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But what exactly is ray tracing? As we all know graphics in video games have come a long way. However, the expectations of gamers from a game’s graphics have also grown exponentially. These days, gamers demand greater visual fidelity and realism in games. That’s where ray tracing comes in. Simply put, ray tracing leverages powerful GPUs to make changes to the visuals based on a number of factors.Ray-tracingis a method of calculating 3D scenes which mimics how humans see the world, or more specifically, how the light in our world interacts with elements....

Apple has reportedly removed 25,000 gambling apps from its App Store in China that flouted the local Internet policies. In a statement given to The Wall Street Journal on Monday, the Cupertino-based iPhone maker said “gambling apps are illegal and not allowed on the App Store in China”. “We have already removed many apps and developers for trying to distribute illegal gambling apps on our App Store, and we are vigilant in our efforts to find these and stop them from being on the App Store,” Apple added....

An Apple store in Amsterdam has been temporarily closed after an iPad battery exploded and released harmful chemical substances, the media reported. The store was evacuated as a precautionary measure and three employees who reportedly experienced trouble breathing were treated. “Due to the chemicals potentially released, the store has been closed as firefighters work to ventilate the space and clear out any harmful vapours,” 9to5Mac reported on Sunday. The staff placed the iPad immediately into a container with sand and called the firefighters....

The Alienware Academy is an online training platform for budding competitive gamers who want to take their skills to the next levels and prove their mettle in competitive e-sports tournaments on a global scale. Alienware Academy allows PC gamers to take data-driven lessons which can help them learn the tricks and master the necessary skills to become a bona fide e-sports star. “This helps aspiring athletes improve theirskills, strive toward goals, gain post-lesson insights, and measure their performance against the community”, the company said in a press statement....

The 24-inch Dell gaming monitor has aresolution of 1920 x 1080 pixelswith arefresh rate of 144Hz and 1ms response time, which means minimum input lag, tear-free graphics, super smooth frame transition and an overall better gameplay experience. The larger 27-inch variant features a resolution of2560 × 1440 pixelshas an even higherrefresh rate of 155Hz and 1ms of response time. Both the Dell gaming monitors also come withsupport for AMD FreeSync technologyand allow users to create up to three display profiles, letting them choose the best visual preset mode for a personalized gaming experience....

Today’s launches under the Alienware series includerevamped Aurora and Area 51 desktop PCswith support for a supreme quality gaming experience and NVIDIA’s latest 2000-series GPUs. Alongside these, Dell isalso launchingAlienware15 and 17 gaming laptopswith TactX keyboard. Alienware Aurora and Area 51 The new Aurora is an extremely powerful desktop in a compact outfit. The new Aurora is Dell’s smallest dual-graphics laptop which nowsupports tool-less upgrades. It sports up to 12K gaming thanks to the support for the latest and the best GPUs from NVIDIA including GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and 8th-gen Intel Core processors....

Social networking giant Facebook is donating $250,000 (nearly Rs 1.75 crore) for relief work inKerala, which has been battered by torrential rains, floods and landslides, leaving over 300 dead amid massive destruction, the company said on Monday. Facebookwill donate the money through the Community Resilience Fund for GOONJ — a Delhi-based non-profit organisation that is leading the relief and recovery efforts in the impacted localities. “In the last few days, Facebook along with the power of the community, has helped reach out to people through features such as Live, creating Page, joining community and raising funds,” a Facebook spokesperson said....

Steam deals are great to check out games that you have held off on buying for one reason or the other. And it gets better when we have special edition on sale. That’s why you should jump on the Rise of Tomb Raider deal onSteamtoday. And it’s the Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration edition, so you are getting a ton of extra content. The Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content....

In their quest to prove the supposedly-superlative photography capabilities of their smartphones, manufacturers have been time and again caught lying about the source of the images. Huawei is now the latest in line to have succumbed to the temptation of passing off DSLR images as camera samples from its recently-releasedNova 3smartphone. This after Samsung passed off some stock photos as camera samples in Brazil last week. As can be seen from the 30-second spot meant for the middle-eastern market, theNova 3’s camerais being shown to be highly-versatile in a wide range of situations and lighting conditions....

Launched last year, the 4G VoLTE-enabled JioPhone quickly soared up the popularity charts,becoming the best-selling feature-phonemodel in the country last year, and hascontinued to dominate the sales chartsthis year as well. The company has sincelaunched the JioPhone 2, whichwent on salefor the first time earlier this month. The fact that Reliance promised the availability of some of the most-used apps, such as Facebook,WhatsApp and YouTube on the device, no doubt contributed to its runaway success....

Most football fans around the world claim that theEnglish Premier Leagueor EPL is the best top-tier football league, but for a small minority, La Liga remains the pinnacle – I won’t get into why right now since we are not a sports website. I fall in that minority, so I was surprised to hear that Facebook would be streaming La Liga matches this year. However, based on the opening weekend, that’s not a good thing....

Twitter needs more resources to enact rules aimed attackling heated political rhetoricon its platform, CEO Jack Dorsey has said. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Dorsey saidTwitterdidn’t take action against US conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones until reports came in, pointing out that he violated Twitter’s policies. “As we receive reports, we take action,” Dorsey said. After facing protests on its platform, Twitter last week temporarily banned the account of Jones....

Havinglaunched the Nokia 6.1 Plus in China and Hong Konglate last month, HMD Global is expected to finally bring the device to India this week. The company had earliersent out media invitesfor a press event in New Delhi on August 21, where the company is expected to launch the phone which is abigger and more powerfulversion of theNokia 6.1, launched earlier this year. While the specs and features of the device are already public knowledge, it has now been revealed thatit will be available exclusively on Flipkart....