Not quite four years on from the industry-bending success of the Steam Deck , Valve is back with its most ambitious collection of gaming hardware yet. Today, the pioneering PC gaming company is taking the wraps off the Arm-powered wireless Steam Frame gaming headset, a new Steam Controller that takes its design cues from the Steam Deck, and something I never would have guessed, given its past failures : a new compact, cube-shaped Steam Machine gaming desktop, rocking

Microsoft has finally addressed all of the issues blocking Extended Security Updates from installing properly on Windows 10 devices that are enrolled in the program. Windows Latest reports that Microsoft has fixed all ESU problems with the out-of-band Windows update KB5071959.

Problems surrounding ESU started shortly after Windows 10's official release lifecycle ended and the ESU program started. One major issue that we covered was Windows 10 telling users their OS had reached end-

Restrictions on U.S. chip exports are beginning to force visible shifts in China’s AI compute strategy, as a shortage of Nvidia accelerators drives cloud providers toward domestic alternatives. According to new reporting by The Wall Street Journal , supply has become tight enough that government officials are now overseeing allocation of remaining high-end parts, prioritizing homegrown options like Huawei’s Ascend series for training and inference workloads.

The impact is reportedly most visible in China’s public cloud and

Google recently filed a lawsuit against Lighthouse, a phishing services platform operating inside China that sells its services to criminal rings running online scams. The group, known as Lighthouse Enterprise , advertises its capabilities on forums, YouTube channels, and Telegram, while also using these to recruit and train people and develop its offerings. Scammers then use them to run campaigns that impersonate trusted names like Gmail, YouTube, the New York City government, and the United States Postal Service to compromise user information.

If you're in the market for a new graphics card, then Black Friday is a great time to get your hands on some more FPS. Many of the deals have already begun on both sides of the pond, and that includes UK PC hardware vendor Overclockers UK, which is currently shaving a welcome few quid off the RTX 5070 Ti, bringing the price below £700 and RRP in a rare discount. Our top pick would be the Zotac

Google has signed a deal with French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies to purchase 1.5 Terawatt hours of electricity from the as-yet-unfinished Montpelier solar farm over the next 15 years, the company announced . The 50 MW facility is nearing completion, but with this deal, it may end up sending the majority of its generated power to Google data centers, leaving little benefit to local communities - an all too common problem with recent data center infrastructure projects

It's the time of year when many a gamer or PC enthusiast keeps a close eye on pricing for their favorite hardware components. With Black Friday sales already starting to take place ahead of the official date for the sale, many retailers are offering early discounts on popular items. Big-ticket items are especially the focus for many looking to save a few bucks, and as one of the more expensive parts of any PC build, the graphics card is normally the component many are hoping

There are some excellent motherboard deals for both AMD and Intel-based systems at our favorite e-tailers, so we’ve put together some of the best sales right here in this article. As we approach Black Friday season and see refreshed boards (more so on the AMD side), many discounted