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Two Chinese students attending college in Oregon are accused of fraud. According to The Oregonian, they face criminal prosecution due to the fact that they illegally received almost $1 million from Apple by taking advantage of gaps in the company's return policy. Beginning in 2017, two suspects allegedly smuggled thousands of […]
To ensure the efficient operation of data centers today, a lot of electricity is spent. In 2013, US data centers alone consumed about 91 billion kilowatt-hours of energy, which is equal to the annual output of 34 large coal-fired power plants. Electricity remains one of the main cost items of data center companies, so they are making attempts to improve the efficiency of the computing infrastructure. To do this, various technical […]
The Shenango system is planned to be used in data centers. / photo Marco Verch CC BY According to one of the providers, data centers use only 20-40% of available computing power. At high loads, this figure can reach 60%. This distribution of resources leads to the emergence of so-called "zombie servers". These are machines that sit idle most of the time, wasting electricity. Today, 30% of servers in […]
Today we will look at the history of the term, discuss the difficulties of implementing CI, and provide several popular tools that will help you work with it. / Flickr / Altug Karakoc / CC BY / Photo modified The term Continuous Integration is an approach to application development that involves frequent project builds and code testing. The goal is to make the integration process predictable [...]
The reboot of the Ratchet & Clank franchise in 2016 did not become a worldwide hit, but received good ratings from users and critics. This gives fans hope to see the long-awaited sequel in the near future. The first rumors about him have already appeared on the Internet thanks to the former editor of IGN and Kinda Funny publications Colin Moriarty. A journalist on the KnockBack podcast mentioned […]
Remedy Entertainment has the rights to Alan Wake, but that doesn't mean the game will get a sequel in the coming years. However, the VG247 portal found out that the developers had already tried to create the second part, but nothing came of it. PR director Thomas Puha told VG247 that Alan Wake 2 was in development a few years ago. "We've been working on Alan […]
Studio Bluepoint Games, known for the remasters of Shadow of the Colossus and the Uncharted trilogy, has been working on a secret project for almost a year. Back in July 2018, the authors opened vacancies to work on some kind of “classic project”. And recently, representatives of the company slightly opened the veil of secrecy. Bluepoint Games CTO Peter Dalton stated: “For us, Shadow of the Colossus […]
In February-March 2019, a competition was held to rank the social network feed SNA Hackathon 2019, in which our team took first place. In the article I will talk about the organization of the competition, the methods we tried, and the catboost settings for training on big data. SNA Hackathon A hackathon under this name is being held for the third time. It is organized by the social network [...]
Panasonic has announced the Lumix G Vario 14-140mm / F3.5-5.6 II ASPH lens. / POWER OIS (H-FSA14140) for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. The new product is an improved version of the H-FS14140 model. In particular, protection against splashes and dust has been implemented, which expands the scope of use of optics. The design includes 14 elements in 12 groups, including three aspherical […]
The 120 MW solar plant will help replace the coal-fired power plant, which is scheduled to be decommissioned by 2025. According to network sources, the American company Idaho Power has entered into a 20-year agreement, according to which the company will purchase energy from a 120 MW solar power plant. The construction of the station is carried out by Jackpot Holdings. The main feature of the contract is that […]
The delegation of the state corporation Roscosmos, headed by its CEO Dmitry Rogozin, discussed with the leadership of Kazakhstan issues of cooperation in the field of space activities. In particular, they discussed the creation of the Baiterek space rocket complex. This joint project between Russia and Kazakhstan was launched back in 2004. The main goal is to launch spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with environmentally friendly […]
The problem of data compression, in its simplest form, can relate to numbers and their notations. Numbers can be denoted by numerals ("eleven" for the number 11), mathematical expressions ("two in the twentieth" for 1048576), string expressions ("five nines" for 99999), proper names ("the number of the beast" for 666, "the year of Turing's death " for 1954), or arbitrary combinations thereof. Any designation that […]