Games Done Quick Express 2019 Is Streaming Now!
This is the second year that a third, mini Games Done Quick has occurred during TwitchCon. Games Done Quick Express 2019 (GDQx 2019) has just started a few hours ago, and…
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Author: Scott Michaud
CppCon 2019 News Roundup
C++ developers flocked to Colorado for CppCon 2019. The convention is intended for personal networking and slideshow presentations, but its size leads to a handful of niche announcements that might be interesting…
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Epic Games Store Has Six Free Batman Games
You can acquire a big catalog of good games if you regularly check the Epic Games Store. This week, aligning with the week of Batman Day, six free Batman games...
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ASUS ROG Unveils 300Hz Gaming Laptops (and More!)
A couple of weeks ago, ASUS ROG announced several new laptop display initiatives. The headlining technology was their new 300Hz gaming laptop panels. While they expected that announcement to dominate...
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Sandboxie Free and Soon Open-Source
The SandboxIE website has been updated to declare that the application-isolation software will become open-source. Until then, the current owner, Sophos, has made all features of the current Sandboxie free for…
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Mozilla Rust Considered for Linux Drivers
When Graydon Hoare of Mozilla (and later others) designed Rust, they wanted a fast, concurrent, memory-safe language without garbage collection because web browsers need to be fast and resistant to...
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RetroArch Runtime Machine Translation Added to 1.7.8
The open-source video game emulator component, RetroArch, has added machine translation in version 1.7.8. It is implemented as a button that scans the screen for text. In speech mode, it...
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More Info on the Minecraft RTX Update
On Monday, Microsoft and NVIDIA announced that Minecraft for Windows 10 will be getting an RTX update. Sebastian wrote up how the popular dig and build game will have raytraced...
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Many Dies But Still Not Dead: TSMC’s Huge Interposer
TSMC published a blog post last Wednesday that is called, “Moore’s Law is not Dead”. First, they reiterate that Moore’s Law is about density, not performance. It used to be...
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ESA Summer 2019 Finishes with a New Personal Best
The European Speedrunner Assembly wrapped up another event (ESA Summer 2019) on Saturday evening with a record high donation total. By the end of the closing speech, the sum of both…
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RTX Support for Blender Announced at SIGGRAPH 2019
The Blender Foundation has just announced RTX support for Blender at SIGGRAPH 2019. The patch was created by Patrick Mours of NVIDIA in close collaboration with the Blender Institute. Currently,...
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The Khronos Group Ratifies and Releases OpenXR 1.0
The Khronos Group released OpenXR 0.9 provisional at GDC back in March. We reported on the story when it happened. At the time, several industry players voiced their support...
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