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Forward-looking: Recent big game releases appear to confirm that ray tracing and path tracing are the future of graphics rendering. However, these techniques remain prohibitively computationally expensive. The next major update to Microsoft’s DirectX API aims to address this and facilitate broader adoption of the technology. Microsoft’s GDC presentation this week offered a glimpse into … Read more

Every Uber driver in the UK will be eligible for 20 hours of free childcare under a new scheme intended to get more women driving taxis. They will be able to use the allowance through a nannying and babysitting app for the rest of 2025. “We really, really would like to attract more female drivers … Read more

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), working alongside the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), has enlisted the support of tech giant IBM for their joint goals of improving diversity in Britain’s rapidly expanding cyber security industry. The partnership will see IBM provide the online platform used to run the NCSC’s flagship … Read more

Spotted by TorrentFreak, AGCOM Commissioner Massimiliano Capitanio took to LinkedIn to celebrate the ruling, as well as the existence of the Italian Piracy Shield. “The Judge confirmed the value of AGCOM’s investigations, once again giving legitimacy to a system for the protection of copyright that is unique in the world,” said Capitanio. Capitanio went on … Read more

On Wednesday, web infrastructure provider Cloudflare announced a new feature called “AI Labyrinth” that aims to combat unauthorized AI data scraping by serving fake AI-generated content to bots. The tool will attempt to thwart AI companies that crawl websites without permission to collect training data for large language models that power AI assistants like ChatGPT. … Read more

Samsung achieved an industry-first by shipping EUV DRAM in 2020. Today, it has begun mass production of the industry’s smallest 14nm EUV DRAM. The importance of this latest innovation is that Samsung DDR5 DRAM becomes the densest available (five layer EUV), which is claimed to enable “greater performance and capacity.” Senior VP and head of … Read more

It’s Sonos sales week! (That’s the unofficial name we’re sticking with.) Sonos’ wireless speakers, soundbars, subwoofers, and a few other devices are discounted this week, including the Sonos Beam (Gen 2). For as long as this sale lasts, you’ll be able to purchase the latest version of the Beam for only $400. That’s a $100 … Read more

Back to 2000s: Over the last week, multiple users have reported that YouTube is not meeting its usual quality standards. Some videos and Shorts display as a garbled, pixelated mess. The company is aware of the problem and is working on a fix, but does not know what is causing the quasi-outage. Over the past … Read more

Tom Gerken & Tom Singleton Technology reporters Kayleigh Gresty Sadie said she didn’t think the filter should be allowed on TikTok without some kind of warning A viral filter which made people appear overweight has been removed from TikTok, after the BBC reported it had sparked a wave of user criticism. Known as a “chubby … Read more

The government is considering a separate scheme to provide redress to the families of subpostmasters affected by the Post Office scandal. Fujitsu, which recently agreed to begin negotiations over its contribution towards the costs, will feature in these plans, as officials at the Department for Business and Trade look into gaps in current redress … Read more