In brief: Steam's "Game Fest" events seem to have become a seasonal occurrence at this point. There was one in Spring, Summer, and now, there's one for Autumn, appropriately known as the "Steam Game Festival Autumn Edition." It promises hundreds of free demos for upcoming titles and dozens of livestreams showcasing games and developer interviews.

To be clear, this isn't a sale event -- Steam's annual Winter Sale will still arrive at a later date. Instead,

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A hot potato: The Sundance Film Festival's award-winning film Cuties has seen no end of controversy since first airing on Netflix. Some have ventured to go as far as calling it "soft child porn," while others say it at the very least sexualizes children. Others believe it is art and that it is a social commentary against the sexualization of children. Now Netflix is facing charges in Texas over the promotion and airing of the film.

A Texas grand jury has indicted Netflix on charges of child pornography

Editor's take: It was another banner quarter for online livestreaming services as Twitch, Facebook and YouTube all made headline-worthy advancements during the three-month period ending September 30. It still blows my mind that livestreaming is so popular. Who ever thought being player two and watching others play games would ever take off like this?

According to Streamlabs’ latest quarterly report (generated with data from Stream Hatchet ), Twitch led all other streaming platforms in terms of total hours watched at 4.74 billion

Forward-looking: Omnidirectional treadmills for VR, such as the one seen in Ready Player One, are the next big thing in VR immersion, at least that's what Virtuix thinks. The startup already has much invested in VR sports and arenas. Now it says it is preparing to launch a treadmill small and simple enough to use in your home.

A virtual reality startup called Virtuix is developing a treadmill that aims to make VR gaming even more immersive. The Omni One is not your traditional treadmill, though.

Forward-looking: Vehicle infotainment systems have a come a long way in recent years but still really aren’t anything to write home about. As with any new user interface or form factor, it takes time to figure out how to best utilize it. In-vehicle infotainment systems are no different and with any luck, Epic will help automakers get there sooner.

Epic Games on Wednesday announced a new human-machine interface (HMI) initiative that’ll see the company utilize Unreal Engine as the foundation for in

Recap: Bloober Team launched its Blair Witch game, published by Lionsgate Games, in August 2019 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC. It is based on the series of horror films by the same name, the first of which helped popularize the found footage genre in the late 90s thanks to a controversial marketing campaign that utilized the Internet to further the lore. It was quite brilliant at the time but certainly wouldn't work today.

Traditional Halloween festivities probably aren’t going to

TL;DR: Covid-19 has decimated many economies and several industries, costing millions of people their jobs. For the world's billionaires, however, the pandemic has helped their fortunes grow, up by more than a quarter to a record high of over $10 trillion.

A study by Swiss bank UBS and accounting firm PwC found that at the start of April, global billionaire wealth stood at $8 trillion. By July, following the height of the coronavirus pandemic, it had reached $1

Editor's take: In comparison to the countless smartphone teardowns I’ve waded through over the years, this was quite straightforward and easy to follow. There simply aren’t a ton of steps and parts involved, no doubt good news for the “right to repair” crowd. Of course, with most all of the major components built onto the mainboard, I’m not really sure how much repairing will be doable, but at least the console is easy enough to tear down should the need arise.