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Windows 11 reset: Microsoft pledges more speed, stability, and control

Over the past few months, Microsoft senior executives have quietly made a promise to me directly, as well as to other journalists: They’re going to improve Windows. Today, they’re making that same commitment to the public, with an emphasis on “performance, reliability, and craft.” In a highly detailed memo, Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft’s executive vice president of Windows + Devices…
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Game devs say Nvidia’s DLSS 5 reveal blindsided them

Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports that Nvidia’s DLSS 5 announcement caught major game developers from Ubisoft and Capcom off-guard, who were unaware their games would be featured in demonstrations. The generative AI technology faces…
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Intel joins Microsoft in a push to load PC games faster — up to 37X

Intel is joining Microsoft in releasing precompiled shaders for its own graphics cards, which will save you time in loading and then playing PC games. Intel said earlier this week that it will store precompiled shaders in the cloud, and then download them when needed to your PC. Intel debuted the technology inside its Intel graphics driver 32.0.101.8626, which includes the first iteration of what…
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The first 16TB M.2 SSD on Amazon costs as much as a car

Do you need a lot of storage? Well, then, you’re going to have to pay for it—and you’ll be paying a lot more than you would have a year ago, as “AI” data centers gobble up a bigger and bigger share of the industry’s output of memory and storage. But even the most lavish among us would probably wince at dropping nearly $16,000 USD on an M.2 drive, even if it does have a capacity of 16…
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Noctua’s first PC case is big, brown, and pricey

Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: PCWorld reports on Noctua’s first PC case collaboration with Antec, the Flux Pro Noctua Edition featuring signature brown accents and premium cooling components. This large E-ATX case costs $400, more than double the…
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Corsair’s new low-profile keyboard makes me angry

Corsair, you’re killing me here. After a good showing at CES, your Stream Deck smashed into a mechanical keyboard proved me wrong: a little screen on a keyboard can make sense. And then you decided to do it again… but worse. In fact, the small LCD on the new Vanguard Air…
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DLSS 5 backlash: Nvidia’s CEO says gamers are ‘completely wrong’

Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang defends DLSS 5 against user backlash, calling critics “completely wrong” about the generative AI graphics technology’s function. PCWorld notes the controversy stems from concerns that DLSS 5 applies an “AI skin” over game models rather than true enhancement. Huang clarifies DLSS 5 offers developers controllability…
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