In the public roadmap for Unreal Engine 5.1, Epic Games promises, among other things, to improve the engine’s Lumen lighting system. Furthermore, improvements must be made in this engine version for the Nanite system and the automated pso system. First major update coming to Unreal Engine 5 since Release in April It focuses, among other […]
Alleged GeForce GTX prototype with ray tracing core appeared on eBay – Computer – News
A Reddit user managed to get a purported engineering sample of an unreleased Nvidia GeForce GTX 2080 from eBay. The graphics card is technically the only GeForce series that has a GPU with ray tracing hardware. It will likely be an engineer’s sample of the GTX 2080, which will later be renamed the RTX 2080. […]
.Community – How fellow developers choose their next PC – IT Pro – News
Of course you know what you use your computer for, what you pay attention to when putting together a new desktop and what new technologies you look forward to most. But what about your fellow coaches? In April we asked you to participate in the annual competition Tweakers Hardware Research. Several thousand trainers took the […]
Facebook is testing end-to-end encryption enabled by default ‘in some’ – IT Pro – News
I think the PR department picked this perfect moment. The problem is that Facebook has to abandon those conversations if the government demands it. This is also the case here in the Netherlands. Now they can say “but using it for this is so far away for us, that we’re going to roll out E2EE […]
James Webb Space Telescope shows ‘baby age in universe’
James Webb’s images show countless galaxies far away, each made up of billions of stars. Contrary to what you might expect, it is the barely visible points of light that are of primary interest to astronomers. Some of these galaxies are so far away that we can look back to 250 million years after the […]
Apple appears to be dealing with beta iOS profile sites – IT Pro – News
From experience I can say that interpretation of Beta & RC varies between companies and developers. For me and according to Wikipedia too, the beta version is almost ready in terms of functionality. That’s why the word “off” was also in the quotes. The beta phase generally starts when the software feature is complete but […]
Blizzard will stop selling loot boxes in Overwatch this month – Gaming – News
No, because everything that was in the loot boxes came back later, at a reduced “price” in the case of special events. If you miss skins during certain events, you know that you can definitely unlock them in the same event a year later, both via loot chests and via in-game currency. If you really […]
Spotify introduces new feeds dedicated to music and podcasts – Computer – News
Spotify is releasing a revamped home screen design this week, first for the Android app and later for the iOS variant. The Audio app now shows enhanced personalized suggestions across categories of Music, Podcasts, and Shows. At the top of the Spotify app’s home screen, there are now two buttons, Music and Podcasts, and Shows. […]
Nokia announces likely ‘sustainable’ subscription to rental phones – tablets and phones – news
It’s a little out of the way but come on, again Of course there is always an exception somewhere, but I don’t know if this is really as good a deal as it sounds. I do not doubt the correctness of your calculations, but the calculation does not show the whole picture. Let’s start with […]
Take-Two postpones Marvel’s Midnight Suns to March 31, 2023 – Games – News
Marvel’s turn-based tactical RPG Marvel’s Midnight Suns from XCOM will not release on October 7, but will be pushed back to “later in the fiscal year.” Publisher Take-Two’s fiscal year ends on March 31. PS4, Xbox One, and Switch versions will be released later. Veraxis writes on twitter The match has been postponed “to make […]