Minecraft Java recently announced a series of changes, including a much-needed transition from OpenGL to Vulkan. However, the new graphics API will significantly improve performance and graphical ...

The Japanese electorate delivered a verdict last weekend that shattered the conventional wisdom of Nagatacho. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Liberal Democratic Party roared back from the ...

Nintendo 3DS Azahar has just announced support for caching shaders to disk. Azahar has to translate 3DS vertex shaders so your GPU can use them, slowing down gameplay. By caching compiled shaders, ...

President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, Jan. 29, 2026 (AP photo by Evan Vucci). Realism is having another moment in Washington. President Donald Trump’s ...

The FPS Days X event in Japan unveiled a new realism mode coming in The Division 2. The Creative Director of the game, Yannick, along with Daria (Product Manager) and Paul (Game Designer), took to the ...

Tom Clancy's The Division Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Attendees at FPSDay X have had the chance to play this new mode for themselves, and the Ubisoft Japan channel has posted a video outlining what it ...

The true meaning of “flexible realism” — abroad and at home. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Linda Kinstler Linda Kinstler is a scholar of law and intellectual history and ...

Gustave Flaubert recalled in a letter that the critic Sainte-Beuve compared his style to a surgeon’s scalpel, an image taken from 'Madame Bovary'. This was not a compliment: Sainte-Beuve was anxious ...

Three scholars walk into a bar and watch a country being invaded on TV. The constructivist says: “We must help.” The pragmatist says: “We should calculate costs and benefits.” The realist says: ...

The Trump administration has rightly reoriented US foreign policy toward domestic renewal, more balanced alliances, and hemispheric protection. For nearly a decade, a small but growing group of ...

Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox has asked PC gamers to wait 15 minutes for shaders to compile in the background while playing after some said this week’s update had caused increased stuttering. The ...