Cats, dogs, and cicadas are all silenced by the updated NVIDIA Broadcast
NVIDIA Broadcast is an excellent tool for improving video calls and meetings. It allows you to blur out or change your background and easily remove background noise. Following an update to version 1.2, the app can now better reduce noise from cats, dogs, and insects. It also has a new echo removal feature that makes calls sound more natural.
To use NVIDIA Broadcast, you need an NVIDIA RTX Series GPU, such as the RTX 20 series, RTX 30 series, and Quadro RTX and Titan RTX cards. If you have one of the best GPUs from NVIDIA, you’re probably able to use NVIDIA Broadcast.
The update to version 1.2 has a new feature called Room Echo Removal. With many people working from home, calls are made from rooms with less than ideal acoustics. Room Echo Removal addresses reverb and echo, resulting in clearer audio. NVIDIA shows off the feature in a video breaking down the update.
The update also improves the audio noise removal tool with the ability to separate the sounds of cats, dogs, and insects. If you’re in one of the many states with swarms of cicadas, the feature could come in handy. It’s also a great way to stop your dog barking or cat meowing from interrupting a meeting, though it can’t help you if your cat sits on your keyboard.
NVIDIA Broadcast’s Auto Reframe feature also received an update. Now, it has a built-in buffer zone that lets you move around without the camera having to update.
We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more.
Surface Laptop 3 13.5 review: A laptop that satisfies like no other
With the addition of USB Type-C, Wi-Fi 6, and Intel 10th Gen processors the Surface Laptop 3 13.5 delivers a solid follow up to the Surface Laptop 2. Between the optional Alcantara, ability to get the laptop serviced including SSD upgrades, Instant On, and the hugely improved trackpad Microsoft has created again one of the most enjoyable laptops to use. Find our more in my full review.
The new HP ZBook Studio G8 ‘the world’s most powerful laptop of its size’
There are laptops, and then there are workstations. The HP ZBook Studio G8 is the latter and quite possibly the most powerful 15.6-inch laptop “of its size.” Packing a new 11th Gen H-series processor, RTX 3080 GPU, 4K OLED with touch, and an RGB keyboard … this may be the laptop of the year. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Intel’s new 11th Gen H-Series ‘Willow Cove’ reportedly beat AMD’s best
Intel has announced its 11th Gen H-series of processors aimed at high-end gaming rigs and portable workstations. Based on Willow Cove core microarchitecture on 10nm SuperFin the new chips feature Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E, more PCIe lanes, and PCIe 4.0 on top of the “world’s fastest” single thread performance. Over one million of the chips have already shipped and are available in the…
