Results of the past week on Habré. In this digest - the most important, interesting and high-profile events that we talked about in the last seven days. Huawei has found a replacement for American components, the GPU market will soon be replenished with new products, and in Russia, meanwhile, they are blocking the largest photobank. The Russian authorities have signed a number of resonant laws that will seriously affect the IT sphere, and the e-sports team is preparing to hold the world's first IPO.
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1. Huawei has found a replacement with American components for new smartphones
Media reported that Huawei was able to change the production cycle of mobile devices, replacing previously used elements of American manufacturers with similar functional chips from the Netherlands, Taiwan and Japan. The first such device was the smartphone Huawei Mate 30 Pro announced in September 2019 with a curved display and wide-angle cameras. In its new smartphones and cellular architecture, including for 5G base stations, Huawei uses components such as HiSilicon's power amplifiers, which is a subsidiary of Huawei; audio chips of the Dutch company NXP Semiconductors NV; chips for the wireless systems of the Taiwanese company MediaTek and the Japanese company Murata.
2. Imagination introduced the “most productive” GPU in 15 years with a “wide range of applications"
Imagination Technologies showed a series of graphic cores IMG A. According to the company, they became the most productive in 15 years. IMG A demonstrates a 2.5-fold increase in productivity, an 8-fold acceleration in machine learning processes with 60% less consumption. The series scales performance from 1 pixel per clock for entry-level solutions to 2 teraflops cores for productive devices, as well as multi-core platforms for servicing cloud services. Meanwhile, Amazon is completing work on a new server processor , which will be based on the ARM architecture and may be at least 20% more powerful than the previous Graviton processor.
3. Kali Linux got a secret mode that disguises it under Windows 10
GNU / Linux distribution Kali Linux received a new undercover mode, which changes the look of Kali Linux and makes it look like Windows 10. To start it, you need to search the menu or the following command in the terminal: kali-undercover. The script will change the desktop theme on the theme of Windows 10. Then, the mode can be switched back.
Failure
1. Roskomnadzor blocked Shutterstock's photobank
Roskomnadzor restricted access to several pages of the world's largest shutterstock photo bank, but a number of Internet providers have already blocked access to the entire site.
ILV blocked three pages related to suicide, one with a photo of the Russian flag in an indecent place, and another with a still life with marijuana.
2. Mozilla removed Avast and AVG products from the extension directory due to spying on users
Mozilla has removed four extensions from its Firefox catalog that Avast and its daughter AVG created. Avast Online Security, AVG Online Security, Avast SafePrice and AVG SafePrice due to user data collection. These extensions allowed you to view your browsing history in a browser. Avast promised in collaboration with Mozilla to solve the problem. At the same time, in 2013, the company bought Jumpshot, a resource that collects “click data”.
3. TikTok limits video coverage to LGBT people and people with disabilities
Journalists found that TikTok moderators label people with disabilities, autism, Down syndrome, as well as sex minorities, “strange and fat people who are happy with themselves.” Videos of such users fall out of the list of recommendations faster and are shown only in the author’s country. The owner of the social network said that it protects vulnerable users from bullying. The category of especially vulnerable users was labeled “Auto R” after 6,000 - 10,000 views of their videos. The videos of these authors fall out of the recommendations and no longer appear in the For-You-Feed.
Awaiting
1. Putin signed the law on the mandatory pre-installation of Russian software on gadgets
The President signed the law, according to which, from July 1, 2020 it will be impossible to sell some types of “technically sophisticated goods” without preinstalling Russian software. At the same time, both manufacturers and sellers of electronic devices asked Putin not to sign the law . The letter was sent by the Association of trading companies and manufacturers of electrical and computer equipment, which includes Google, Apple, Samsung, Intel, Dell, M.video and other large companies. Putin has signed yet another sensational law , which provides for multimillion-dollar fines for Internet companies for each new refusal to provide FBS with encryption keys for user correspondence. For legal entities, they will make up from 2 to 6 million ₽, for officials - from 100 thousand to 500 thousand ₽. There is also a tougher punishment for storing personal data of Russians outside the Russian Federation.
2. The world's first IPO of an e-sports team is being prepared - it will be held by the champions in Counter-Strike
Soon, the first in the world IPO eSports team will take place. It will be led by the Danish team Astralis, which is the world champion in Counter-Strike. Trading in Astralis shares starts on December 9 at the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Denmark in Copenhagen. The organization plans to raise $ 18-22 million. It has already managed to conclude preliminary transactions for the purchase of shares for $ 8 million.
3. Star Citizen has raised $ 250 million through crowdfunding
Cloud Imperium Games reported that Star Citizen was able to raise a quarter of a billion US dollars through crowdfunding. The game received its first $ 6 million in 2012. Despite the fact that she never came out in November 2014, the developers continued to raise money. By the way, the process of collecting money can be observed in real time. We are waiting for new records.
Fun
1. Doom fan launched the game on a 20-year-old camera
Video blogger LazyGameReviews showed how he launched DOOM on the 1998 Kodak Digital Science DC260 ZOOM. The camera has its own open OS, as well as a 66 MHz PowerPC processor, 8 MB of RAM, a color screen, a sound chip and a D-Pad. For the game, the blogger used the DOOMD (Doom for Digital) port.
2. 3.5 '' autographed diskette by Steve Jobs and his business card were sold for $ 89,490 (~ 5.7 million ₽)
At the RR Auction on December 4, a 3.5-inch autograph signed by Steve Jobs and his Apple Computer business card with a colorful rainbow logo went under the hammer. In just seven years since 2012, seventeen lots related to Steve Jobs worth more than $ 600,000 were sold on this online service.
Fiction: the whole truth about railway brakes
The author of the train simulator Russian Railway Simulator, at the request of readers, wrote about how brake systems are arranged in railway transport. The material came out in four parts - enough for the whole weekend: first , second , third and fourth .
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