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Using the Device Manager, you can install, update, and uninstall device drivers required to run the respective hardware. However, some of the devices aren’t always visible in the Device Manager, and always show up when you connect them. These are the hidden devices and this makes it difficult to edit the device’s property. That said, there is a way you can still view these hidden devices in the Device Manager on a Windows computer....

How does Windows know exactly when the computer is connected to the Internet? This article answers the question by explaining the whole process of Internet connection monitoring in Windows. Network Connectivity Status Indicator The Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) is a mechanism that controls the internet connectivity display in the Taskbar, among various other functionalities. NCSI is part of the Network Awareness program which was first introduced in Windows Vista and has been carried out ever since in each version of Windows....

Intel’s High-End Arc A770, Arc A750, Arc A580 Graphics Cards Break Cover, Official Specs Unveiled The Intel Arc A7 and Arc A5 graphics cards will be the only desktop families to make use of the top ACM-G10 “Alchemist” GPU die. There are three graphics cards featured in the desktop family that utilize this design including the Arc A770, Arc A750, and the Arc A580. Today, Intel is taking the lid off its Arc A770, Arc A750 & Arc A580 graphics cards....

Intel Arc A770 GPU will have an MSRP of $329 The Intel Arc A770 is the flagship GPU of Intel’s first ever discrete GPU lineup. It features 32 Xe cores (which translates to 4096 ALUs) and 32 ray tracing units along with 512 XMX engines. The GPU clock is 2.1 GHz out of the box with a total board power of 225W. It will be paired with 16GB of GDDR6 vRAM, which should be more than enough for modern games....

Intel’s Arc Pro Workstation Graphics Cards Spotted: Pro A50 & Pro A40 With Full ACM-G11 GPU The Intel Arc Pro A40 desktop graphics card was recently spotted within the RAA (South Korean National Radio Research Agency) and we have also managed to spot a few mobility variants. The lineup has been designated the ‘Pro’ label since they are aimed at workstation platforms such as desktops and laptops. Based on the details from SiSoftware, the Intel Arc Pro A50 and Arc Pro A40 are virtually based on the same chip as they share the same specs....

Intel’s Core i7-13700K 16-Core Raptor Lake CPU Crosses 1000 Points Barrier In CPU-Z With 6.18 GHz Overclock The latest benchmark was shared by Twitter user, @QXE87, who seems to have received it through a private Discord group where the earlier benchmarks were also shared. We have seen the Core i9-13900K being overclocked to 6.1 GHz and the Core i7-13700K overclocked to 6.0 GHz before but it’s time we take a look at even higher clock speeds....

Intel hiring UK engineers to develop a brand new & low-power GPU architecture that will compete with Arm & Imagination Technologies Intel recently posted on their career section (via Witeken) for the company that they are looking for a Senior Hardware Design Engineer. The new Intel GPU Research and Development center will be located in Swindon, about 125 miles from Cambridge, the country’s largest technology corner, and approximately 90 miles away from London....

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake iGPU Clock Boost Helps It Close In On AMD’s Vega Integrated Graphics Benchleaks discovered an OpenCL test result on the Geekbench database which shows an Intel Core i9-13900’s OpenCL score. The score was posted on an Intel UHD integrated GPU rocking 32 Execution units or 256 cores and a clock speed of 1650 MHz which is a 100 MHz boost over the 12th Gen iGPUs that maxed out at 1550 MHz on the Core i9-12900K....

The acquisition of Tower Semiconductor increases the speed of Intel’s multinational, end-to-end foundry enterprise. Intel launched the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) in March 2021. The purpose of the IFS is to assist the growing global demand for semiconductor manufacturing capacity and evolve into an influential provider of U.S.- and Europe-based foundry capacity to aid customers worldwide. The IFS currently delivers a leading-edge process and packaging technology, dedicated ability in the U....

Restructuring at Intel: Arc Graphics will now be part of Client Computing Group as Raja Koduri becomes Chief Architect once again Raja recently announced on Twitter that he was going through extensive health problems so this move seems to be designed to reduce the amount of direct engineering burden on him while he goes through the recovery process after his surgery. Knowing full well what our audience will ask keeping mind recent rumors, Intel has confirmed that this is just a restructure and they will remain absolutely committed to Battlemage and Celestial with Raja still being responsible for the overall direction and roadmap of the architectures....

However, what’s important to know is that the phones are still not available for sale. Sure, you can preorder them right now, but the deliveries do not start until September 16, later this month and of course, these delivery dates can vary based on the region. Can’t Wait for Your iPhone 14 Pro? Someone in China Already Has Their Hands on It That brings us to the fact that someone in China not only got their hands on the iPhone 14 Pro Max but also made an entire hands-on video showing the phone from all angles....

iPhone 15 Pro to replace physical volume and power buttons with solid-state buttons with three Taptic Engines Apple’s iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus sales are quite lower than what the company had initially anticipated. This is mainly due to minor changes in terms of design and functionality brought forward by the new models. Henceforth, the company might see fit to introduce some noticeable changes with the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus if it plans to ramp up sales....

The Khronos Group rolls out Vulkan Video after almost two years of the API in beta The new Vulkan Video 1.0 extensions — four primary extensions — are now available. The new new extensions are as follows: VK_KHR_video_queue: standard APIs for all video coding operations. VK_KHR_video_decode_queue: standard APIs for all video decode operations. VK_KHR_video_decode_h264: H.264 decode-specific capabilities and parameters. VK_KHR_video_decode_h265: H.265 decode-specific capabilities and parameters. The last two video decoder extensions, H....

Defined as a K-Zombie action RPG, the game is being developed for PC and mobile platforms. Here’s an excerpt from the announcement press release. Staying true to the beloved Netflix series, Kingdom: The Blood recreates characters, zombies and vicious action from the show in high-quality 3D graphics. Korean culture is treated with the utmost care in both gameplay and aesthetic. Motion capture was recorded using a professional Korean sword dancer to perfectly replicate deadly Korean-style combat....

Knack: https://t.co/7VbxIEo2OA Stacky Basket: https://t.co/ZMd3vOkvPy pic.twitter.com/Thg8i9naF3 — Gematsu (@gematsu) March 28, 2022 Now, as always, the filing of a new trademark could mean various things. Perhaps Sony is looking to revive the series, or maybe they’re simply planning to re-release the original games. If a Knack 3 is in the works, it will be interesting to see who’s making it, as original developer Sony Japan Studio has been disbanded. The new Knack trademark comes amid rumors of a big week for PlayStation fans....

Intel Boosts Arc DX9 Game Performance By Up To 2.3 Times With Latest GPU Drivers, More Ahead! In its latest blog, Intel has shown us the performance comparison between its latest Arc driver suite (v3959) and how it compares with the previous driver suite from October (v3490). Intel used the Arc A770, its flagship graphics card based on the Alchemist GPU architecture, for testing and the results are simply spectacular. According to Intel, the latest drivers are designed specifically to boost performance in DX9 (DirectX 9) games....

Released worldwide on April 5th for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One, Warner Bros. Games, and TT Games latest entry in the LEGO series has smashed previous sales records of the franchise. “The latest LEGO Star Wars title featuring all nine Skywalker saga films in one brand new game has surpassed all previous LEGO console game launches”, the official press release from WB Games reads....

Lenovo thinks outside of the box with its new Yoga Book 9i with a dual-screen OLED display and plenty of space with its “multimode+” design The Lenovo Yoga Book 9i is a Windows 11 “multimode+” laptop powered by the Intel Evo platform. The battery is optimized to work all day before needing to recharge. The soundbar offers 360º of sound through the Bowers and Wilkins speakers. The keyboard is Bluetooth and detachable, and the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i comes with a stylus pen and folio stand for the screen....

The gameplay trailer embedded below impressed Gamescom judges enough to award Lies of P with the Most Wanted PlayStation Game award. The game was also nominated in the Best Action Adventure Game and the Best Roleplaying Game categories; the winners will be unveiled on Saturday, August 27th. Gamescom attendees can check out a demo either at the NEOWIZ booth (Hall 9, C-049) or at the Microsoft one. Lies of P will be released on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X....

While the mod itself is not yet available, the modder released two videos over the past few days to demonstrate it. Needless to say, it won’t be for everyone, as swinging across New York in first-person view could easily induce nausea in some folks. Of course, this could open up to a Virtual Reality mod that could be even more immersive (and prone to motion sickness bouts). Jedijosh920 already released several Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered mods, including:...