Soon, games on Windows PCs, especially Windows 11, will load much faster if the machine is configured with the right storage and graphics hardware, thanks to Microsoft's DirectStorage. Microsoft has ...

Microsoft is bringing a new video encoding API to DirectX 12 in Windows 11. The new API aims to help app developers tap into the raw power of GPUs so that video editing tasks can be more efficient, ...

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DirectX 12 has a variety of applications in multimedia environments, especially gaming and video. When it comes to the latter, it already provides APIs for GPU-accelerated video decoding and ...

Some users are facing an issue in which they are not able to open Microsoft Store apps such as Photos, Calculators, Maps, etc. They are also not able to find the Microsoft Store. In fact, they even ...

Update: Right as this story was published, Cider says it found a new workaround to make the app work again. The developer cautions that this “may be a temporary fix until we can find something more ...

Security researchers warn that the Windows ANSI API contains a hidden trap that could lead to arbitrary code execution — a new attack surface dubbed ‘WorstFit.’ Security researchers have outlined a ...

As explained above, low memory or disk space can also trigger this error. Therefore, first, close all the running programs to free up some RAM. If this does not fix ...

Reddit's recent rule change will increase the cost of accessing its API for third-party apps. Some developers have stated the costs of accessing Reddit's API will cause their apps to be "dead in 30 ...

In a proof-of-concept, a security researcher demonstrated how the Windows Security Center API can be used to block the scans by Microsoft’s built-in antivirus tool. Windows Defender can be tricked ...

Security researchers have discovered malicious Linux binaries created for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), indicating that hackers are trying out new methods to compromise Windows machines. The ...