The signal, not the noise
DLSS 5 leaked through an early-access build of NBA 2K27 last week, and since then, the modding community has been hard at work patching it into all sorts of different games. Modders on the RenoDX Discord have now pushed it into RTX 30-series "Ampere" GPUs, despite this generation having no official support for DLSS 5.
Just don't expect RTX 4000 GPUs to run the tech well. Nvidia's DLSS 5 neural rendering tech officially debuted yesterday in NBA 2K27, and it's only supported on current-generation RTX 5000 graphics cards.
The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI’s argument that training AI on others' intellectual property is fair use.
Each week, new games and apps integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. In the last few days, STAR WARS Zero Company and Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 have launched with DLSS.
After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon.
Tech Mahindra’s US-based healthcare subsidiary, The HCI Group, will modernise and manage key IT operations of PeaceHealth
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The Cheat Code Locator in Fortnite was added at the start of Chapter 7 Season 4. With the theme of Override being Gaming Legends, everything that's related to video games in general has been added.
It's Bullitt meets Christine meets Waymo. A new short film imagines a San Francisco car chase where the other driver isn't human - and the car may be trying to kill you.
The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses.
We tested Nvidia's DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27 across every RTX 50-series graphics card at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K to see just how much performance it costs to explore the frontiers of neural rendering.
Xbox is pushing its games onto more screens with a new partnership with TCL, but there is an awkward catch hiding behind the convenience. Select TCL Smart TVs will soon get the Xbox app, allowing owners to stream supported Xbox games without buying the console.
As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.
If you thought the satirical reality in GTA 6 couldn't be more absurd, one streamer who played the game at Rockstar HQ has revealed that the game lets you fling bags of dog poop at NPCs.
A once-overlooked block of unicode that's invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use.
Software giant Adobe has acquired Peak XV Partners-backed martech startup Rilo for an undisclosed amount. An Adobe spokesperson confirmed the…
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Like any Capcom title, Onimusha: Way of the Sword has multiple puzzles throughout Miyamoto Musashi's journey to stop the Malice from spreading across Kyoto. While fairly straightforward, the Mask puzzle is one of the more confusing puzzles in Chapter 11, “What Lurks in the Shadows,” where Musashi explores Nijo-jo Castle in search of Okuni’s friend, Hinagiku.
The wrong bag can aggravate you every single day. These WIRED-tested picks get comfort, capacity, and organization just right.
Apple is expected to announce several products at its September event next week—including a folding phone—but the iPhone 18 might not be among them. It would be a first for the company.
After Donald Trump’s executive order demanding the name change, Google is the first major online map provider to flip the switch.
Open models can be downloaded, customised and used as building blocks for new AI products; that has made download and derivative-model figures one measure of influence in the US-China AI race
Plus: Tens of millions of US and Canadian drivers’ licenses go up for sale on the dark web, the US military finally tries to tackle the risk online ad data poses to troops, and more.
It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week” — timing that puts Apple’s next iPhone event on his desk before he’s even settled in.
The company is about to formally launch the gold two-seater, with no steering wheel or pedals -- a move that could change Tesla forever.
A startup called Mostik has a wild new approach to combining the capabilities of AI models.
These are the 15 best Amazon Labor Day deals on WIRED-tested, WIRED-recommended products in 2026.
Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertising.