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Japan begins testing next-generation passenger train with a maximum speed of 400 km/h

Testing of the new generation Alfa-X bullet train begins in Japan. The express, which will be produced by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Hitachi, is capable of reaching a maximum speed of 400 km/h, although it will transport passengers at a speed of 360 km/h. The launch of the new generation Alfa-X is scheduled for 2030. Before this, as the DesignBoom resource notes, the bullet train will undergo tests […]

Release of Proton 4.2-4, a package for running Windows games on Linux

Valve has published a build of the Proton 4.2-4 project, which is based on the developments of the Wine project and is aimed at running on Linux gaming applications created for Windows and presented in the Steam catalog. The developments of the project are distributed under the BSD license. As soon as it is ready, the changes developed in Proton are transferred to the original Wine and related projects, such as DXVK and vkd3d. […]

Release of VirtualBox 6.0.8

An update to the virtualization system VirtualBox 6.0.8 has been released. The main changes include: Correction of errors during the assembly of kernel modules with a non-standard configuration. Fixed errors when trying to restore from a saved VM state. Change in UI: added display of full paths to files in the New Medium window. UI change: Fixed problems with forwarding mouse clicks in multi-screen VM configurations. […]

Using AppDynamics with Red Hat OpenShift v3

In recent times, many organizations want their applications to move from monoliths to microservices using "platform as a service" (PaaS), such as RedHat OpenShift v3, AppDynamics has made significant investments in providing first-class integration with such providers. AppDynamics integrates its agents with RedHat OpenShift v3 using Source-to-Image (S2I) methodologies. S2I is a tool for assembling playable […]

Video: space simulator In The Black will receive ray tracing support

The team at Impeller Studios, which includes the developers of games like Crysis and Star Wars: X-Wing, has been working on creating a multiplayer space simulator for some time. Recently, the developers presented the final title of their project - In The Black. It is deliberately somewhat ambiguous and symbolizes both space and profit: the name can be translated either β€œInto the Darkness” or β€œWithout […]

The Tesla Model Y crossover appeared on public roads for the first time

About two months ago, Tesla officially introduced the Model Y electric crossover. And now this car is seen on public roads for the first time. The electric car appeared in dark blue with black rims. The size of the latter can be 18, 19 or 20 inches. It is noted that the photo was taken on the streets of San Jose in California (USA). Apparently the car […]

Taiwanese Memory Module Manufacturers Flee China

Since five years ago, China's GDP approached and overtook the value of this most important economic indicator in the United States, the Chinese authorities have ceased to be accommodating and accommodating at the international level. This forces the US authorities to move to the introduction of sanctions in the form of protective duties. So, last week, a wide range of Chinese-made […]

Lenovo ThinkCentre Nano M90n: ultra-compact business desktops

As part of the Accelerate event, Lenovo introduced the new productive ThinkCenter Nano M90n mini-PCs. The developer positions workstations as the smallest class devices currently on the market. Although the series PC is only a third the size of the ThinkCenter Tiny, it is capable of delivering high levels of performance. The dimensions of the ThinkCenter Nano M90n are 178 Γ— […]

Intel: You Don't Need to Disable Hyper-Threading to Protect Against ZombieLoad

If the previous news about ZombieLoad has you panicking about how to disable Intel Hyper-Threading to prevent exploitation of a new vulnerability similar to Specter and Meltdown, then take a deep breath - official Intel guidance actually doesn't recommend doing this for most cases. ZombieLoad is similar to previous side-channel attacks that force Intel processors to open […]

Case impressions confirm new camera system for future iPhones

Another confirmation has appeared on the Internet that the 2019 Apple iPhone smartphones will receive a new main camera. Web sources have published an image of the imprint of the cases of future devices, which are now listed under the names iPhone XS 2019, iPhone XS Max 2019 and iPhone XR 2019. As you can see, in the upper left corner on the back of the devices there is a camera with […]

Fighting game Samurai Shodown will be released in the West on June 25

SNK has announced the release date for the fighting game Samurai Shodown for the West. The game will be available on PS4 and Xbox One on June 25, that is, two days before the Japanese premiere. Let's remember that in early April, SNK announced that the Japanese release would take place on June 27. At that time, they did not give an exact number for Western markets, they only promised to release Samurai Shodown in […]