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Release of libhandy 0.0.10, a library for building mobile versions of GTK/GNOME applications

Purism, which develops the Librem 5 smartphone and the free PureOS distribution, introduced the release of the libhandy 0.0.10 library, which develops a set of widgets and objects for creating a user interface for mobile devices using GTK and GNOME technologies. The library is being developed in the process of porting GNOME applications to the user environment of the Librem 5 smartphone. The project code is distributed under the GPL license […]

A heavy burden: realistic swimming in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with the ability to drown in armor

Fans of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim regularly release interesting modifications. This time Duke Patrick and Paradoxnrt were featured, uploading their own work called Realistic Swimming and Drowning to Nexus Mods. The mod adds realistic swimming to the fifth part of The Elder Scrolls, taking into account all the hero’s parameters. After installing the modification, users will have to take into account the weight of the inventory and [...]

The console release of the action platformer Furwind will take place in less than a week

JanduSoft and Boomfire Games have announced that the action platformer Furwind will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation Vita on June 27. Furwind was released on PC on October 25, 2018. The game is a classic challenging platformer starring the young fox Furvind. An ancient war between ancestors ended with the imprisonment of one of them. […]

HPE ProLiant DL180 Gen10 Review: Legendary SMB Servers Update

The ninth generation of HPE ProLiant DL180 and DL160 servers did not gain popular love. And all because the benefits of purchasing them - in comparison with the older DL300 series - were not so obvious. However, the company took into account the mistakes of the past and in the tenth generation Gen10, which was somewhat delayed in entering the market, returned everything to its place. Now […]

The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia has updated the information portal for applicants

As part of the admissions campaign to the country's universities, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Education and Science of Russia) launched an updated version of the “Do the Right Thing” web portal for applicants. The service allows you to obtain objective information about educational organizations of higher education accredited in the Russian Federation and select institutions for subsequent training. In the new version of the “Do the Right Thing” information portal, a personalized personal account has been created, [...]

Thermalright introduced its first maintenance-free LSS Turbo Right

Thermalright is known to many for its large and not so large tower cooling systems for processors. However, now the Taiwanese manufacturer’s product range includes the first maintenance-free liquid cooling systems, which are included in the Turbo Right series. One of the key features of the Turbo Right series is that, unlike the vast majority of other maintenance-free life support systems, they are equipped […]

Bitcoin rises above $11 for the first time in 000 months

The price of Bitcoin soared above $11 for the first time since early 000, marking a new milestone in the return of the virtual currency. The cryptocurrency hit $2018 just before 11:190,57 am EDT on June 9, setting a new high this year, CoinDesk data shows. Last December, the Bitcoin rate hit rock bottom, falling to around $00. This […]

Samsung's latest LED screen appears in downtown New York

Specialists from the South Korean company Samsung Electronics have completed the installation of the latest LED displays on the facade of the famous Building 1 in Times Square in New York. The peculiarity of the installed screen is that its total area is 11 square feet, which is approximately 639 m². The mounted LED screens covered the entire front part of the building 1081. In addition, the installed LED screens are one of the most […]

A new record for data transfer speed in Russian LTE networks has been set

The MegaFon operator announced the achievement of a new record for information transfer speed in the fourth generation mobile commercial network (4G/LTE). The experiment was carried out jointly with Qualcomm Technologies and Nokia. The communication channel capacity has reached 1,6 Gbit/s! To achieve the record, Nokia base station equipment was used based on the new generation of the AirScale system module in the MegaFon frequency spectrum configuration: LTE 2600 […]

KubeCon Europe 2019: How we first attended the Kubernetes Main Event

Last week, May 19-23, Barcelona hosted the main European conference on Kubernetes and related technologies, one of the largest Open Source events in the world - KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019. We took part in it for the first time, becoming a silver sponsor of the event and the first Russian company at KubeCon with its stand. A delegation of six […]

Xiaomi in Mi 9T commercials mocks the screen notch

In the new smartphone Xiaomi Mi 9T (Redmi K20 in the Chinese market), presented recently, one of the key advantages is the absence of any screen cutouts due to the mechanical retractable camera module. This is unusual for modern flagships - especially the iPhone, which popularized the notch and is rumored to keep the same huge screen cutout in the 2020 family. […]

GitOps: Comparing Pull and Push Methods

Note. transl.: In the Kubernetes community, a trend called GitOps is gaining clear popularity, as we personally saw by visiting KubeCon Europe 2019. This term was relatively recently coined by the head of Weaveworks - Alexis Richardson - and means the use of tools familiar to developers (first of all - Git, hence the name itself) for solving operational problems. IN […]