Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “It’s Free Performance!”.
You know this show’s kind of a big deal now.. We even have our own TechLinked Hype Squad, (, energetic music, ), (, Jessie, grunts ), Wait … Jessie what … Wait? Where are the rest of them? You’Re, not …. We have one person, that’s not …! ( Jessie growls ) AMD released a new version of Radeon software on Tuesday that brought support for Team Red’s long awaited FidelityFX Super Resolution technology, which is supposed to help increase frame rates in games with minimal sacrifices to quality..
Isn’T that how things normally work when you just change the settings And, according to our very own, Anthony FSR, basically succeeds. 4K ultra quality looks the best while at lower qualities, things start to look a little mushy., But the technology is free for anyone to implement. So hopefully we see the tech improve over time as it’s included in games that people actually play and not “ Godfall.”. Unfortunately, this release came alongside AMD, dropping support for Radeon GPUs older than the 400 series, as well as Windows, 7 and any 32-bit versions of that same operating system., Aw right when FSR may have made some old GPUs viable again, There’s something going on here..
I think these companies want us to buy new things instead of keeping old things. Forever. [ James ], But they won’t. Let us buy the new things: ( Riley, stammers ).
It has to make sense. Microsoft has become the second company in the world to reach a $ 2 trillion market cap after Apple hit the milestone first back in August.. Stop this train., Please stop., And no it’s not because of Xbox Games Pass, even though that’s awesome., It’s because of growing demand for the company’s Azure Cloud Services during the pandemic., Which is all very interesting, but I’d rather talk about the Xbox stuff, because Microsoft has begun Rolling out Series X hardware for use in Xbox cloud gaming, as noticed by users who found new high-quality options in certain games..
Now you can appreciate the prettier graphics as you die in-game, because your character threw a grenade a full second, too late.. The latency. Isn’T that bad. [ James ], You got Stadia baggage, don’t you Yeah? It’S just that I … You tested them all.
They weren’t that bad., The latency … They’re okay., But for Xbox players who prefer playing off the physical console. Microsoft also announced three “ designed for Xbox” monitors from Phillips, ASUS and Acer, which will work great with an Xbox and a PS5 and a PC, and basically anything because they’re monitors. [ James ], But they’re designed for it..
They have Xbox badges., They’re, very fancy. [ James ]. Thank you very much. Yep. And John McAfee. The notorious creator of the McAfee antivirus software and international man of mystery has reportedly been found dead in the Barcelona prison where he was being held..
Did you not hear this? The local justice department indicated it was likely a suicide, but the story is taking on an Epstein-esque quality with many theorizing that McAfee may still be alive.. The news broke mere hours after a Spanish court had approved McAfee’s extradition back to the U.S. for tax evasion. Charges. And McAfee has previously claimed that in the future, if it ever looks like he killed himself, it was probably the government. He also faked a heart attack in Guatemala, one time to escape the authorities.
So who knows what the heck is going? On. [ James ]? If I ever die, it was Linus., The memelord may be gone, but the meme lives on. Hold on. I got ta change my shirt, real quick. [ James ], Big 21 million. Now it’s time for Quick Bits brought to you by a different way to get a quick dose of the news Morning: Brew. ( slurps ). Ah, It’s a free daily newsletter, delivered right to your virtual door.
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In the past. The E.U. has prioritized protecting users from companies that collect their data, but now they’re investigating Google’s FloC system, because it allows Google to hide user data from other advertisers. Well, which is it Europe.
I guess the deal is that if your data is going to be collected, then it has to be collected equally by all parties.. I’M sorry. We have to send these nudes to the whole county.. It’S only fair.
Equal distribution.. If you’re, tired of Google’s hijinks, you might want to try out Brave Search, which was just launched by the makers of the privacy-focused Brave browser and is based on Brave’s own index of the web, independent from Google’s.. Although, if Brave Search can’t find what you’re looking for it might still pull from other engines, including Bing, so just be aware, you may have that on your conscience., Interacting with Bing in any way. [ James ], Bada, Brave bada, Bing.
Bada Bingity. Epic Games has made Its Easy, Anti-Cheat and cross-platform voice chat services available for free to all developers, even if they release their games on Steam. Free games. Free services, Epic’s strategy for dominance seems to involve waving free things in front of everyone’s face until they finally like you.
And it might pay off. Although it seems like the free thing that Apple got was a lawsuit. [ James ], That ain’t free. ( explosion, booms ) That costs a lot.
Square Enix has fixed a bizarre bug in “ Marvel’s Avengers” that displayed the IP addresses of PlayStation 5 players on screen, Which would make livestreaming the game somewhat dangerous if anyone was streaming “, Marvel’s Avengers.”, I’ve got some zingers today. They’re, not great, but it’s unlike me. And NVIDIA has released Canvas its AI-powered app that generates photorealistic landscape images from disgustingly, simple doodles.
Barely resembling images. You’ll need an RTX GPU to use the app if you’re looking for a way to get a false sense of accomplishment. “.
I drew that !”. No you didn’t. [ James ], I’m gon na put my father’s art on the fridge and impress the other parents. See that would be nice ,’cause. It’S a toddler.. Hmm, I guess that’s the use! Case.! You totally finished watching this episode. Nice job, Yeah, ( audience applauds.
), Come on back on Friday for more tech news and the TechLinked Hype Squad will cheer you on even more Man. We went from one to zero.. This is just …. It’S going downhill here: okay, .