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  1. Ollama on Windows 11: Native App vs. WSL for Local LLMs

    Ollama running on Windows 11 is a near-effortless way to host local large language models, and for most users the native Windows app is the fastest path from download to chat — but for developers, researchers, and GPU tinkerers, installing the Linux build inside WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)...
  2. Oasis Driver: Reviving Windows Mixed Reality with Native SteamVR/OpenXR

    August 29, 2025 delivered an unexpected lifeline to owners of aging Windows Mixed Reality headsets: a new native SteamVR driver called Oasis that restores direct SteamVR/OpenXR compatibility for devices left orphaned after Microsoft deprecated the Mixed Reality Portal. (roadtovr.com) Background...
  3. NVIDIA GeForce 581.15 WHQL: Mixed signals, caution for gamers and creators

    NVIDIA’s latest GeForce driver rollout — reported as version 581.15 WHQL in third‑party coverage — promises targeted stability fixes and expanded game support, but the release is surrounded by mixed signals and verification gaps that make cautious upgrading the prudent choice for gamers and...
  4. Azure + NVIDIA Drive GPU-Powered Catalyst for Medicine, Biodiversity & Digital Twins

    Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA have quietly become the engine room for a new wave of scientific discovery — and three startups in the Catalyst series show how GPU-accelerated cloud infrastructure is being used to translate raw data into concrete outcomes in medicine, biology, and digital...
  5. Enable HDR in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl for Cinematic Visuals

    Want Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl to look its absolute best? Enabling HDR can dramatically improve contrast, color depth, and highlight detail — but on Windows this feature is a chain-of-trust that requires the OS, GPU driver, monitor, cable, and the game itself to agree. This step‑by‑step...
  6. Enable HDR on RTX PCs in Windows 11: Step-by-Step Guide

    High Dynamic Range can transform how games and movies look on a PC, but getting HDR right on an RTX-powered Windows 11 system requires more than flipping a single toggle: you need the right GPU, display, cable, drivers, and calibration. This guide pulls together a practical, step-by-step setup...
  7. Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS: Stable HWE with Linux 6.14 and Mesa 25.0

    Canonical’s third point release for Noble Numbat arrives at a timely moment for PC builders and IT admins who want stability without sacrificing new hardware support: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS is out with a refreshed installation image, a backported Linux 6.14 hardware enablement kernel, and the Mesa...
  8. Linux 6.16: Confidential computing, zero-copy I/O, and broader hardware support for Windows workflows

    Linux 6.16 lands with a broad set of core changes that sharpen the kernel’s performance profile, strengthen confidential computing, and extend hardware coverage—from next‑gen Intel features to modern GPUs and audio DSPs—while also polishing daily driver subsystems such as filesystems...
  9. Microsoft's AI Growth, Azure Scale, and Valuation in 2025

    Microsoft sits squarely at the center of the modern software industry: colossal scale, accelerating AI monetization, and a balance sheet that lets it spend aggressively on cloud infrastructure — but the company’s market multiples, peer comparisons, and some widely circulated metrics deserve...
  10. Omniverse Cloud on Azure: Scalable Digital Twins & Industrial Simulation

    NVIDIA’s decision to host Omniverse Cloud on Microsoft Azure marks a turning point for enterprises that want to build large-scale, secure digital twin and industrial simulation environments without the friction of managing complex, GPU‑heavy infrastructure themselves. The collaboration —...
  11. Nvidia, TSMC, Microsoft: The AI Infrastructure Trifecta

    The AI infrastructure era is consolidating around three firms that sit at the intersection of design, fabrication, and deployment: Nvidia for compute architectures and software stacks, TSMC for the advanced manufacturing that turns designs into reality, and Microsoft for the cloud fabric and...
  12. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: On-Prem AI in 2U Servers

    NVIDIA’s push to put Blackwell-class acceleration into standard racks reached a new inflection point this week with the launch of the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition and a family of factory-validated 2U RTX Pro servers from major OEMs — a move designed to make on‑premises AI and...
  13. Hyperscale AI Capex Surge: Big Cloud Giants Invest Billions in Data Centers

    Global cloud capital expenditures are entering a new, accelerated phase: analysts now expect hyperscale providers to push annual data-center CapEx from hundreds of billions into the low‑trillions over the next half decade, led by Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft — a concentrated spending...
  14. AI Concentration in Magnificent Seven: Risks and Rewards for Investors

    The market’s obsession with a tight cluster of AI-exposed mega-cap stocks has shifted from curiosity to conviction, and in the latest earnings cycle that conviction was tested — sometimes rewarded, sometimes exposed — as Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and Tesla produced results that crystallize both...
  15. NVIDIA GeForce 580.97 WHQL Driver: DLSS 4 Gains & Display Fixes, Plus Open Issues

    NVIDIA’s latest Game Ready release, the GeForce 580.97 WHQL driver, is now available and — beyond performance tweaks for two DLSS 4-enabled titles — brings several targeted display fixes while leaving a handful of high‑visibility problems unresolved for now. Gamers running Senua’s Saga...
  16. Windows 11 Alternatives for Gamers: SteamOS & Linux Gaming Guide

    Windows has long been the default platform for PC gaming, but the tectonic plates under that assumption are shifting: the combination of Windows 11’s controversial updates, strict hardware requirements, and recurring bugs has sparked renewed interest in alternatives—chief among them SteamOS and...
  17. 15% Revenue Share: U.S. Deal Resumes Nvidia/AMD China AI Chip Sales

    The U.S. government has brokered an unprecedented deal that lets Nvidia and AMD resume sales of specific AI accelerators to China — but only after the companies agree to hand over a 15% share of revenues from those Chinese sales to the U.S. government as a condition of newly issued export...
  18. NVIDIA vGPU 19.0 & Blackwell: Revolutionizing Enterprise Virtualization with AI & Graphics

    NVIDIA’s vGPU 19.0 release signals a pivotal moment for enterprise virtualization, as it brings unprecedented power and flexibility to modern data centers leveraging the formidable NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Series GPUs. By marrying innovations like Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) partitioning with...
  19. NVIDIA Extends Windows 10 Driver Support to 2026: What Gamers Need to Know

    NVIDIA’s recent announcement to extend Game Ready driver support for Windows 10 until October 2026 has sent a notable ripple through the PC gaming community, especially as Microsoft’s own end-of-support deadline for the popular operating system looms just a year sooner. This strategic move...
  20. Nvidia’s AI Dominance in 2025: Opportunities, Risks, and Market Outlook

    Nvidia’s reign as the world’s leading AI chipmaker remains a story of innovation, ecosystem dominance, and stratospheric investor expectations—yet it is now unfolding on a far more competitive and uncertain stage than ever before. Fresh Q2 2025 figures show historic demand for Nvidia’s GPUs and...