Collaborate Disseminate
Serif, the design software developer behind Affinity, has introduced a six-month free trial for its creative suite, offering Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher on Mac, Windows PC, and iPad. This move, along with a 50% discount on perpetual license… Continue reading Affinity Tempts Adobe Users with 6-Month Free Trial of Creative Suite
As reported by Jon Peddie Research, Nvidia now holds 88% of the GPU market after its market share jumped 8% in its most recent quarter. “This jump shaves 7% off of AMD’s share, putting it down to 19% total,” reports XDA Developers. “And if you’re wonde… Continue reading Nvidia Takes 88% of the GPU Market Share
Microsoft Paint is getting a new image generator tool called Cocreator that can generate images based on text prompts and doodles. Engadget reports: During a demo at its Surface event, the company showed off how Cocreator combines your own drawings wit… Continue reading Microsoft Paint Is Getting an AI-Powered Image Generator
Web-based design platform Canva has acquired the Affinity creative software suite for an undisclosed sum, though Bloomberg reports that it’s valued at “several hundred million [British] pounds.” The Verge reports that the acquisition helps the company … Continue reading Canva Acquires Affinity To Fill the Adobe-Sized Holes In Its Design Suite
Nvidia has throttled the performance of its GeForce RTX 4090 GPU by roughly 11%, allowing it to comply with U.S. sanctions and be sold in China. The Register reports: Dubbed the RTX 4090D, the device appeared on Nvidia’s Chinese-market website Thursday… Continue reading Nvidia Slowed RTX 4090 GPU By 11 Percent, To Make It 100 Percent Legal For Export In China
Alex Williams reports via The New York Times: Vera Molnar, a Hungarian-born artist who has been called the godmother of generative art for her pioneering digital work, which started with the hulking computers of the 1960s and evolved through the curren… Continue reading Vera Molnar, Pioneer of Computer Art, Dies At 99
Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: For those making use of GPU-accelerated AV1 video encoding with the latest AMD Radeon graphics hardware on Linux, the upcoming Mesa 23.3 release will support the high-quality AV1 preset for offering higher quality … Continue reading Higher Quality AV1 Video Encoding Now Available For Radeon Graphics On Linux
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: Burkey Belser, a graphic designer who created the ubiquitous nutrition facts label — a stark rectangle listing calories, fat, sodium and other content information — that adorns the packagi… Continue reading Burkey Belser, Designer of Ubiquitous Nutrition Facts Label, Dies At 76
Mark Tyson writes via Tom’s Hardware: A future version of [Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology] is likely to include full neural rendering, hinted Bryan Catanzaro, a Nvidia VP of Applied Deep Learning Research. In a round table discussion or… Continue reading Nvidia Hints At Replacing Rasterization and Ray Tracing With Full Neural Rendering
Earlier this year, Singapore-based embedded security researcher yeokm1 built a ChatGPT client for MS-DOS.
Now they’re back with a new project:
HDMI is a relatively modern video connector we take for granted on modern PCs and monitors. Now vintage PCs … Continue reading Hobbyist Builds HDMI ISA Graphics Card For Vintage PCs By Improving Graphics Gremlin