Oppo A79 smartphone presented on Dimensity 6020 chip with price of $240
Oppo introduced the Oppo A79 mid-level smartphone running Android 13 with the proprietary ColorOS 13.1 shell out of the box. Image source: GSMArena.comSource: 3dnews.ru
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Google turns in-ear headphones into a heart rate monitor with just one software update
Google has announced audio plethysmography (APG) research that has enabled heart rate monitoring to be added to active noise-canceling headphones “with a simple software update.” Image source: 9to5GoogleSource: 3dnews.ru
Major Telegram update: new replies, custom link previews and personal colors
Telegram has released an update to the Telegram 10.2 messenger, containing a number of new features and functionality, including “Answers 2”, flexible link settings, personal colors and much more. The “Replies 2” function will allow you to quote a certain part of the interlocutor’s message in replies, which will be highlighted when moving from the answer. Answers can also be sent to other chats, and when you click on the quoted text […]
Snoop Project v1.3.9
Open source software. The main functionality of the Snoop Project is to track down “username” in public data, in addition there are various OSINT plugins. Snoop Project is included in the register of domestic software of the Russian Federation with the declared code 26.30.11.16: Software that ensures the implementation of established actions during operational investigative activities: No. 7012 order 07.10.2020 No. 515. Snoop Project was developed based on research work in the field of scraping […]
Wine 8.19 release
An experimental release of an open implementation of WinAPI - Wine 8.19 - took place. Since the release of version 8.18, 44 bug reports have been closed and 225 changes have been made. The most important changes: The Wine Mono engine with the implementation of the .NET platform has been updated to release 8.1.0. The development of the winewayland.drv driver has continued, allowing the use of Wine in environments based on the Wayland protocol without using XWayland and […]
The code of the Dagor Engine game engine has been opened, which will be used by VK in Nau Engine
Gaijin Entertainment has open-sourced the Dagor Engine, which has been in development for over 20 years and has been used to create games such as 3D shooters Enlisted, Crossout and CRSED: FOAD, action-adventure Blades of Time, flight simulator Apache: Air Assault and battle simulator War Thunder. The engine supports platforms Windows, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3-5, […]
Microsoft has optimized the Xbox Windows app for portable consoles
Microsoft has begun testing an updated version of the Xbox application for Windows 11, which has been adapted to work on portable devices with small screens. First of all, the new version of the software is aimed at portable consoles on Windows, which have recently gained high popularity. In compact mode, the size of the left panel has been significantly reduced, The Verge clarified. Image source: […]
Japanese scientists have developed cobalt-free lithium batteries with 60% greater energy storage density
Cobalt is not only an expensive and relatively rare element, but also ideologically toxic, since people are believed to suffer when it is mined in the Congo. Japanese scientists have managed to create cobalt-free lithium-ion batteries that have a higher charge storage density and can still be produced on existing production lines. Image source: University of Tokyo, NikkeiSource: 3dnews.ru
Chinese YMTC started supplying 232-layer QLC 3D NAND before anyone else, and American sanctions did not stop it
Back in November last year, the Chinese company YMTC announced the start of mass production of 232-layer QLC 3D NAND memory, ahead of competitors such as Kioxia and SK hynix. Even Micron Technology, with its 232-layer TLC 3D NAND memory, is slightly behind its Chinese rival, which has long been under US sanctions. This week, evidence emerged that the frontline […]
AI chatbot Google Bard has learned to show answers in real time and can be cut off mid-phrase
The Google Bard chatbot can now answer the user’s questions in real time: if previously it sent an answer only when it finished forming it, now you can watch the writing of the answer directly as it is generated. In addition, it became possible to cut off the answer in the middle of a sentence or mid-sentence. Image source: GoogleSource: 3dnews.ru
New article: Gamesblender No. 646: horrors of Cities: Skylines II optimization, Star Citizen “story” reveal, release of Ark: Survival Ascended and successor to Planet Annihilation
GamesBlender is with you, a weekly video digest of gaming industry news from 3DNews.ru. Somewhere the first frosts have already hit and the windows have slightly frosted over Halloween, which means November is close. In this issue, we will plunge into the horrors of optimization of Cities: Skylines II, tell you why Steam has gone green, and arrange a particularly cruel verbal-semantic slasher. Source: 3dnews.ru
New article: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - two friendly neighbors. Review
Within 2 hours, the new Marvel's Spider-Man 3 sold two million copies. After the resounding success of the first part, this was expected, but did the new product deserve such sales, or did the audience simply buy into a familiar brand? The answer is obvious, but we still talk about the game in the review. Source: XNUMXdnews.ru