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The Microsoft Build developer’s conference has been per usual, but the company’s making announcements in other spaces, including a The operating system is finally getting native RAR support, ending the This is an open-source solution powered by the . Microsoft says this not only offers a native option to handle RAR files, but additional formats like tar, 7-zip, gz and many others, It also touts “improved functionality” regarding compression when compared to third-party apps. The company hasn’t announced an official…

Unreal updated its gaming engine for developers this week (May 11), where it now natively supports Apple silicon, such as the A15 Bionic and M2 Pro chips that you can find in iPads, Macs and iPhones.An engine allows developers to create worlds and characters with pre-made tools that can eventually turn into a game that you can play on a console or Mac/PC. Epic Games' Unreal Engine (opens in new tab) has been one of the most well-established engines for decades - starting with Unreal in 1998 and still to this day with the…

Last updated: May 9th, 2023 at 16:59 UTC+02:00 The Galaxy S22 series was the first to introduce native camera features to social media apps, including Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat. Thanks to this clever integration, Galaxy S22 users could rely on the powerful native camera capabilities of their phones without leaving the social media apps. And now, Samsung confirmed that Snapchat is working on retroactively making those features (or at least Night Mode) available to Galaxy S21 series users. The Samsung Community…

Exposing your eyes to blue light for prolonged periods can be harmful and contribute to issues ranging from sleep disorders to cataracts. Because of these effects, display manufacturers like Samsung have taken measures to reduce harmful blue light emissions in their products. Blue light emissions in TV, smartphone, and tablet panels have decreased over the years, and Samsung also developed software solutions for mobile devices, such as the Eye Comfort Shield blue light filter in One UI. Eye Comfort Shield is an automatic…

Too Long; Didn't ReadThe imports field has a good chance of becoming a standard way to configure path aliases for many developers in the coming years. It offers significant advantages compared to traditional configuration methods and is already supported by common development tools (as of April 2023). However, it also has some limitations that can be mitigated by following recommended configuration practices. Too Long; Didn't ReadThe imports field has a good chance of becoming a standard way to configure path aliases…

Reason Studios (formerly Propellerhead) announced today that Reason, its popular digital audio workstation and plugin suite, now natively runs on Apple M1 / M2 chips. After installing the new Reason 12.6 update, users can skip the slower speeds from Apple’s Rosetta 2 emulator and run the DAW natively on non-Intel Macs for “50 percent better performance.” The update also applies to Reason’s Rack Extension tech. The company says all 750+ extensions will also run natively on Apple Silicon, including older extensions…

Sometimes you need to make sure you know what you're looking at before its scientific value is made clear – and that's the case with a 3,000-year-old piece of human bone initially thought to have come from a bear.The remains were discovered in Lawyer's Cave in Southeast Alaska. The cave is on the mainland, east of Wrangell Island, and in the Alexander Archipelago, in an area inhabited by the Indigenous Tlingit people.In cooperation with the Wrangell Tribe that now lives in the area, the ancient individual whose remains…

While Rivian isn’t working on CarPlay support, the EV maker is planning a few other features that Apple fans will appreciate. In a recent Q&A session this week, Rivian’s head of software development, Wassym Bensaid, revealed that the company is actively testing support for allowing Apple Watch to serve as a key for R1T and R1S vehicles. Rivian talks Apple Watch integration, Apple Music, and more According to a user on the Rivian Forums, Bensaid said during the Q&A session that…

Native American people integrated horses into their communities much earlier than European colonial records suggest, according to an innovative study Thursday that combined archaeological and genetic analysis with Indigenous oral traditions.The study is the first using both Western science and traditional knowledge to be published in the prestigious Science journal, the researchers said.Based on European records from colonial times, historians have long contended that Native American people did not interact much with…

A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 379, Issue 6639.Download PDF Scattered across the prairie east of the Colorado Front Range are rings of ancient stones. The rings were used to anchor tipis, and they measure barely 2 meters across. Matt Reed, the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma’s tribal historic preservation officer, says that tiny footprint comes as a surprise to modern Pawnee, whose traditional tipis are big enough to fit whole…