After more than 16 years, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally moving away from the aging OpenGL graphics system and upgrading to Vulkan, a modern multi-threaded rendering API. The change, announced by ...

Looking ahead: The first official visual upgrade in Minecraft's 16-year history was released last June for Bedrock Edition players. However, the original Java version has a long road ahead of it ...

New Secret Service protective detail agents are about to get a wardrobe upgrade, courtesy of taxpayers. The Secret Service will soon offer each agent who graduates from protective detail training two ...

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

Minecraft Java Edition is replacing OpenGL with Vulkan as its graphics API. Vulkan is going to enable better performance, better graphics, and a solid backbone for the Vibrant Visuals. Moreover, it ...

This house-turned-museum in New York City has been keeping a secret. The Merchant's House Museum believes this passageway, hidden in a dresser, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. They tell WCBS ...

The US accused China Wednesday of conducting at least one secret nuclear test as Washington continued its push for a new arms control treaty that would include Beijing in addition to Moscow and ...

The U.S. State Department accused the Chinese government on Friday of conducting a secret nuclear test in 2020, while the Trump administration is seeking to include Beijing in new nuclear arms control ...

The U.S. on Friday called for a new, broader nuclear arms control treaty with China and Russia after it accused Beijing of conducting a secret nuclear test. “China has conducted nuclear explosive ...

It’s not quite a CIA black site, but a link to an old Centers for Disease Control and Prevention text file is still pretty jarring. The odd file was uncovered by an X-formerly-Twitter user who goes by ...

Minecraft Java snapshots will now use a new version numbering system starting with Minecraft 26.1. The latest snapshot also brings a balanced villager trading system and a revamped lighting system. A ...

Nissan might just be turning a corner, and not a small one. During Q3 this year, the company saw sales climb 5.3 percent compared with the same period in 2024. Across 2025 so far, it’s up 1.5 percent ...