Microsoft just gave Linux on Windows 10 a major upgrade GPU support is coming to Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Microsoftis bringing graphics processor support toLinux on Windows 10through its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and now Nvidia, Intel and AMD have announced their support for the effort as well. Back at Build 2020, the software giant revealed its plans to add a full Linux kernel toWindows 10with the release of version 2 of WSL and the company also now plans to supportLinux GUI appsthat can run alongside regular Windows apps....

Mixer’s death means the Xbox Series X could have Facebook Gaming Microsoft will end Mixer in July to form a new partnership with Facebook When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Microsoftdropped a bombshell announcement today in the middle ofApple’sWWDC 2020event: the company will shut down Mixer in July and redirect all traffic to Facebook Gaming. In an interview withThe Verge, Xbox Chief Phil Spencer says the move is going to help gamers get more of what they want to see in a more seamless way and says that the service was struggling to keep pace with Twitch andYouTube....

New Apple Watches will soon help you wash your hands by listening for water Automatic hand wash tracking is coming When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Hand washing is something we’ve all been paying a lot more attention to since Covid-19 hit, andApple’s newwatchOS 7has a specific feature to help you wash your hands for the right amount of time....

Nokia ‘to axe’ a third of Alcatel-Lucent workforce Nokia seeks cost savings as it presses ahead with 5G When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Nokia is to reduce the workforce at Alcatel-Lucent by a third as it continues to count the cost of competing in 5G equipment market. The Finnish mobile giant acquired its French rival for around £14.1 billion back in 2015 in a move that it was hoped would create a European networking giant capable of challenging Ericsson and Huawei....

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 destroys the RTX 2080 Ti according to leaked benchmarks Nvidia’s next-gen GPU is shaping up to be something special When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. New benchmarks have appeared online that apparently show how much more powerful theNvidia GeForce RTX 3080will be compared the theRTX 2080 Ti–Nvidia’s current flagship GPU. The benchmark results wereleaked by the HardwareLeaks website, which apparently show an unidentified Nvidia GPU posting someveryimpressive results....

Nvidia just made a huge leap in supercomputing power More than 50 servers to be powered by new Nvidia A100 GPU When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Nvidiahas unveiled a host of servers powered by its new A100 GPUs, designed to accelerate developments in the fields of AI, data science and supercomputing The servers are built by some of the world’s most prominent manufacturers - including Cisco,DellTechnologies, HPE and more - and are expected to number more than 50 by the end of the year....

Open Source – the key to unlocking the networks of the future Harnessing open source technology When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Open sourceis proving itself to be invaluable in shaping large areas of science and technology. Most recently, we have seen how global cooperation among researchers, technologists, scientists and doctors has led to thousands of open source tools and projects emerging designed to model the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the shortage of equipment that is desperately needed around the world....