At the Gordon Dam in Tasmania, which stands 415 feet high, a simple experiment with a basketball produced an unexpected result. When dropped normally, the ball falls almost straight down. But when ...

NVIDIA has introduced a new beta feature called Auto Shader Compilation, or ASC, through the latest NVIDIA App update, and it targets a familiar pain point in modern PC gaming: long initial loading ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's new Auto Shader Compilation feature, available in Beta with driver 595.97 or newer, rebuilds DirectX 12 shaders during PC idle time after updates to reduce load times and in-game ...

One of the most frustrating aspects of modern PC gaming is how long you can be stuck waiting for a new game to finish compiling its shaders the first time you boot it up. The second most frustrating ...

Mojang has finally released the Minecraft 26.1 Tiny Takeover game drop on March 24, 2026. Compared to previous game drops, this update is slightly smaller because it only brings updated models and ...

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Microsoft has announced DirectX 12 Shader Model 6.9 along with a set of Direct3D 12 improvements that target both shader authoring and the runtime plumbing behind modern engines. The update is framed ...

When the streets of Los Angeles flooded with rain last week, some of the city’s residents found themselves feeling sorry for a peculiar object: a food delivery robot floundering in water and debris.

Minecraft Java recently announced a series of changes, including a much-needed transition from OpenGL to Vulkan. However, the new graphics API will significantly improve performance and graphical ...

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The next time you catch yourself making ridiculous cooing noises at a stranger’s baby in the grocery line, relax. You are not losing your dignity. You are being expertly manipulated. Welcome to the ...

Nintendo 3DS Azahar has just announced support for caching shaders to disk. Azahar has to translate 3DS vertex shaders so your GPU can use them, slowing down gameplay. By caching compiled shaders, ...