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Steam Adds 110 Native Linux Game Builds (Jul 15-22), Reaches 14.3% of New Titles

Between July 15 and July 22, 2026, Steam saw the addition of 110 new titles featuring native Linux builds. This represents 14.3% of the 770 games released for Windows on Steam during the same one-week...

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MoltenVK 1.4.2 Adds VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax, macOS DrawID Support

MoltenVK v1.4.2 was recently released, bringing significant updates for Vulkan applications running on Apple's Metal API. A primary new feature is the support for VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax on Apple...

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Imagination PowerVR BXM-4-64 MC1 GPU Support Queued For Linux 7.3 DRM-Next

Imagination PowerVR has submitted driver updates to the drm-misc-next tree, marking the BXM-4-64 MC1 GPU as supported for the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel. These patches, sent out today, are part of the ...

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AMD Commits ROCm Software Stack To Rigid Six-Week Release Cycle

AMD has announced a significant change to its ROCm software platform release schedule, committing to a "rigid six week release cycle moving forward." This announcement was made at the AMD Advancing AI...

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Ollama v0.32.3 Enhances Linux CUDA/ROCm iGPU Memory, Adds B200 Support

Ollama v0.32.3 was released today, bringing significant updates for local large language model inference. The update focuses on expanding GPU support and optimizing resource usage on Linux systems. Ke...

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Khronos Introduces Tiered OpenXR Adopter Fees for Ecosystem Expansion

Khronos revealed today new tiered OpenXR Adopter Program subscription and renewal fees, structured by company size. This initiative aims to make official conformance more accessible, thereby expanding...

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AMD Launches Instinct MI455X GPUs and Helios AI Rack for AI Workloads

AMD today announced the launch of its new Instinct MI455X GPUs and the Helios AI rack. AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled the hardware at the Advancing AI 2026 event. The Instinct MI455X GPUs are designed for a...

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AMD Introduces ROCm.AI for AI-Driven Developer Platform

AMD yesterday announced ROCm.AI, an AI-driven platform tailored for developers. This revelation took place during AMD's annual Advancing AI day, coinciding with the launch of new hardware including In...

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Simple DirectMedia Library Lands HDR10 Rendering Support

The Simple DirectMedia Library (SDL) recently received HDR10 rendering support, a significant update for applications leveraging the cross-platform development library. This crucial functionality was ...

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libx11-compat Works on Xlib Re-implementation Atop SDL for Wayland, macOS, Android

The libx11-compat project is currently being developed to enhance the compatibility of traditional X11 clients across modern computing environments. This initiative aims to re-implement the Xlib clien...

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AMD GPUOpen Outlines Real-time Animated Geometry Ray Tracing with Tetrahedral Cages

AMD GPUOpen recently published an article detailing a technique for efficiently ray tracing massive amounts of animated geometry in real time. The method, designed to reduce per-frame update and memor...

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PCSX2 v2.7.492 Fixes Qt Optimal Frame Pacing Global Inheritance

The PCSX2 development team today released version 2.7.492 of their PlayStation 2 emulator. This update primarily addresses an issue where the "Optimal Frame Pacing" setting within the Qt-based user in...

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Khronos Releases 2026 Real-Time Shading Ecosystem Survey Report

The Khronos Group today released its 2026 Real-Time Shading Ecosystem Survey Report. This report compiles insights from over 400 shader developers, graphics programmers, rendering engineers, and tools...

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GOverlay 1.8.9 Improves MangoHud Per-Game Blacklist, OptiScaler Integration

GOverlay 1.8.9 was released this week, introducing significant improvements to MangoHud integration and OptiScaler compatibility. A key new feature is per-game blacklist support for MangoHud, allowing...

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Collabora Releases Arch Linux aarch64 Port Preview for Holo Core

Collabora recently announced a preview release of an Arch Linux aarch64 port for Holo Core. This initiative provides early binaries, source code, and containers for an Arch Linux-based aarch64 port. T...

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