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Many have noticed that many millionaires are Jews. And among big bosses. And among great scientists (22% of Nobel laureates). That is, there are only about 0,2% of Jews among the world’s population, and incomparably more among the successful ones. How do they do this? Why are Jews so special I once heard about a study by an American university (the link is lost, but if anyone can […]
The Realme brand, owned by the Chinese company OPPO, has announced the Realme X Lite (or Realme X Youth Edition) smartphone, which will be offered at a price of $175. The new product is based on the Realme 3 Pro model, which debuted last month. The Full HD+ format screen (2340 × 1080 pixels) measures 6,3 inches diagonally. In a small cutout at the top [...]
Ubisoft continues to develop its tactical shooter Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. This time we are talking about the new Assault Squad operative Nøkk, who will be part of the second season of the 4th year of support for the game. She remained a dark horse for a long time - few people outside the Rainbow team know anything about her. The new teaser is dedicated to this character. Nøkk […]
AMD will present new products as part of the upcoming gaming exhibition E3 2019, which will be held from June 11 to 14 in Los Angeles. The Next Horizon Gaming event will be held on the “zero” day of the exhibition, June 10 (June 11 at 01:00 Moscow time), and AMD promises to present its “next-generation gaming products” at it. In the announcement dedicated […]
Foreword I delivered this report in English at the GopherCon Russia 2019 conference in Moscow and in Russian at the meetup in Nizhny Novgorod. It is about a bitmap index - less common than a B-tree, but no less interesting. I share a recording of a speech at a conference in English and a text transcript in Russian. We'll consider, […]
Recently, the French publisher Ubisoft presented Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, which will be the successor to Ghost Recon Wildlands. This is a third-person military shooter, the action of which takes place in a mysterious and dangerous open world - on the Auroa archipelago, and the main enemies will be trained and armed to the teeth special forces. You can fight either alone or in co-op […]
Intel has published information about a new class of vulnerabilities in its processors - MDS (Microarchitectural Data Sampling). Like past Specter attacks, the new issues could lead to leakage of proprietary data from the operating system, virtual machines, and foreign processes. It is alleged that the problems were first identified by Intel employees and partners during an internal audit. In June and August […]
Yesterday there was a presentation of the flagship smartphone OnePlus 7 Pro, which received a solid display, devoid of any notches or cutouts for the front camera. The usual solution has been replaced by a special block with a camera, which extends from the upper end of the body. To prove the strength of this design, the developers filmed a video showing a smartphone lifting a 49,2 lb (approximately 22,3 kg) block attached […]
Publisher Ubisoft continues to develop its cooperative action role-playing game in the open world of Tom Clancy's The Division 2. On May 16 at 19:00 Moscow time, an 8-person raid will be available to all players. Operation Dark Hours will appear immediately on all supported platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. As the developers note, the raid will be the most severe test among [...]
Developers from Blue Manchu studio have announced the release date of their strategic shooter Void Bastards. The project, whose authors were inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, will be available on Steam and Xbox One on May 29. Xbox Game Pass subscribers will be able to download it at no additional cost. “Forget everything you know about first-person shooters: in Void […]
Publisher Paradox Interactive has presented a new story addition to its sci-fi strategy Stellaris. It's called Ancient Relics and will soon be available on Steam for Windows and macOS. On this occasion, the developers presented a trailer. Add-ons for Stellaris enrich the gaming environment with new content and features. To date, Stellaris has received three story DLCs - Leviathans, Synthetic Dawn […]
It is possible that Russia will create a constellation of small satellites designed to explore the Arctic regions. According to the online publication RIA Novosti, Leonid Makridenko, head of the VNIIEM corporation, spoke about this. We are talking about launching six devices. It will be possible to deploy such a grouping, according to Mr. Makridenko, within three to four years, that is, until the middle of the next decade. It is assumed that […]
