Chris Harper
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Best Buy's Independence Day sale is chock full of discounted Alienware gaming PC. First up is the Alienware Aurora 16X, decked out in Alienware's Interstellar Indigo color scheme. Packing a mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB for just...
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The first report of a "Red Line of Death" error appearing on a Steam Machine has hit the web. Fortunately, there's just one report to speak of so far, so it's probably not an Xbox 360-scale disaster. It's still a bad look for the Steam...
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Shortly after the Steam Machine was revealed, word of an E-Ink front panel was confirmed by Valve as an internal project not intended for consumer release. Even so, Valve followed up with 3D printable front panels files, with designs...
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Since the introduction of premium iCloud+ in 2021, Apple has offered a privacy-centric feature for its users dubbed Hide My Email. Conceptually, Hide My Email allows iCloud+ users to create anonymous burner email accounts that can't be...
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A new form of AI prompt injection malware has been discovered, dubbed BioShocking by the LayerX security team. And that name is no coincidence: it's a direct reference to the 2007 survival horror FPS BioShock and its iconic hypnotic phrase...
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Clicks, best known for its attachable iPhone (and now Android) keyboards, has been hard at work on its standalone Clicks Communicator. For those unfamiliar, Clicks first debuted the Clicks Creator back in 2024, which served double duty as...
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Prominent hardware modder Wenting Zhang has successfully converted an M5Stack PaperS3 dev kit (which inludes an e-ink display and ESP32-S3 dual-core microcontroller) into a working Game Boy with the help of a modified CrankBoy...
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Preorders for Grand Theft Auto VI may be open, but that doesn't mean speculation about the upcoming release is going anywhere. The greatest point of speculation at this point is the expected performance of the game on consoles, especially in light of what's likely to be a year-long delay...
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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi held a Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) Qi Off-Cycle Meeting at its Beijing headquarters from June 22nd to 25th, and confirmed several details about the upcoming Qi 50W wireless charging...
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For those unfamiliar, ZLUDA is a tool that allows unmodified CUDA code to run on non-NVIDIA GPUs. Up until a few months ago, it was being commercially funded, but ZLUDA is back to being a weekend project for now. That said, with the latest...
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Amid a rumor from prominent leaker Kepler_L2 that the PlayStation 6's bill of materials (BoM) alone has exceeded $960 USD, Sony Interactive Entertainment President & CEO Hideaki Nishino has confirmed that the company does not plan to sell...
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T-Mobile is enforcing rate hikes on legacy customers again, but not just by adding a small line fee. Instead, T-Mobile is taking what's could be considered a nuclear option, forcing legacy customers onto newer, currently-supported cellular...
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Mozilla's 0din security team has discovered widespread prompt injection AI malware plaguing the GitHub ecosystem. This exploit, dubbed "indirect prompt injection," isn't the first of its kind. Previously, we've seen prompt injection...
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For those unaware, Microsoft once faked an installation error for Windows 3.1 if a user was trying to install it atop DR DOS, and the story is spreading quickly as a pertinent reminder of the ruthless ambition during the early days of the...
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Those who have been looking out for Steam hardware-related activity have been closely monitoring SteamDB. It paid off late last night as X user @SadlyItsBradley discovered that Valve's Portal 2 (2011) is the first game to be listed as...
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Amazon Brazil and Brazil retailer Kabum have GTA VI listings that go into more detail than others we've seen so far, providing a potential peek at what's to come when the game finally ships, assuming the information is accurate. Comparing...
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Along with the Steam Machine, Valve has also publicly released SteamOS 3.x, which debuted with Steam Deck. With version 3.8, SteamOS can be installed on any modern desktop, laptop, or handheld PC so long as its using an AMD GPU. NVIDIA GPU...
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Shortly after Tim Sweeney's Unreal Fest keynote, he sat down with PC Gamer for an extended interview discussing the future of Unreal Engine 6, "Team Open," Epic's relationship with Valve, and AI-driven game development. As the CEO of Epic...
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The Steam Machine has been somewhat turbulent, due to its sub-PS5 performance without FSR 4.1 and relatively high $1049 starting price point. Despite those things, the Steam Machine does still have some undeniable appeal, especially...
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Pre-orders are now available for Grand Theft Auto VI, and we can confirm that the game's price will start at $79.99 for the Standard Edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate Edition. There has been some controversy regarding these numbers and the features exclusive to Ultimate Edition, but we'll...
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nintendo 64 (N64) console launch, 8BitDo is releasing Clear Blue variations of its Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller and Retro 87 TKL Keyboard. This Clear Blue colorway is partially-transparent and...
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Not only was the Steam Machine just launched on the Steam storefront, but a quiet Proton Experimental update has enabled AMD FSR 4.1 on AMD RDNA 3 and RDNA 3.5 GPUs.
Similar to previous community tweaks done with a leaked version of AMD...
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