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ZTE has introduced the entry-level smartphone Blade A5 2019 in Russia, which will be offered in two color options - black and blue. The device runs on the Android 9.0 Pie operating system with the proprietary ZTE MiFavor 9.0 UI add-on. The electronic “brain” is the eight-core Unisoc SC9863A processor (up to 1,6 GHz), working in tandem with 2 GB […]
Sony Corporation considers the smartphone business an integral part of its brand portfolio, said Sony Corp President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida (pictured below) at a press conference to announce the company's business plan. This statement caused discontent among some investors, who believe that the Japanese company should abandon unprofitable production. Sony's consumer electronics business "has been focused on […]
The Python Project has published a proposal (PEP 594) for a major cleanup of the standard library. Both clearly outdated and highly specialized capabilities and components that have architectural problems and cannot be unified for all platforms are offered for removal from the Python standard library. For example, it is proposed to exclude modules such as crypt from the standard library (not available for Windows […]
On June 27-28, St. Petersburg will host the Conversations conference, the only event in Russia dedicated to conversational artificial intelligence technologies. How can developers make money from conversational AI? What are the pros, cons, and hidden capabilities of different conversational platforms and methodologies? How to repeat the success of other people's voice skills and chatbots with AI, but not repeat other people's epic failures? Over the course of two days, Conversations participants […]
1C Entertainment and Destructive Creations have announced that the historical strategy game Ancestors Legacy will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this summer. A version for Xbox One was already planned, and now it has been joined by a version for PlayStation 4. The porting is handled by the Danish studio Slipgate Ironworks (Rad Rodgers, Bombshell). The PlayStation 4 version of the game […]
The Open Mobile Platform (OMP) and Aquarius companies announced the porting of the Russian mobile operating system Aurora to Russian tablets manufactured by Aquarius. “Aurora” is the new name of the Sailfish Mobile OS Rus software platform. This operating system is designed for mobile devices, in particular smartphones and tablets. It is reported that the first Russian tablet based on Aurora was the Aquarius Cmp NS208 model. […]
Hello %username%. If you have a question right now: “Hey, what does part 2 mean - where’s the first?!” - come here urgently. Well, for those who are already familiar with the first part, let’s get straight to the point. Yes, and I know that for many, Friday has just begun - well, here’s a reason to get ready for the evening. […]
Today I will talk about one interesting device. They can heat the room by placing it under the window, like any other electric convector. They can be heated "wisely", according to any conceivable and unimaginable scenarios. He himself can easily control the smart home. You can play on it and (oh, Space!) even work. (carefully, a lot of large photos under the cut) On the front side, the device […]
According to Deadline, Constantin Film has received the film rights to the Just Cause video game series. The creator and screenwriter of the John Wick trilogy, Derek Kolstad, will be responsible for the plot of the film. The deal was concluded with Avalanche Studios and Square Enix, and the parties hope that the deal will not be limited to one film. The main character will again be the permanent Rico Rodriguez, […]
A year after the release of Perl 5.28.0, Perl 5.30.0 was released. Important changes: Added support for Unicode versions 11, 12 and draft 12.1; The upper limit "n" given in the regular expression quantifier of the form "{m, n}" has been doubled to 65534; Metacharacters in Unicode property value specifications are now partially supported; Added support for qr'N{name}'; Now you can compile Perl to […]
Back in March, Microsoft first announced Microsoft Defender ATP for Mac. Now, after internal testing of the product, the company announced that it has released a public preview version. Microsoft Defender has added localization in 37 languages, improved performance, and improved protection against unauthorized access. You can now send virus samples through the main program interface. There […]
Several sources immediately reported that the South Korean company Samsung may soon announce an “off-road” smartphone Galaxy Xcover 5. In particular, as noted, the new product has been submitted for certification by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The device appears under the code designation SM-G398F. For comparison: the Galaxy Xcover 4 model has the code SM-G389F. In addition, a Samsung smartphone with code SM-G398FN […]
