves the creation of a “nationwide interactive encyclopedic portal,” in other words, a domestic analogue of Wikipedia. They plan to create it on the basis of the Great Russian Encyclopedia, and they intend to subsidize the project from the federal budget. This is not the first such initiative. Back in 2016, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the composition […]
International antivirus company ESET warns of a new malware that threatens users of torrent sites. The malware is called GoBot2/GoBotKR. It is distributed under the guise of various games and applications, pirated copies of films and TV series. After downloading such content, the user receives seemingly harmless files. However, in reality they contain malicious software. The malware is activated after pressing [...]
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces that the advanced SuperCam instrument has been installed on board the Mars 2020 rover. As part of the Mars 2020 project, we would like to remind you that a new rover is being developed on the Curiosity platform. The six-wheeled robot will be engaged in astrobiological research of the ancient environment on Mars, studying the surface of the planet, geological processes, etc. Plus, the rover […]
Online sources have obtained live photographs of a mysterious Nokia smartphone, which HMD Global is allegedly preparing for release. The device captured in the photographs is designated TA-1198 and codenamed daredevil. As you can see in the photographs, the smartphone is equipped with a display with a small teardrop-shaped cutout for the front camera. In the rear part there is a multi-module camera with elements organized in the form of [...]
Friends, hello! Today's post will not be long, but we hope it will be useful for many. The fact is that Dell Technologies has been conducting webinars on the brand’s products and solutions for quite some time now. Today we want to briefly talk about them, and also ask Habr’s respected audience to share their opinion on this matter. An important note right away: this is the story [...]
In just a few days, on July 7, AMD will release not only Ryzen 3000 desktop processors, but also Radeon RX 5700 series video cards. In the meantime, the Chinese online store JD.com has published images of the packaging of all upcoming video cards: Radeon RX 5700, RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition. As is the case with other anniversary […]
Lenovo has announced the Smart Band Cardio 2 (model HX06H), which will be available for an estimated price of $20. The device is equipped with a set of sensors to track physical indicators, sleep quality and changes in heart rate. There is a function that warns the user that he has remained inactive for too long. The bracelet received a 0,87-inch monochrome OLED display. "Heart" […]
