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February 2024
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Ohtani puts on a show in first batting practice with Dodgers
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Windows 11 Is Getting a Built-In AI Upscaler
Right now, if you want to take advantage of AI upscaling on Windows, you need to lay out some cash for it. Companies like Nvidia offer AI upscaling as part of their graphics cards, and without one, you’re stuck with the resolutions your PC can handle natively. However, it looks like Microsoft is is changing that. Soon, you should be able to upscale your games natively in Windows 11, without needing a proprietary GPU.
Twitter user PhantomOcean3 showed off the new AI upscaler feature in a tweet. If you’re running Windows 11 version 24H2, currently in testing in the Insider Preview, you’ll find the option under Settings > System > Displays > Graphics. Windows calls the feature “Automatic super resolution,” and says it uses AI to “make supported games play more smoothly with enhanced details.” While the feature doesn’t seem active yet, it indicates built-in AI upscaling is on its way.
As The Verge’s Tom Warren points out, this feature is reminiscent of AI upscalers from companies like AMD (FidelityFX), Intel (XeSS), and, in particular, Nvidia’s DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling). If Windows’ built-in AI upscaling feature works close to how Nvidia, AMD, and Intel’s upscalers do, that could remove the need to have hardware from one of these companies in your rig in order to take advantage.
What’s so great about AI upscalers?
The main benefit of native AI upscaling is the ability to render games in a higher resolution without the need for more advanced hardware. For example, if you’re running Windows 11 24H2 on your PC, you could use this feature to upscale a 1440p game to 4K, rather than natively running the game in the 4K resolution. The latter would typically be more demanding on your GPU, and if your hardware isn’t quite powerful enough, you could run into slowdowns.
Upscaling from 1440p, however, can allow you to see enhanced details without the strain on your system. And if Microsoft really wants to compete with upscalers like DLSS, they’ll implement other perks, too. DLSS not only upscales from 1440p to 4K, it also adds details that aren’t there when playing games at 4K with DLSS disabled, and increases frame rates using AI to “guess” what the additional frames should look like. Hopefully, Windows 11’s AI upscaler will offer similar benefits, but at the very least, it’s cool to see Microsoft lowering the bar for entry for this kind of technology.
Spencer Dinwiddie chose Lakers for appealing to his ‘fight till you win’ side
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Five Warriors buyout candidates who could help playoff push
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Five Warriors buyout candidates who could help playoff push
With the NBA trade deadline in the rearview mirror, the Warriors now can turn their attention to the buyout market, where they will consider adding a big man.
Coming back from injury, Edwin Diaz confident Mets will get ‘same guy’ as 2022
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How to Hide Old Photos of an Ex on Your Android
If you’ve broken up with your partner, you may find yourself wishing that your phone wouldn’t keep reminding you they exist. Photo galleries in most modern phones automatically create all kinds of interesting collages and slideshows, which is great when the memories in question are happy, but can be triggering after a painful breakup. I’ve written before about getting rid of your ex’s photos from your iPhone, and this guide will help people who use Android phones do the same.
It should be noted that various Android phone manufacturers use their own versions of the photo gallery app. The steps to hide or remove your ex’s photos from those apps may vary, so I’m focusing on an app included on most Android phones sold in the U.S.—Google Photos. It’s the preferred photo backup service for most people who use Android. Unfortunately it doesn’t allow you to automatically delete all photos of any one person, but it has some neat workarounds that let you hide your ex’s photos quickly.
Hide a specific person from Google Photos
To hide all photos of someone from your camera reel, open Google Photos and tap the profile icon in the top right corner. Go to Photos settings > Preferences > Memories > Hide people and pets. This will reveal a grid of all the different people and pets identified in your photos. Select all the people (or pets) you want to hide, and you will no longer see their images in memories or other highlights created by Google Photos.
Hide photos taken on a specific date from Google Photos
Google Photos also creates memories based on specific dates in a calendar year. This can lead to suggestions you watch slideshows of your anniversary with an ex-partner, birthday parties, or other moments that were significant in your life. You can stop Google Photos from creating these memories too. Go to Profile icon > Photos settings > Preferences > Memories > Hide dates. Add the dates you want to exclude and Google Photos will leave out any photos from those days when it creates memories.
Archive all photos of a specific person
If you’re sure you don’t want to view any pictures of your ex, but don’t want to delete those photos outright, use Google Photos’ Archive feature. This will move those photos to a separate folder and prevent them from being added into any new memories the service creates. To do this, open Google Photos and press and hold any image of your ex. Keep scrolling and selecting all the photos you don’t want to see, until you’ve found them all. When you’re done, swipe right on the bottom toolbar and select Archive.
Delete your ex’s photos altogether
This is the nuclear option, but in Google Photos, it requires a lot more manual work than in Photos on iPhone. You’ll need to select all pictures of your ex manually and choose the Delete option from the bottom toolbar to get rid of these photos for good. They’ll still be in the Bin folder, which you can access by going to the Library tab in Google Photos and selecting Bin. Removed photos are permanently deleted after 60 days.
Pirates adding catching depth by agreeing with two-time All-Star Yasmani Grandal, AP source says
Grandal would join a catching situation that includes former No. 1 overall pick Henry Davis, Jason Delay and Ali Sánchez.