Tom Warren

Opera GX has teamed up with CD Projekt Red to bring a full Cyberpunk 2077 theme to its browser. The official theme includes a live wallpaper, a theme that syncs with your PC’s RGB lighting, and background music with special keyboard and browser sounds. The free mod is the first official gaming partnership available on the GX.store, so there’s potential for more official themes in the future for Opera’s browser for gamers.

Weeks after hiring Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, the newly formed Microsoft AI division is opening a hub in London. Suleyman was born and raised in the UK, and he’s now looking for “exceptional individuals” to work on AI projects in London. “There is an enormous pool of AI talent and expertise in the UK, and Microsoft AI plans to make a significant, long-term investment in the region as we begin hiring the best AI scientists and engineers into this new AI hub,” says Suleyman.

Intel has released an updated version of its XeSS upscaling technology that will improve frame rates thanks to a new AI model. Intel has provided benchmarks of XeSS 1.3 running on its latest Core Ultra 7155H chip as well as its Arc A750 GPU, showing modest improvements over the previous version of XeSS. More than 100 games now support XeSS, and it’s up to game developers to now support this improved version.