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No Man’s Sky gets the world’s first VR-DLSS performance boost—let’s test it

Enlarge / No Man’s Sky added a bunch of trippy stuff this week, including rideable mounts. We love mounts. But we also love frames, so hence, we’re analyzing the game’s newfound use of DLSS, specifically in its punishing VR mode. (credit: Hello Games) Over the past few years, Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) standard has […]

Microsoft enters “final phase” of disabling SMB1 file-sharing in Windows 11

Enlarge / Ms is disabling SMB1 in newer Windows 11 Home builds. (credit: Microsoft) Most Windows eleven preview builds focus on adding features, but sometimes Microsoft uses them to remove things. Users installing the latest Windows 11 Home Insider builds will find that support for version 1. 0 of the venerable SMB file-sharing protocol is […]

Up to 1,500 businesses infected in one of the worst ransomware attacks ever

Enlarge (credit: Suebsiri Srithanyarat / EyeEm / Getty Images) As many as 1,500 businesses around the world have been infected by highly destructive malware that first struck software maker Kaseya. In one of the worst ransom attacks ever, the malware, in turn, used that access to fell Kaseya’s customers. The attack struck on Friday afternoon […]