A single line of code – that’s all it took for a massive increase in ray tracing performance on Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs, thanks to Intel graphics driver engineer Lionel Landwerlin. With Intel’s new graphics cards floundering somewhat with performance woes and driver teething issues, it’s a welcome sight. Landwerlin describes the change as “like…
Chris Evans made the news a few weeks ago for an unexpected reason. Rather than one of his new projects (Lightyear or The Gray Man), the tech world was talking about the actor’s iPhone upgrade. Evans confirmed he recently upgraded from an iPhone 6s, a device that Apple launched in 2015. Several weeks later, Chris…
For an avid Photoshop user, you know how important brush tool is. I myself as Digital painter, cannot survive a day without it. However, if this is your first time on Photoshop and your brush tool isn’t working, it’s possible that you have overlooked few steps. For instance, you may have forgotten to rasterize the…
So the 3.5mm audio jack on your laptop has given up the ghost, and getting it fixed is too much of a pain. (This is the conclusion you’ve reluctantly come to after troubleshooting the audio issues on your PC.) No problem—you can easily fix this issue with a simple accessory. An external sound card adapter…
Some Blue Screens of Death (BSODs) are difficult or impossible to diagnose and fix, whereas others are pretty straightforward. Luckily, a Page Fault BSOD is often fixable. Here are some things you can try. What Causes PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA? When your computer is performing tasks, it is constantly loading programs and files in and out of your…
You’ve just finished building your new computer, or you’ve installed a shiny new graphics card. You boot the computer, everything seems fine… except your GPU fans aren’t spinning. This can be a concerning situation because you don’t want your graphics card to overheat. This could lead to display issues or even hardware failure. We’re going…
Samsung’s next batch of foldable phones is coming in mid-August. We’re far from getting Samsung’s invitation to the event. But that’s when we expect the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4 to hit stores. There’s certainly no shortage of rumors detailing these foldable devices, confirming that Samsung will continue to bet big on the…
Many problems that crop up on Apple devices are fixable with software updates, but some are more serious. That appears to be the case with a “blank screen issue” affecting certain Apple Watch Series 6 units. Last week, Apple announced a service program for all affected devices, which were manufactured between April 2021 and September…
Shortly after Apple released iOS 15.4 earlier this month, iPhone owners started complaining about faster battery drain. If you were one of those iPhone owners, you’re in luck. Apple just released iOS 15.4.1, and the update includes a fix for the battery draining more quickly than expected. Download the update ASAP if you’re struggling with…
This is not a drill: If you use Chrome or Edge, update your browser immediately to protect against a newly discovered vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine. Released on Friday, Chrome version 99.0.4844.84 patches issue CVE-2022-1096—which Google says already has a known exploit. Microsoft Edge version 99.0.1150.55 also addresses this bug. Users of other Chromium…