Will Arc A-Series GPUs Get Precompiled Shader Support? Here's What Intel Says

You may recall that just a couple of days ago we posted about Intel's new Arc Graphics Precompiled Shader Distribution. This is an implementation of Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery, where gamers ...

Intel joins Microsoft in a push to load PC games faster — up to 37X

Intel is releasing the first iteration of the Intel Graphics Shader Distribution Service, a new distribution program that ...
Sportskeeda

Iris Shaders successor announced ahead of Minecraft Java transition from OpenGL to Vulkan

Minecraft Java recently announced a series of changes, including a much-needed transition from OpenGL to Vulkan. However, the new graphics API will significantly improve performance and graphical ...
The Financial Times

European businesses demand EU put competitiveness talk into action

Good morning. You’re going to hear a lot of chat about EU competitiveness over the coming week. Today, the continent’s biggest business lobby demands a little less conversation and a lot more action.
The Verge

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit

The company claims it’s a cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to land-based centers. The company claims it’s a cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to land-based ...
The New Yorker

Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?

When Oliver Sacks arrived in New York City, in September, 1965, he wore a butter-colored suit that reminded him of the sun. He had just spent a romantic week in Europe travelling with a man named Jenö ...
PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 cuts its install size from '~154GB to ~23GB' in a beta you can opt into now, defeating liberty-hating storage reqs with 'no functional differences' between versions

Third Person Shooter Helldivers 2's big beefy build is going away for good, because Arrowhead is 'confident that players are having a great experience' with the new skinny version Third Person Shooter ...
Foreign Affairs

How to Put IR Theory Into Practice

America’s grand strategy is in turmoil. Over the past decade, power shifts, territorial disputes, and the faltering of international institutions have fueled an increasingly heated debate about what ...
New York Post

Raging anti-ICE protester forgets to put car in park, watches it sink into lake while yelling at agent arresting illegal alien

An enraged protester who jumped out of her SUV to yell at ICE agents arresting an illegal migrant was left humiliated when her vehicle rolled into a Massachusetts lake. The woman, who hasn’t been ...
Newsweek

ICE Warden Put Transgender Detainees into Forced Labor Program: Complaint

A transgender Mexican national held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Louisiana has told Newsweek that he endured months of physical and emotional abuse in federal ...
Electronic Design

The Evolution of Shaders—And What It Says About Moore’s Law

Jon Peddie traces the evolution of GPUs from fixed-function pipelines to today’s AI-era shader giants and shows how the improvements have outpaced Moore’s Law. Timeline of shader development. The role ...