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India's space sector startups are looking forward to the new space policy for easier access to finance and clarity on issues related to liability in case of untoward incidents.At least 100 startups are active in the country's space sector building satellites, launch vehicles and even designing in-orbit refuellers for satellites that would otherwise have to be abandoned for want of fuel."A new space policy addressing various domains of space activities is being worked out," Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office…

Microsoft's Clarity Boost optimisation for Xbox Cloud Gaming (aka xCloud) is now available on Microsoft Edge browser, an executive from Xbox has announced. As per the company, Clarity Boost is claimed to improve the visual quality of the video stream. Recently, Xbox Cloud Gaming support was rolled out to a few Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X owners in select regions to stream games over the cloud. A must have for these users was that they should have an active Game Pass Ultimate subscription.Milena Gonzalez, Program Manager…

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Microsoft has added a new gaming portal and Clarity Boost feature to its Microsoft Edge internet browser. Whilst cloud streaming already exists online for Xbox and PC, this new homepage on Edge and the Clarity Boost feature aim to make games look better, and make it easier for players to navigate through their favourite titles as well (via Bleeping Computer and PC Gamer). As outlined in a Windows blog, the new Microsoft Edge gaming homepage aims to help players get right to their most interested games quicker, whilst…

Microsoft is hoping to make Edge the browser of choice for gamers. The company is rolling out a host of gaming-related updates to most users, including perks for game streaming. A new (if long in development) Clarity Boost feature improves the visual quality of console titles when you're using Xbox Cloud Gaming on a Windows 10 or 11 PC. The spatial upscaling technology won't make you forget that it's a stream, but the sample Microsoft offered suggests it will reduce the muddy look that sometimes plagues remote games. You…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An increasing proportion of our everyday conversations take place in online environments, but these conversations do not always end well when they involve controversial topics. It is often thought that this is because people express themselves less clearly or more ambiguously online due to missing nonverbal cues, or that people become disinhibited online because they feel like they are…

Microsoft has unveiled a plethora of new gaming features for Windows 11 and Microsoft Edge — with the natural aim to deliver an improved gaming experience — including windowed games optimisation, a new HDR calibration app, a new controller bar, new gaming home page, built-in Clarity Boost, and a new Efficiency mode. The new gaming improvements will be applicable to the desktop version of Microsoft Edge. Many of these are currently being tested under the Windows Insider programme.Here's how they break down. Optimisations…

The virtual reality headset wars seem to be heating up with Pimax announcing the Pimax Crystal. This new VR headset marries QLED with mini-LED technology that Pimax says will “take clarity to another level.” Another reason Pimax has to brag about its visual clarity are the lenses that the Crystal uses. Pimax uses glass aspheric lenses instead of plastic lenses that other headsets use. The company says this allows them to improve clarity by increasing transmittance and reducing stray light and aberration. Glass lenses…

Twitch has confirmed that it’s looking to improve the way it hands out bans, with video evidence of any infraction sent to the streamer in question. As it stands, streamers are told about bans and suspensions via email, alongside the reason for the punishment, where the violation occurred, and the length of the resulting suspension. However, Twitch currently only tells creators what rule was broken without sharing details about the violating incident in question. This means some streamers are left in the dark about…

The Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, have returned to the Cannes competition where they have won golden opinions over the decades: two Palmes d’Or (for Rosetta in 1999 and The Child in 2005) and other prizes including best screenplay for Lorna’s Silence in 2008, the Grand Prix for The Kid With The Bike in 2011, and best direction for Young Ahmed in 2019. But for me the dynamism of their work has fallen off in recent years, and there are sometimes issues with basic plot naivety and plausibility, for all the obvious…