Late on Thursday, Apple quietly updated its Mac App Store listings for Final Cut Pro X and its subsidiary programs — Motion and Compressor — to add support for 4K exporting to Apple’s own devices that can display UHD files, such as the iMac line. The update also introduces new sharing options along the same […]
In part because of the pressure exerted by browser developers, Java curator Oracle has announced that it is going to deprecate the Java browser plug-in. The initiative will start with the forthcoming JDK 9, with removal from the Oracle JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in future releases. The company notes in the announcement heralding […]
Google is about to make its Chrome browser much faster. The company is ready to use a new compression algorithm called Brotli, according to Google engineer Ilya Grigorik. Brotli can compress web sites in a way that makes them up to 26% smaller than Chrome’s current algorithm, called Zopfli. Smaller web sites take less time […]
On Tuesday, Apple released a final version of 10.11.3, the third free update to OS X El Capitan. The focus of the update, which has no noticeable interface changes or new features, is said to be on the “stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac,” according to Apple’s release notes. The latest update was in […]
Futuremark gives Steam owners of 3DMark early access to an entertainment-only version of VRMark in the Holiday Beta. Today, 3DMark made a rather cool announcement – it opened up the beta for the 2016 3DMark update. It may be called the “Holiday Beta,” but it will be open until the update comes out. The best […]
The Khronos group announced that it would not be making its end-of-year target to have Vulkan wrapped up. Originally, the Khronos group aimed to have its new Vulkan API wrapped up and released by the end of the year. Alas, that target will not be met. The group informed us that the Vulkan API’s specification […]
Crytek has today that it has released the last version of the Cryengine for the year. The company has added some new features, fixed a host of bugs and extended further support for VR developers working with Oculus’s platform. Cryengine 3.8.6 will be the final public release of the engine for the year, and Crytek […]
Apple today released a public version of OS X 10.11.2, which has in been in beta for the last seven weeks. The release marks the second update to El Capitan since its release at the very end of September, and largely corrects flaws in the reliability of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Mail (with regards to Exchange accounts), […]
TextNow today said it is adding support for international calling to more than 150 countries around the globe. Moreover, the cloud-based communications company will let customers earn credits towards their bill or international calls. The new service allows TextNow users to use their existing number to call countries at low international rates. Some of the […]
Firefox now comes built-in with tracking protection currently offered by no other browser, including Chrome, Edge or Safari. The tracking protection is available for all platforms on which Firefox exists, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Android. Firefox is usually considered the most privacy-sensitive browser out there because of its open source roots and […]
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