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HDR has been an embarrassment for PC gaming for years. The state of affairs isn’t much better in 2022 than it was five years ago, but to really understand what has gone wrong, I needed to speak to an authority on the game development side of the story. So, I spoke with a technical developer over at Ubisoft to get their take on the matter. It’s an issue that large developers like Ubisoft are well aware of, and have even developed tools to combat — but they also say we’re making progress, even if we have a long way to…

Darnell Kenebrew is a first-generation graduate from San Francisco State University's class of 2020. He graduated with a bachelor's in computer science, which helped him kick off a career in tech and pursue roles within data and engineering. Currently, he's a data analytics engineer at Meta and an executive captain for COOP Careers — a nonprofit for overcoming underemployment. Kenebrew strongly believes in giving people a chance and that everyone should have an equal opportunity within the job market. He…

Image: Hinterhaus Productions/GETTYDespite fears of a looming recession and hiring freezes at a number of major tech companies, demand for tech-based roles continues to run high. Most companies have been forced to increase their reliance on – and investment in – technology over the past two and a half years. That's left them with a number of gaps in the workforce to fill, whether in IT security, software development, IT support or data analysis.Some tech professionals are seeing greater demand than others. An…

Niantic has confirmed that it has “no intention” of removing remote raids for standard tiers of Pokémon Go raiding, however certain Community Day raids will still require turning up in-person to complete. Speaking to Eurogamer, Pokémon Go game director Michael Steranka shared that Niantic has “no intention right now of removing remote raiding for the regular tiers of raiding – one, three and five-star raids,” but noted “we haven’t been shy about the fact we’re looking at opportunities for players to get playing…

Shiba Inu is all set to make a dramatic comeback? That’s what Shytoshi Kusama’s tweets say. Shytoshi Kusama, SHIB’s lead developer, shares Shiba Inu’s path forward in the ongoing bear market in a recent thread of tweets. For the past few weeks, the condition of all cryptocurrencies including Shiba Inu is not good. Constant price falls brought SHIB to US$0.000009045. According to WhaleStats data, Shiba Inu is now the largest held crypto asset for the top 100 Ethereum whales after USDC, while Ethereum…

After a seven-year hiatus, Twitter is once again hosting an in-person . The company is bringing back Chirp, which will take place in San Francisco on November 16th. Chirp was the name of Twitter’s first-ever developer conference back in 2010, though the event was canceled in subsequent years. The last time the company hosted a live developer conference was Twitter Flight in 2015. Since then, Twitter has had a somewhat rocky relationship with developers. The company made a series of API changes in 2018 that were deeply…

Taconic Partners, one of New York’s largest private owners and managers of lab space serving pharmaceutical and biotech companies, is consolidating its life-sciences portfolio into a new subsidiary named Elevate Research Properties. Elevate will control three life-sciences laboratories currently under development by Taconic. Elevate also plans to spend more than $250 million to redevelop an office property that it owns with Nuveen Real Estate near several academic medical institutions, including Mount Sinai Hospital,…

Technology evolves. And programmers who don’t grow professionally get left behind. Naturally, they must have the hard technical skills required of a programmer, such as the languages involved. But having a firm grasp of data structures and algorithms and web development is just the minimum. Standing out from the competition takes a lot more, including internalizing the meta-skills that are fundamental to success. Staying nimble in a rapidly changing field, versed in in-demand technology, and knowing how to avoid burnout…

Hunt: Showdown developer Crytek is aware of a bug with the LeMat revolver and has warned players against exploiting it, threatening consequences for those who do so. Hunt: Showdown is a multiplayer first-person shooter, with both a cooperative mode and a battle royale mode. An easily repeatable exploit involving the LeMat Mark 2 Revolver has been discovered which gives those using it an unfair advantage. As reported by PC Gamer, the bug involves the weapon mode switching mechanic of the LeMat. While the revolver holds…

Alien: Isolation developer Creative Assembly is currently working on an unannounced science-fiction first-person shooter (FPS) game, and has shared brief details on what it will involve. Creative Assembly studio director Gareth Edmondson and creative director Alistair Hope broke the news in the most recent issue of Edge Magazine (via GamesRadar), the “as-yet-unnamed” game has been in the works for around four years, since 2018. The upcoming game has a “drive for attention to detail and authenticity” and will absolutely…