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ESA calls Anbernic-style handhelds "superfakes" and wants the US to treat them as piracy hubs
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) recently submitted its latest recommendations to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) regarding piracy. The submission identifies major offenders accused of infringing the intellectual property rights of the US entertainment industry, focusing on people and companies allegedly involved in large-scale piracy.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Super Mario Galaxy's PC port arrives without Nintendo's blessing
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
The PC port comes courtesy of keepvaibin, and is described as a work in progress. The game is fully playable on Windows 10 and newer machines, and requires just 8GB of RAM at minimum. Visually, it supports aspect ratios from 4:3 to 32:9, anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, AMD FidelityFX FSR 1 upscaling, and per-pixel lighting.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
HP's keyboard PC is back with AMD's Ryzen AI 400 chip, a 32Wh battery option, and a $3,000-plus price
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
The EliteBoard G2a is powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Pro 400-series "Gorgon Point" processors, an upgrade over the Ryzen AI 300-series chips in the G1a. It supports up to two 32GB DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM modules, for a total of 64GB of system memory, and can be configured with up to 2TB...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
One of the world's worst passwords, 123456, helped a hacker steal 8.8 million people's data in Denmark
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
Number sequences starting with 1 dominate lists of the most common passwords – there were ten of them in last year's top 20. The most popular of them all topped the list: "123456."Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel's Nova Lake lineup leaks with a cache-heavy Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC at the top
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
At first glance, the four LP-E cores look exclusive to the BFC models, however Intel leaker Jaykihn says the standard chips have them too, along with vPro support, but the table simply omits them. A previous 4950K CPU-Z leak supports this: it showed 28 cores, not 24. Without the LP-E...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Epic Games' new "vibe-coded" launcher promises 30x faster loading and native Linux support
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
Epic's redesigned launcher is now available in Preview. The company openly describes the new client as "vibe coded," claiming it loads game libraries 30x faster and starts up 46% faster than Steam. The overhaul also brings a cleaner interface, improved game management, and native Linux support for the first time.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Netflix slashes 1,000 jobs in largest workforce reduction in four years
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
The cuts equate to roughly 1,000 jobs, and mostly affect those in product, legal, tech, and human resources divisions. According to The Wall Street Journal, the round of layoffs is the company's largest since 2022.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Steam adds new Big Picture features, faster startup, and better Linux compatibility
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
Valve continues to bring Steam closer to a console-like experience across TVs, handhelds, and Linux PCs. The latest update introduces Big Art Mode, customizable screensavers, faster startup, and improvements to Remote Play and Steam Input. Linux users gain Proton support for non-Steam Windows games.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Your Android phone could double as a Steam Deck with this free app that runs PC games locally
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
Called DroidDeck, the app runs PC games locally using ARM64 Proton and x86 translation. There's no streaming, and it doesn't ask for root access or to replace Android with a different operating system.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple unveils HomePod mini 2 with Siri AI and a $50 price hike
Posted on Wednesday October 14, 2026
The headline feature of the HomePod mini 2 is its impending support for Siri AI, which will be rolled out via a future update in the US, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the UK.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »