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The futuristic action Astral Chain from Platinum Games used to be a fantasy

Platinum Games is developing a sci-fi action game called Astral Chain, where players take on robots and demons as members of a special squad of police officers. But it turned out that the project began as a fantasy game. Recently, cyberpunk has been gaining popularity again. The fact that this happened simultaneously with Cyberpunk 2077 from CD Projekt Red, in the case of Astral Chain is pure […]

Samsung is designing a smartphone with a rear display

Documentation describing a Samsung smartphone with a new design has been published on the websites of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), according to the LetsGoDigital resource. We are talking about a device with two displays. In the front part there is a screen with narrow side frames. This panel does not have a cutout or hole for […]

Motorola One Pro smartphone with a quad camera poses for renderings

Network sources have published high-quality renderings of the Motorola One Pro smartphone, the announcement of which is expected in the near future. The main feature of the device is its multi-module main camera. It combines four optical blocks, which are arranged in the form of a 2 × 2 matrix. The camera itself is made in the form of a rectangular section with rounded corners. The Motorola logo is displayed under the optical blocks, and the flash is located outside […]

The official image of Huawei Nova 5 Pro shows the smartphone in coral orange

On June 21, the Chinese company Huawei will officially present new Nova series smartphones. Not long ago, the top model of the Nova 5 Pro series was spotted in the Geekbench database, and today Huawei released an official image in order to stir up interest in the device. The said image shows the Nova 5 Pro in Coral Orange color and also reveals that the smartphone […]

Samsung will improve the AI ​​capabilities of mobile processors

Samsung Electronics has announced plans to improve the capabilities of its Neural Units (NPUs) designed to perform artificial intelligence (AI) operations. The NPU unit is already used in the flagship mobile processor Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9820, which is installed in smartphones of the Galaxy S10 family. In the future, the South Korean giant intends to integrate neural modules into processors for data centers […]

From UI-kit to design system

The experience of the Ivy online cinema When at the beginning of 2017 we first thought about creating our own design-to-code delivery system, many people already talked about this and some even did it. However, little is known about the experience of building cross-platform design systems to this day, and clear and proven recipes that describe technologies and methods for such a transformation of the […]

Why is the Internet still online?

The Internet seems to be a strong, independent and indestructible structure. In theory, the strength of the network is enough to survive a nuclear explosion. In reality, the Internet can drop one small router. All due to the fact that the Internet is a pile of contradictions, vulnerabilities, mistakes and videos about cats. The basis of the Internet - the BGP protocol - contains a lot of problems. It's amazing he's still breathing. In addition to errors on the Internet itself, it is also broken by everyone […]

Group-IB webinar on June 27 "Counteracting social engineering attacks: how to recognize the tricks of hackers and protect yourself from them?"

Over 80% of companies experienced social engineering attacks in 2018. The lack of a well-established methodology for training staff and regular testing of their readiness for sociotechnical influences leads to the fact that employees are increasingly becoming victims of manipulation by intruders. Experts from the Audit and Consulting department of Group-IB, an international company specializing in the prevention of cyber attacks, prepared a webinar on the topic “Countering social engineering attacks: how to recognize tricks […]

Overconfident NAS

The fairy tale was quickly told, but the deed was done for a long time. More than a year and a half ago, I wanted to build my own NAS, and the beginning, for collecting NAS, was putting things in order in the server room. When dismantling cables, cases, as well as moving a 24-inch lamp monitor from HP to a landfill, and other things, a cooler from Noctua was found. From which, through incredible efforts, […]

Reduce power consumption in the data center - will help the new photonic chip

MIT has developed the architecture of a new photonic processor. It will increase the efficiency of optical neural networks by a thousand times compared to similar devices. The chip will reduce the amount of electricity consumed by the data center. Let's talk about how it's set up. Photo - Ildefonso Polo - Unsplash Why a new architecture is needed Optical neural networks are faster than traditional solutions using electronic components. Light does not require isolation of signal […]

E-books and their formats: DjVu - its history, pros, cons and features

In the early 70s, American writer Michael Hart managed to gain unlimited access to a Xerox Sigma 5 computer installed at the University of Illinois. To make good use of the machine's resources, he decided to create the first electronic book, reprinting the US Declaration of Independence. Today, digital literature has become widespread, largely thanks to the development of portable devices (smartphones, e-readers, laptops). This […]