Software

Yuzu developer pays Nintendo $2.4 million to settle lawsuit, ceases all Switch and 3DS emulator operations

AMD to introduce AI-based upscaling, potentially matching DLSS

Something to look forward to: AMD's FSR image upscaling technology has avoided using AI until now, which has been a double-edged sword in its competition against Nvidia's DLSS and Intel's XeSS. A recent interview with AMD's CTO indicates that the company plans to pivot sharply toward AI in 2024, with gaming upscaling as one area of focus.

PowerToys brings custom keyboard shortcuts and a redesigned Color Picker

More than 100,000 GitHub repositories found spreading malicious packages

Microsoft is adding a Copilot icon to Windows 11 taskbar, here's how to hide it

Windows 10 sees resurgence in Steam survey, English is no longer the top language

WhatsApp scores major legal victory over Pegasus spyware maker, forcing it to provide closely-guarded code

Unreal Tournament and the original Unreal receive RTX path tracing mods

Get a Microsoft Office lifetime license for $33, no subscription required

Windows 11 now supports USB4 at 80Gbps, also known as USB4 2.0

Microsoft wants to supercharge financial applications with Copilot for Finance

In a nutshell: Microsoft has just introduced yet another feature for its Copilot service, an extension designed to provide "intelligent" advice and automations based on a company's own financial data. Privacy and data security have been taken into account, the company vows.

Microsoft's DirectSR aims to unify DLSS, FSR and XeSS upscaling technologies

Data Governance and Provenance: Two words that are critical to the future of generative AI

The US Department of Defense is using ML algorithms to find airstrike targets

Microsoft Office deal is down to $69 for a lifetime license

Tails 6.0 is now available, based on Debian 12

Microsoft breaks users' PCs again with latest Windows 11 update

Windows 11 24H2 will block processors that lack the SSE4.2 instruction set

FurMark 2 stress test adds OpenGL, Vulkan, and Linux support

Latest Windows Insider build hits the Canary Channel with Wi-Fi 7 support

Something to look forward to: Microsoft is improving support for newer connectivity options in the latest build of Windows 11. The next upgrade for the OS makes good use of the most recent Wi-Fi technology for super-fast, lag-free connections.

Windows 11's latest feature will eliminate reboots for OS updates

Something to look forward to: Already available in Xbox, hot patching would theoretically delight gamers – if it didn't require virtualization-based security to be turned on thus eroding performance. But many other Windows 11 users should be thrilled not to have to reboot every time there is a security update.

Helldivers 2 alleviates wait times by boosting server capacity to 700K, but is it really enough?

The Windows Photos app gets new AI object removal feature

Stable Diffusion 3.0 update (almost) perfects typography in generated images

Nvidia app launches in beta: Nvidia's new GPU control panel is much faster, no log in required

Something to look forward to: Nvidia is finally making long awaited, much needed changes to their graphics card software. Available now is a new beta application simply called the Nvidia App, which greatly improves the software experience for Nvidia GPU owners. While it doesn't contain all of its features just yet, the eventual goal is for the Nvidia App to replace the outdated Nvidia Control Panel and annoying GeForce Experience into a single unified application.