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 ...

Minecraft Java has recently announced an array of changes to modernise the game and improve performance. Among others, one of the biggest overhauls is the transition from OpenGL to Vulkan. While this ...

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 ...

Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan. Announced today (February 18th) by Mojang developers ...

Researchers at Google have developed a technique that makes it easier for AI models to learn complex reasoning tasks that usually cause LLMs to hallucinate or fall apart. Instead of training LLMs ...

Minecraft is entering a new era in 2026. With the launch of Minecraft Java 26.1, Mojang is not just releasing another content patch — it’s introducing a new yearly versioning system and laying down ...

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a new reinforcement learning (RL) framework that helps train large language models (LLMs) for complex agentic tasks ...

Get started with Java streams, including how to create streams from Java collections, the mechanics of a stream pipeline, examples of functional programming with Java streams, and more. You can think ...

Mojang Studios announced Tuesday it will eliminate code obfuscation in Minecraft: Java Edition, marking a significant shift in how the company distributes the game to its modding community. The change ...