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The founder of QEMU and FFmpeg published the TSAC audio codec

French mathematician Fabrice Bellard, who founded the QEMU, FFmpeg, BPG, QuickJS, TinyGL and TinyCC projects, published the TSAC audio encoding format and associated tools for compressing and decompressing audio files. The format is aimed at transmitting data at very low bitrates, for example, 5.5 kb/s for mono and 7.5 kb/s for stereo, while maintaining […]

They started installing wooden blades on wind generators in Germany, but they didn’t look like mills

The German company Voodin Blade Technology has launched the process of pilot production of wind generator blades from laminated veneer lumber. These blades are completely recyclable, unlike modern blades made from fiberglass, epoxy resin and carbon fiber. The blades are produced on CNC machines and promise to be better than synthetic ones in a number of characteristics. Image source: Voodin Blade Technology Source: 3dnews.ru

LinkedIn turned out to be a secret competitor of social network X

Since Elon Musk bought Twitter (now X) in the fall of 2022, a variety of alternatives to the microblogging platform have emerged, from small startups and open source projects to well-funded resources like Threads by I**** ***m. Another unexpected competitor was the professional social network LinkedIn: at the end of March, it showed year-on-year growth in web traffic […]

Quarterly HDD sales approached 30 million units, and Western Digital took the lead

TrendFocus, according to the StorageNewsletter resource, has published the results of a study of the global HDD market in the first quarter of 2024. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, device shipments increased by 2,9%, reaching 29,68 million units. At the same time, the total capacity of sold drives jumped by 22% quarter-on-quarter - to 262,13 EB. It is noted that sales of Nearline discs during the period […]

KDE has removed the ability to install GNOME icon themes. Recent changes in KDE 6.1

Nate Graham, QA developer for the KDE project, has published a report on preparations for the KDE Plasma 6.1 release scheduled for June 18th, as well as the maintenance release 6.0.5 scheduled for May 21st. Among the changes added over the last week to the code base, on the basis of which update 6.0.5 will be formed: In the configurator, selecting a set […]

Nintendo has blocked 8535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator

Nintendo has sent a request to GitHub to block 8535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator. The claim has been submitted under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The projects are accused of bypassing security technologies used in Nintendo Switch consoles. Currently, GitHub has already complied with Nintendo's demands and blocked repositories with Yuzu forks. IN […]

Wine 9.8 release and Wine staging 9.8

An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API - Wine 9.8 - took place. Since the release of 9.7, 22 bug reports have been closed and 209 changes have been made. The most important changes: The Wine Mono engine with the implementation of the .NET platform has been updated to release 9.1.0. Files generated using the Interface Definition Language (IDL) involve components that fully support […]

In the first quarter, revenue from smartphone sales reached a seasonal high, shipments increased by 6%

Representatives of Counterpoint Research had already made comments the day before explaining the growth of Apple's revenue from iPhone sales in China with a reduction in shipments in physical terms, and they also published a report showing the growth of global revenue from smartphone sales to a seasonal high and an increase in shipments by 6%. Image source: AppleSource: 3dnews.ru

Chatbot Grok will summarize news information for subscribers of social network X

Software robots are already writing news materials, and now they are planned to be involved in summarizing relevant information on topics of interest to specific users. In any case, Elon Musk is going to offer such a service to premium X subscribers, using the capabilities of the chatbot Grok. Image source: Unsplash, Alexander ShatovSource: 3dnews.ru

Mediascope: Telegram’s average monthly coverage increased in Russia to 73%

The audience of the Telegram messenger, which has long been transformed into a social network thanks to expanded functionality, continues to grow. According to fresh data from research company Mediascope, in January-March 2024, Telegram's average monthly reach increased from 62 to 73% year-on-year, and average daily reach increased from 41 to 49%. Image source: Eyestetix Studio/unsplash.com Source: 3dnews.ru

New article: Indika - remember me in your kingdom. Review

Dostoevsky and Yorgos Lanthimos as sources of inspiration, Efim Shifrin as voice actor, 3th century Russia as a time and place. Yes, we're talking about a video game, and no, we're not raving. It’s just that one of the most interesting long-term construction projects of the domestic indie scene has finally come out - IndikaSource: XNUMXdnews.ru