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Android found a dangerous long-term vulnerability

Positive Technologies announces the discovery of a very dangerous vulnerability in current versions of the Android mobile operating system. An error was found in the WebView component. It allows you to access the sensitive data of Android users through an installed malicious application or an application with instant launch (Android instant apps). The issue affects Android 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 and earlier editions of the operating system. […]

NPD Group: Switch became the best-selling console in February, and Anthem became the best-selling game

Despite the fact that Anthem was heavily criticized by both journalists and players, and the action role-playing game itself experienced a lot of problems at launch (many of which are still not resolved), it became the best-selling game of the past month in the US. Analyst firm NPD Group reported that BioWare's online game not only took the lead in February, but […]

Ratings, tops, reviews - all lie?

Hey Habr! Today we will talk about ratings, tops, reviews and all kinds of reviews that our clients are guided by when choosing software. It would never have occurred to me in my life to start this mini-investigation about CRM ratings, if not for a tough discussion with the user gennayo, where we discussed ways to choose a CRM and […]

Waves smart assets: blacklists and whitelists, interval trading

In the previous two articles, we talked about smart accounts and how they can be used to run auctions and create loyalty programs, as well as help ensure the transparency of financial instruments. Now we will look at smart assets and several use cases for them, including freezing assets and creating restrictions on transactions at given addresses. Waves Smart Assets allow users to overlay scripts […]

Increasing the density of containers on a node using PFCACHE technology

One of the goals of the hosting provider is to maximize the utilization of existing equipment in order to provide quality service to end users. The resources of end servers are always limited, but the number of hosted client services, and in our case we are talking about VPS, can differ significantly. Read about how to climb a tree and eat a burger under the cut. Seal the VPS on the node so that […]

Video: NVIDIA showed its version of Quake II RTX in ultra widescreen mode

During the presentation at GDC 2019, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang spoke about the new version of the legendary Quake II shooter from 1997. Previously, we published screenshots of this version of the game, and now a video has appeared on the official NVIDIA channel, in which you can evaluate the changes more clearly. Recall: the classic shooter received support for full-fledged global illumination based on […]

The authors of Crypt of the NecroDancer are working on her spiritual successor with the heroes of Zelda

We have already seen Mario in games not created by internal Nintendo studios - just remember Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. But remembering something like that in the Zelda universe is already more difficult. Therefore, the announcement of Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda was a complete surprise for fans of the series. The project, as you might guess, combines […]

Shooter Bright Memory: Episode 1 will be relaunched as a finished Bright Memory: Infinite

Bright Memory: Infinite, a reboot of the Steam Early Access release Bright Memory: Episode 4, has been announced by FYQD for PC, PlayStation 1 and Xbox One. Bright Memory: Infinite is a first-person shooter set in the year 2036. Strange phenomena are appearing in the skies around the world that scientists cannot explain. The mysterious Supernatural Research Organization (Super Nature […]

Foldable iPhone X Fold through the eyes of a designer

Following the presentation of foldable Android smartphones by Samsung and Huawei, some designers presented their vision of Apple's foldable iPhone. In particular, the resource 9to5mac.com published a gallery of images of the iPhone X Fold concept, proposed by graphic designer Antonio De Rosa. The concept is a mobile device similar to two iPhones connected together with a common flexible screen, […]

Monoblock Apple iMac has become twice as powerful

Apple has officially unveiled the new generation iMac all-in-one desktop computers: for the first time, all-in-one PCs received ninth-generation Intel Core processors. Computers were announced with a 21,5-inch Full HD display (1920 × 1080 pixels) and a Retina 4K panel with a resolution of 4096 × 2304 pixels. The basic package includes an integrated graphics controller Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640, and optional […]

Qualcomm QCS400 chips are designed for speakers with a "smart" assistant

Qualcomm has announced the QCS400 series of chips that will be used in smart speakers, acoustic panels and other audio devices for the modern home. The family includes products QCS403, QCS404, QCS405 and QCS407. All of them provide support for Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 5.1 wireless communications, as well as Zigbee technology. Chip-based devices can be equipped with an array of four microphones for […]