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It's not just startup sound, Microsoft quietly reduced Windows 11 OOBE quality too

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 May 2023 09:04:01 +0000

Microsoft quietly reduced the quality of the Windows 11 startup sound last year. Right around the same time, it appears the tech giant from Redmond also lowered the OOBE video quality as well. Read more...

GPTZero set to counter AI plagiarism caused by services like ChatGPT

Fiza Ali — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:36:02 +0000

A Princeton Computer Science student has developed an app that determines the originality of a text. The aim is to counter AI plagiarism which has been given rise to by services like ChatGPT. Read more...

Google Pinball game blurs distinction between installed apps and web apps on Android and iOS

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 11 May 2022 00:58:01 +0000

Google has a website that offers a Pinball game developed using Flutter Framework. The website attempts to mimic the behavior of native apps on Android and iOS without being installed on the devices. Read more...

Nvidia GeForce RTX cards clueless about saving power with fps lock, AMD wins easily

Sayan Sen — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:42:01 +0000

Nvidia GeForce Ampere RTX 3000 cards fail to save power when the framerates are locked in games. The behavior is common in both the RTX 3070 Ti and the RTX 3090 across the games tested. Read more...

Besides 4K and HDR support, the Xbox One S might also bring better game performance [Update]

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:42:01 +0000

Though Microsoft never mentioned this publicly, the new Xbox One S might also offer gamers a few extra frames per second and higher in-game resolutions. This is according to the Gears of War 4 devs. Read more...

Microsoft's FlashBack can bring high-quality VR to every low-end phone and laptop [Update]

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 30 May 2016 14:02:01 +0000

Microsoft Research has developed a system which allows even the lowest-end laptops and smartphones to run high-quality VR. Dubbed FlashBack it offers 8x better framerates and 15x latency reduction. Read more...

Gamers get heard as Microsoft unlocks frame rates for Windows 10 apps

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 10 May 2016 13:40:01 +0000

Microsoft has listened to gamers' feedback on its Universal Windows Platform and as of today it will be unlocking frame rates for all Windows 10 UWP apps. The new feature is part of today's patches. Read more...