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Chip-maker Nvidia releases update to fix Discord bug slowing down GPUs

Chip-maker Nvidia releases update to fix Discord bug slowing down GPUs

by | Feb 6, 2023 | Technology







Chip-maker Nvidia has released an update to fix a recently discovered issue where Discord being open in the background slowed down the performance of some Nvidia graphics cards.


In a tweet early Saturday, Nvidia said: “GeForce users can now download an app profile update for Discord. This resolves a recent issue where some GeForce GPUs memory clocks did not reach full speed w/ Discord running in the background.”


The company also mentioned that the update will automatically download to users’ PC the next time they log into Windows.


Several users asked their queries on Nvidia’s post.


When one user asked, “Windows update or Driver update?”


“Neither. It is an application profile update used by the NVIDIA driver,” the chip-maker replied.


Earlier this week, it was reported that Discord was slowing down graphics card memory clocks on some Nvidia graphics cards.


There was a bug in the latest Discord update that slowed down memory clocks by up to 200MHz on some Nvidia GPUs, including the RTX 3080 and RTX 3060 Ti.


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Meta’s new headset to feature better mixed reality technology: Zuckerberg

Meta’s new headset to feature better mixed reality technology: Zuckerberg

by | Feb 6, 2023 | Technology







Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the new next-generation consumer headset which will be launched “later this year” will feature better mixed reality (MR) technology.


“The Meta Reality ecosystem is relatively new, but I think it’s going to grow a lot in the next few years,” Zuckerberg said in the company’s latest earnings release.


“Later this year, we’re going to launch our next-generation consumer headset, which will feature Meta Reality as well, and I expect that this is going to establish this technology as the baseline for all headsets going forward, and eventually of course for augmented reality (AR) glasses as well.”


He also mentioned that there are now more than 200 applications on the company’s virtual reality (VR) devices that have made more than $1 million in revenue.


Last month, Meta had improved its Quest’s hand tracking technology with the new Hand Tracking 2.1 update, which features upgrades in reliability, accuracy and system pinch quality to improve the consistency and flexibility of hand inputs in users’ VR applications.


Meanwhile, the company had introduced a new heart rate tracking feature and Health Connect by Android integration on Meta Quest, so that users can keep track of all their fitness statistics.


–IANS


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Samsung’s upcoming XR headset to be a stand-alone device: Report

Samsung’s upcoming XR headset to be a stand-alone device: Report

by | Feb 6, 2023 | Technology







Tech giant Samsung’s upcoming extended reality (XR) headset will reportedly be a stand-alone device.


The XR headset’s battery carrying product code EB-BI120ABY was spotted, reports Sam Mobile.


The battery measures around 45 by 45 mm, but the capacity is unknown.


At the Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco on Wednesday, the company announced that it has partnered with Qualcomm and Google to build an ecosystem for XR.


“We will transform the future of the mobile industry by building the XR ecosystem together with Qualcomm and Google,” TM Roh, president of Samsung Electronics’ Mobile eXperience business, had said at the event.


XR is an umbrella term covering virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).


Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon and Senior Vice President of Android Hiroshi Lockheimer at Google appeared on stage alongside Roh to announce the news.


The announcement did not include any specific products under development or a timeline for them, but industry experts speculate Samsung might develop XR headsets built on Qualcomm’s chipset and Google’s operating system.


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Google Chrome may soon let users erase 15 minutes of history on Android

Google Chrome may soon let users erase 15 minutes of history on Android

by | Feb 6, 2023 | Technology







Tech giant Google is reportedly working on a new feature for Chrome which will allow users to erase the last 15 minutes of browsing data, on Android.


A new flag was found in Chrome for Android which indicated that the tech giant is working on a new feature called “quick delete”, reports Android Authority.


The new feature is likely to be available from the overflow menu located where the three vertical dots are in the top right corner.


However, it is still unclear whether the data being wiped would simply be browser history or all account activity, the report said.


In July 2021, the company had rolled out a similar feature to its mobile application, allowing users to instantly delete the last 15 minutes of browsing history.


Meanwhile, earlier this week, it was reported that the tech giant was working on a new way to easily translate text within images in Chrome.


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Twitter to charge ,000 per month from businesses for their gold badges

Twitter to charge $1,000 per month from businesses for their gold badges

by | Feb 6, 2023 | Technology







Twitter has told businesses to pay $1,000 per month for retaining gold badges and brands and organisations which do not pay the money will lose their checkmarks.


The Elon Musk-run company, which is busy monetising its platform via various means, will also charge an extra $50 per month to add badges to each account affiliated with the brand, reports The Information.


A screenshot posted by social media consultant Matt Navarra also suggested that Twitter is going to charge a massive $1,000 per month.


“Twitter is reportedly emailing businesses offering gold check mark verification for $1000 PER MONTH! And affiliate account verification for $50 each per month,” tweeted Navarra.


Twitter did not immediately comment on this.


“As an early access subscriber, you’ll get a gold checkmark for your organisation and affiliation badges for its associates,” read an email sent by Twitter to businesses.


“If you’d like to subscribe, Verified for Organisations is $1,000 per month, and $50 per additional affiliated handle per month with one month of free affiliations,” it added.


Twitter had rolled out gold badges ahead of its Verification for Organisations programme (formerly called Blue for Business), which allows brands to “verify and distinguish themselves on Twitter.”


In December last year, Twitter relaunched its Blue subscription service with verification, costing $8 for Android users and $11 for iPhone owners per month.


Musk has now said that all legacy verified accounts will soon lose their Blue badges as those are ‘deeply corrupted’.


The micro-blogging platform has expanded its Blue service subscription service to six more countries, taking the total to 12 where users can subscribe to it.


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Meta wins court battle against USFTC to acquire VR company ‘Within’

Meta wins court battle against USFTC to acquire VR company ‘Within’

by | Feb 6, 2023 | Technology







In a relief for Meta, a US court has allowed the company to go ahead with its acquisition of VR company called Within, despite an ongoing antitrust case against the tech giant by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).


After a seven-day hearing, the court denied the FTC’s motion for preliminary injunction against the acquisition.


“After reviewing the evidentiary record and the parties’ arguments, the court concludes that it is not “reasonably probable” that Meta would enter the market for VR dedicated fitness apps if it could not consummate the acquisition,” read the ruling.


The FTC in July last year sought to block virtual reality giant Meta and Zuckerberg from acquiring Within as Meta is already a key player at each level of the VR sector.


The agency had alleged that Meta and Zuckerberg are planning to expand Meta’s VR empire “with this attempt to illegally acquire a dedicated fitness app that proves the value of virtual reality to users.”


The US court, however, has now ruled in favour of Meta, giving the FTC time to appeal.


The Within VR company owns the popular fitness app ‘Supernatural’.


Supernatural offers a variety of high-quality workouts set to music, including tracks from A-list artists like Katy Perry, Imagine Dragons, Lady Gaga, and Coldplay, and virtually located in striking, photorealistic locales, like the Galapagos Islands.


Meta recently acquired the Netherlands-based 3D smart glass maker Luxexcel, as it doubles down on its metaverse dream in 2023.


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