The median price of best-selling new games on Steam has dropped in the past 2 years, research finds: "Charging >$25 is getting trickier, asā¦
The average has barely changed, but the median suggests a rise in cheap games
U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in chipmaker Intel.
Roblox faces scrutiny after banning YouTuber āSchlep' amid ongoing controversy
The developers behind the mega-popular game Roblox are facing a firestorm of controversy after banning a popular YouTuber from the platform.
Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support
Valve has spoken about potential anti-cheat issues on the Steam Machine which uses SteamOS and is not compatible with certain anti-cheats
Tesla offers pay package to CEO Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion
Tesla is asking shareholders to approve a pay package that would award 423 million shares to CEO Elon Musk if he hits certain milestones.
LifeWise Academy, a controversial religious program, will be in almost half of Ohioās public school districts this school year
LifeWise Academy, a controversial Hilliard-based religious instruction program, will be in almost half of Ohioās public school districts this school year.Ā
Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ālike a PC with the same level of performanceā
Valve wonāt subsidise Steam Machineās price like console manufacturersā¦
I respect choice for the name of the game
A cozy garbage-cleaning simulator. Dig through the dump, find ultra-rare collectible cards, rescue tangled birds, and relax.
US Wants Judge to Break Up Google, Force Sale of Chrome: Here's What to Know
OpenAI, Perplexity AI and Yahoo have expressed interest in buying Chrome, as Google's legal battle escalates. Here's what it could mean for the future of the web.
TIL that Jmail let you browse Jeffrey Epstein's emails like your own Gmail account
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
Following Doom & Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D Is The Latest Classic FPS To Get A Voxel Transformation
Update: Here are some comparison shots
Classic text adventure Zork is going open source, but I'm side-eyeing Microsoft's announcement about it hard
Microsoft is working with the Internet Archive's Jason Scott.
The story of a crazy Half-Life 2 bug, as told by former Valve dev Tom Forsyth (Mastodon thread)
Attached: 1 image Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.
Spotify Listenbrainz Import
Preamble Link to heading This post details my experience importing my "Extended Streaming History" from Spotify into my ListenBrainz account using Elbisaur.
I did this with a listening export from 2022 so my expā¦
Lowering power consumption on Opteron
I have a Proxmox server running two Opteron 6272 CPUs on an Asus KGPE-D16
(chosen because it was the fastest computer that supported Libreboot, although I
havenāt gotten around to installing it). Using normal BIOS settiā¦
Inside the Underground Trade of āFlipper Zeroā Tech to Break into Cars
āKia Boys will be Flipper Boys by 2026,ā one person in the reverse engineering community said.
Bluesky blocks Mississippi users over age verification law
Bluesky has blocked access in Mississippi, citing privacy and free speech concerns over a new law requiring all social media users to undergo age verification with fines of up to $10,000 per violation.
Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser
There are fan-made browser versions of Red Alert, Unreal Tournament, and more.
Microsoft Open Sources Zork I, II And III
The history of the game Zork is a long and winding one, starting with MUDs and kin on university mainframes ā where students entertained themselves in between their studies ā and endingā¦
Vermintide 2 is currently free on Steam
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
Hereās a few music playlists I made for my FR campaign, which included places like Icewind Dale, Icespire Peak and the city of Waterdeep.
Playlist Ā· Xanadu Ā· 18 items Ā· 15 saves
South Korea objects as US immigration raids Hyundai plant
Seoul demands protection for nationals, investors as Trumpās immigration crackdown sees hundreds detained in ICE raid.
President Trump sends 10 stealth fighter planes to Puerto Rico amid war on Caribbean drug cartels
Move comes after accusing Venezuela of buzzing US warship and a deadly US missile strike in Caribbean Sea
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Make Amazon Pay
We are workers, activists and citizens from across the globe. From Black Friday to Cyber Monday (28 November to 1 December) we rise up united to Make Amazon Pay.
Switzerland government release full FOSS LLM under Apache 2.0, argue for AI as Public Utility
EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus 2 September, Switzerlandās first large-scale, open, multilingual language model ā a milestone in generative AI for transparency and dā¦
An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount ā simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and itā¦
You can spend $50 more to get an entire PS5 Pro.
Using Black Ops 7 to understand America in 2025 [BDobbinsFTW]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
TIL about Trauma Bonding, when a victim of abuse forms an emotional bond with their abusers. This can happen in parent-child relationships.
Trauma bonds (also referred to as traumatic bonds) are emotional bonds that arise from a cyclical pattern of abuse. A trauma bond occurs in an abusive relationship, wherein the victim forms an emotional bond with the peā¦
RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices
Get ready to buy PC memory like you buy lobster.
Anyone tried Syncthing Tray on Android?
Syncthing Tray provides a tray icon and further platform integration for Syncthing. It focuses on GNU/Linux and Windows. If you don't know Syncthing yet, it makes most sense to checkout the website of Syncthing itself fā¦
In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers ā distro hits unprecedented 1 ā¦
Windows-like Linux distribution claims over a million downloads in the past month for its latest build.
Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs confirms that legislative work on mandating RSS channels' maintenance on government bodies is underway
Polandās Ministry of Digital Affairs is working on legislation that could require all government bodies to provide RSS or Atom channels on their websites. If adopted, the regulation would place Poland among the first EUā¦
TIL the House Intelligence Committee recently declined a statute that would have curtailed the scope of DHS domestic spying capabilities, ā¦
A provision, ultimately left out of the Intelligence Authorization Act, would have removed commonplace collection and analysis authorities granted to the Department of Homeland Securityās Office of Intelligence and Analā¦
Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected
Supply chain security, vulnerability intelligence, and malware detection.
Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 - A USB adapter that plugs into your Home Assistant system and opens up a world of smart device options
We launch our newest hardware that helps connect Zigbee, Thread, or Matter devices to Home Assistant.
How do you manage accessing multiple Plex and Jellyfin servers simultaneously?
I run a Jellyfin server, but I have several friends running Jellyfin servers and
several more friends running Plex servers. What is the sanest way to go about
accessing all of them? How can I get some sort of media overā¦
Looking for lightweight homelab dashboard that can run as nonroot container and also supports OIDC
Hi all. Per the title, Iām looking for something that: - Can run as an
unprivileged user inside a container - Allows OpenID Connect authentication for
a multiuser setup - Doesnāt take hostage of my CPU Homarr and Dashy ā¦
Self-Host Weekly (22 August 2025)
Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and content for the week ending Friday, August 22, 2025
TIL How to juggle 3 balls
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
What to know about Trump's draft proposal to curtail state AI regulations
President Donald Trump is considering pressuring states to stop regulating artificial intelligence. A draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press reveals the plan.
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth?
Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers.
BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.
Bossware rises as employers keep closer tabs on remote staff
: A lot of companies are turning to employee monitoring tools to make sure workers aren't slacking off
The GENIUS Reason Where Winds Meet Has Two Game Modes š§ #shorts
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Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please
Hi! Iāve never built a NAS before and only one custom gaming PC, so Iād love if
any of you more experienced folks could take a look at my parts selection and
possibly suggest better options. Of course first my use casesā¦
Setting up 2FAuth; Can't Register
(Apologies in advance if this is the wrong spot to ask for help, and/or if the
length annoys people.) Iām trying to set up 2FAuth [https://2fauth.app/] on a
local server (old Raspberry Pi, Debian), alongside some other ā¦
AI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPTās old model: āLike saying goodbye to someone I knowā
Users say OpenAIās updated GPT-5 version is less chatty and fun, changing a unique connection they had come to rely on
TikTok plans to lay off several hundred of their moderation team in the UK in favor of AI content moderation
Unions claim content moderators are being replaced by "ineffective" AI systems that could put TikTok's millions of British users in danger.
Poki: Your Gateway to Instant Fun
Play the best free online games at Poki! Enjoy hundreds of hand-picked games with no downloads, no logins. Play instantly on desktop, tablet, and mobile, whether youāre at school, at home, or on the go. Discover trendinā¦