Tom Warren

Diablo IV is getting a ray tracing upgrade later this month. Armor, water, windows, and other reflective surfaces will all have ray-traced reflections for more detail and lighting accuracy. Shadows throughout the game will also feature ray tracing.

Microsoft is bringing a new size slider to its pencil, brushes, and eraser tools in Paint. This will let you pick a custom size, much like you’d find in more advanced image editing tools like Photoshop. These new options are in testing today, alongside some improvements to the new layers feature inside Microsoft Paint. Microsoft has been on a roll lately, updating Paint with layers, AI features, and much more.

A three-year probe has revealed that the European Commission’s use of Microsoft software breached strict EU privacy rules, and limits on how personal data is transferred out of the EU. Reuters reports that the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) found that “in its contract with Microsoft, the Commission did not sufficiently specify what types of personal data are to be collected and for which explicit and specified purposes when using Microsoft 365.”