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Action-platformer Katana ZERO has a specific release date for PC and Switch

Devolver Digital and Askiisoft have set a release date for the action-platformer Katana ZERO. The game will go on sale on PC and Nintendo Switch on April 18. The publisher accompanied the announcement with a fresh Katana ZERO trailer. It features both new and old footage of the protagonist brutally dealing with his opponents. In Katana ZERO you have to […]

This is what the new File Explorer might look like with Fluent Design

Microsoft announced the Fluent Design System concept a couple of years ago, shortly after the release of Windows 10. Gradually, developers introduced more and more Fluent Design elements into the top ten, added them to universal applications, and so on. But File Explorer has remained classic so far, even with the introduction of the ribbon interface. But now that has changed. As expected, 2019 may […]

And again about the second monitor from the tablet ...

Having turned out to be the owner of such an average tablet with a non-working sensor (the eldest son tried), he thought for a long time where to adapt it. Googled, googled and googled (one, two, Hacker #227), as well as many other recipes involving spacedesk, iDispla and some others. That's just bad luck - I have Linux. Googling some more, I found a few recipes and through a little shamanism I got an acceptable […]

The construction of the first stage of the Vostochny Cosmodrome is almost completed

Director General of the state corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that the creation of the first stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome is nearing completion. The new Russian cosmodrome is located in the Far East in the Amur Region, near the city of Tsiolkovsky. The construction of the first launch complex began in 2012, and the first launch took place in April 2016. According to Mr. Rogozin, the construction of the first stage of the Eastern [...]

Only one Glonass-K satellite will go into orbit in 2019

Plans for launching Glonass-K navigation satellites this year have been changed. This is reported by the RIA Novosti online publication, citing a source in the rocket and space industry. Glonass-K is a third-generation navigation apparatus (the first generation is Glonass, the second is Glonass-M). They differ from their predecessors in improved technical characteristics and an extended period of active existence. A special radio technical […]

Huawei Mate 30 may be the first smartphone with Kirin 985 processor

The first Huawei smartphone based on the proprietary flagship next-generation HiliSilicon Kirin 985 processor is likely to be the Mate 30. At least, this is what web sources report. According to updated data, the Kirin 985 chip will debut in the third quarter of this year. It will inherit the architecture features of the current Kirin 980 product: four ARM Cortex-A76 cores and four […]

56 million euros in fines - the results of the year with the GDPR

Published data on the total amount of fines for violations of the regulations. / photo Bankenverband PD Who published a report on the amount of fines The General Data Protection Regulation will turn one year only in May - however, European regulators have already summed up the interim results. In February 2019, a GDPR report was released by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the […]

What is generative music

This is a podcast with content creators. The guest of the issue is Alexey Kochetkov, CEO of Mubert, with a story about generative music and his vision of the future of audio content. listen in Telegram or in a web player subscribe to a podcast in iTunes or on HabrΓ© Alexey Kochetkov, CEO Mubert alinatestova: Since we are not only talking about text and conversational […]

IETF approves ACME, the standard for working with SSL certificates

The IETF has approved the Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) standard to help automate the acquisition of SSL certificates. Let's tell you how it works. / Flickr / Cliff Johnson / CC BY-SA Why the Standard Was Needed On average, it can take an administrator one to three hours to set up an SSL certificate for a domain. If you make a mistake, you will have to wait until the application is rejected, only after […]

You may not need Kubernetes

Girl on a scooter. Freepik illustration, Nomad logo by HashiCorp Kubernetes is a 300kg container orchestration gorilla. It works in some of the largest container systems in the world, but it comes at a cost. Especially expensive for small teams that have to spend a lot of time on support and a steep learning curve. For our team of four, that's too much overhead […]

The IT giant introduced a service-defined firewall

It will find application in data centers and the cloud. / photo Christiaan Colen CC BY-SA What is this technology VMware has introduced a new firewall that protects the network at the application level. The infrastructure of modern companies is built on thousands of services united in a common network. This expands the vector of potential hacker attacks. Classical firewalls are able to protect against attacks from outside, but are powerless […]

Firefox 66 is not friendly with PowerPoint Online

Firefox 66 recently released a new issue that forced Mozilla to stop rolling out the update. The issue is reported to be related to PowerPoint Online. The updated browser is reportedly unable to save text when entering it into an online presentation. Mozilla is currently testing fixes in its builds of Firefox Nightly, but until then, rolling out the […]