DLSS 5 Has... A Certain Look To It

NVIDIA unveiled DLSS 5, its latest upscaling technology that uses AI to enhance game frames with 'photoreal lighting and material,' drawing widespread criticism for an over-processed, AI-filtered look. The demo required two RTX 590 GPUs. Microsoft confirmed a Windows 11 bug on Samsung PCs causing C drive access errors, traced to Samsung's Galaxy Connect app, which has since been pulled. ASRock revealed the H610M Combo 2 motherboard supporting both DDR4 and DDR5, aimed at budget builders, while a RAM shortage is expected to persist until late 2028. Other quick news: Apple announced AirPods Max 2 at $549, the Xbox One was finally hacked 12 years after launch via an unpatchable silicon-level exploit, Meta is ending opt-in end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs, and Niantic Spatial partnered with Coco Robotics using mapping data from Pokemon Go players.