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The Yandex.Auto media system will appear in LADA, Renault and Nissan cars

Yandex has become the official supplier of software for multimedia car systems of Renault, Nissan and AVTOVAZ. We are talking about the Yandex.Auto platform. It provides access to various services - from a navigation system and browser to music streaming and weather forecast. The platform involves the use of a single, well-thought-out interface and voice control tools. Thanks to Yandex.Auto, drivers can interact with intelligent […]

What else is on the radio? Broadcasting on HF (DXing)

This publication complements the series of articles “What can you hear on the radio?” topic about shortwave radio broadcasting. The massive amateur radio movement in our country began with the assembly of simple radio receivers for listening to broadcast radio stations. The design of the detector receiver was first published in the magazine “Radio Amateur”, No. 7, 1924. Mass radio broadcasting in the USSR began in 1922 on “wave three thousand […]

OtherSide Wouldn't Want to Publish System Shock 3

OtherSide Entertainment is currently communicating with interested publishing partners in the hope that one of them will release System Shock 3. Let us recall that the deal with Starbreeze Studios was terminated due to the latter's dire financial situation. The Swedish company Starbreeze Studios is currently in a difficult situation. In an attempt to reduce costs, she sold the publishing rights to System […]

Serial production of ZETTA electric cars in Russia will begin in December

By the end of this year, serial production of all-electric ZETTA city cars will be organized in Tolyatti, as reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The named electric car is the brainchild of the ZETTA group of companies, which includes structures of various profiles (engineering, prototyping, production and supply of components to automotive industry enterprises). The compact car has a three-door design, and inside there is space for four people - the driver [...]

What will happen on February 1, 2020?

TL;DR: Starting in February 2020, DNS servers that do not support processing DNS queries over both UDP and TCP may stop working. This is a continuation of the post “What will happen on February 1?” dated January 24, 2019 The reader is advised to skim the first part of the story to understand the context. Bangkok, in general, is a place for everyone. Of course, it’s warm, cheap, and the kitchen […]

Ram recalls 410 pickups due to defective rear door lock

The Ram brand, owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, announced late last week a recall of 410 Ram 351, 1500 and 2500 pickup trucks. We are talking about models released during 3500-2015, which are subject to recall due to a defect in the rear door lock. . It should be noted that the recall does not affect the 2017 Ram 1500 model, which has undergone severe […]

Thermalright Macho Rev. C: new version of the popular cooler with improved fan

Thermalright has released another updated version of its popular Macho CPU cooler (HR-02). The new product is called Macho Rev. C and from the previous version with the designation Rev. B, it features a faster fan and a slightly different arrangement of radiator fins. Let us also recall that the first version of Macho HR-02 appeared back in 2011. Cooling system Macho Rev. C […]

QA: Hackathons

The final part of the hackathon trilogy. In the first part, I talked about the motivation to participate in such events. The second part was devoted to the mistakes of the organizers and their results. The final part will answer questions that did not fit into the first two parts. Tell us how you started participating in hackathons. I studied for a master's degree at the University of Lappeenranta while simultaneously solving competitions in […]

Double post-apocalyptic RAD roguelike from the authors of Psychonauts will begin in late summer

Californian studio Double Fine Productions has set a release date for its post-apocalyptic 20D action game RAD, announced in the March Nintendo Direct. The release will take place on August 4 on PlayStation XNUMX, Xbox One, PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch. In Russia, the game will be released with subtitles in Russian from SoftClub. RAD is not like other games about life after the end […]

The authors of World War Z wanted to make a remake of Half-Life 2, but Valve banned

Saber Interactive celebrated the recent release of the cooperative zombie shooter World War Z. GameWatcher interviewed Matthew Karch, co-founder of the studio. He said that before working on the project, the studio wanted to make a remake of Half-Life 2, but was refused by Valve. After re-releasing Halo XNUMX and XNUMX for the Master Chief Collection, the team wanted to create something big. Matthew […]

3CX integration with Office 365 via Azure API

PBX 3CX v16 of the Pro and Enterprise editions offers full integration with Office 365 applications. In particular, it has been implemented: Synchronization of Office 365 users and 3CX extensions (users). Synchronization of personal contacts of Office users and personal address book 3CX. Synchronization of the statuses (busy) of the Office 365 user calendar and the status of the 3CX extension. To make outgoing calls from the web […]

Washington temporarily eases trade restrictions on Huawei

The US government has temporarily eased trade restrictions imposed last week on Chinese company Huawei Technologies. The US Department of Commerce has granted Huawei a temporary license from May 20 to August 19, allowing it to purchase US-made products to support existing networks and software updates for existing Huawei phones. At the same time, the world's largest [...]