Empires is a 64K intro by Conspiracy with dense fluids and particles that won Revision 2024 and later the Meteoriks Best Visuals award.​

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS roadmap: April 23 release, GNOME 50 defaults, amd64v3 optimization, fingerprint upgrades, PipeWire tweaks. Test snapshots live.

Linux GPU tests on Bazzite show AMD edge. 9070 XT steady 105 fps Wukong 1080p; Nvidia 5090 averages high but stutters badly.

Full ACES & HDR pipeline, fresh modifiers, better Cycles rendering, Storyboarding template. Blender 5.0 is the most user-focused release yet.

Unreal Engine 5.7 delivers Nanite Foliage, production-ready PCG, Substrate materials, MegaLights, smarter animation, and improved virtual production.

TikTok’s algorithm can push harmful suicidal content to teens within 5 hours, fostering a dangerous cycle of mental health risks and exposure.

Affinity’s design, photo, and publishing tools are now completely free in a single app. All features are accessible with only a free Canva account.

UnrealRTX rebuilds the 1998 Unreal campaign with ray tracing, dynamic lighting, and modern graphical details for an immersive single-player experience.

Photoshop (beta) now supports Firefly, Gemini 2.5, and FLUX.1 AI models in Generative Fill, giving users more control and creative options.

Ollama's new app for macOS and Windows offers a user-friendly interface to download and interact with local AI models, supporting files and images.

NVIDIA's app update streamines the RTX experience with a lighter G-Assist, global DLSS game profiles, and a new Smooth Motion mode for RTX 40-series GPUs, reducing stutter.

Flyoobe 1.2 enables Windows 11 installs on unsupported PCs, adds OOBE customization (MCT/Rufus support), better ISO mounting, and lower RAM use.

FSR 3.1.4 boosts quality with reduced ghosting and a modular DLL, adds UE 5.6 support, and primes AMD’s AI-driven Redstone rendering suite

UE5.7 introduces Nanite Foliage with voxelization, enabling real-time rendering of 200T-polygon forests with massive performance gains.

RTX Remix is NVIDIA’s AI-powered modding toolkit to remaster classic games with ray tracing, DLSS 4, and neural rendering—but high-end GPUs are required.

Copyleaks finds coordinated, formulaic AI‑generated Steam reviews from mid‑2023 onward, risking platform credibility; Valve hasn’t acted.

Neural Texture Compression cuts VRAM use by 90% and boosts performance by 80%, promising big gains for GPUs—even on 8 GB cards.

The NVIDIA 590.26 preview driver enables AI frame interpolation (“Smooth Motion”) for RTX 40-series GPUs, boosting FPS in DX11/12/Vulkan games.

ONLYOFFICE v9.0 adds AI writing, table analysis & layout tools, plus faster performance and better MS Office compatibility.

Darktable 5.2 adds AI masking, film sims, GPU exports, and Scene-Referred v2 color science. Open-source RAW editing just leveled up.