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A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup

The government of California is implementing a law that requires operating system providers to implement some form of age verification into their account setup procedures. Assembly Bill No. 1043 was approved by California governor Gavin Newsom in October of last year, and becomes active on January 1, 2027 (via The Lunduke Journal). The bill states,…

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Resident Evil Requiem’s path tracing is tough on GPUs but it probably won’t take as long as ray tracing did to become a mainstream option in games

With the launch of Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem, PC gamers can add another game to their libraries that sports one of the most impressive and most inaccessible of rendering technologies: path tracing (or full ray tracing, as Nvidia prefers to call it). If you want pixel-perfect lighting, shadows, and reflections, only path tracing will do,…

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Intel Foundry exec leaves to head up Qualcomm’s semiconductor biz as Intel shake-up continues

Kevin O’Buckley is departing from Intel following nearly two years as senior VP and GM of Foundry Services. Qualcomm has snapped him up to run its own semiconductor operation. Taking on the lofty-sounding role of executive VP of global operations and supply chain, O’Buckley will be in charge of “global semiconductor operations across manufacturing engineering,…

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‘An absolute eyesore’: Marathon’s biggest issue seems to be its poor UI design that’s confusing players, ‘I have no idea where I’m at, what I’m looking at’

The time is finally upon us, Marathon’s server slam has begun as players now get to see what’s on offer over the course of the weekend. And while initial reactions seem to be pretty positive, if not quite bloody, there is one thing that people just can’t seem to get over: the UI. “Marathon gotta…

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