Valve insists the Steam Machine outperforms 70% of gaming PCs despite 8GB GPU
Valve's announcement of the all-new Steam Machine, Steam Controller 2, and Frame VR generated a lot of excitement, but it's fair to say that an 8GB GPU in 2026 (the launch window) raised a few eyebrows.
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The Best Gaming Laptops: Gaming on the Go
Gaming laptops keep leveling up, with new CPUs and GPUs boosting power and efficiency. With so many configs and form factors, let us help in choosing the right one for your needs.
Studios behind Black Ops 7, Anno 117, and Arc Raiders push back on AI criticism
After Steam announced a new policy in January 2025 mandating that developers disclose any use of AI within their games, a disclaimer appeared on CoD Black Ops 6's Steam page confirming the technology's use – the six-fingered zombie Santa Claus was a bit of a giveaway.
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Company refuses to pay ransomware demand – donates the money to cybercrime research instead
Mariano Albera, the CTO of Checkout.com, wrote that the global payment service provider became the victim of a ransomware attack last week.
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Netflix doubles down on TV gaming and social play in a bid to keep subscribers
Netflix changed how we watch content and now they are making an equally ambitious bid to change how people play. This week, the streaming platform unveiled its most significant leap yet into gaming: a library of interactive titles that can be played directly on TVs using phones as the controllers....
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Ryzen keeps winning: AMD reaches 33.6% desktop share as Intel slips again
According to data from Mercury Research obtained by Tom's Hardware, AMD's desktop CPU market share for the third quarter of 2025 reached a new milestone at 33.6%. The figure represents a 1.4% increase from the previous quarter, a 5.2% year over year gain, and an impressive 10.6% jump compared to...
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Verizon to slash 15,000 jobs in its biggest shake-up ever
Most of the reduction is expected to come through layoffs, while about 200 company-owned stores will transition into franchised operations – a shift that will remove those employees from Verizon's direct payroll. The carrier employed about 100,000 people as of February, according to filings.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign can't be paused, has no checkpoints, and kicks idle players
Critics and day-one players are reporting that Treyarch and Raven Software essentially designed the story campaign in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 exclusively for online play. Although playing solo is possible, the experience resembles playing alone in an online lobby.
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Your pirated copy of Windows might have just stopped working
Known as the KMS38 activator, the open-source tool was created by a group called Massgrave, where MAS stands for Microsoft Activation Scripts. It was widely regarded as one of the easiest and safest ways to activate Windows and Office without paying, allowing users to install all official updates just like...
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German court awards €572m to rival shopping platforms in Google antitrust case
A Berlin court has ordered Google to pay a combined €572 million ($664 million US) in damages to two German price comparison platforms after finding the company abused its dominant market position for years. Reuters reports that the ruling stands as one of the largest antitrust-related awards ever issued against...
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