Author: [email protected] (Jorge Jimenez)
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Steam Deck add-on Killswitch to be redesigned after ‘million dollar’ mistake
[ad_1] Gadget accessory maker Dbrand has temporarily suspended sales of its Project Killswitch (opens in new tab) Steam Deck case due to concerns over the case’s magnetic kickstand. In a Reddit post titled “Our Million-Dollar Mistake (opens in new tab)” (spotted by GamingOnLinux (opens in new tab)), Dbrand points to a recent report from The…
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Bruce Willis sells his likeness to a firm so his ‘digital twin’ can star in movies and commercials
[ad_1] Retired action movie star Bruce Willis has become the first Hollywood actor to sell his image and likeness rights to a firm that creates movies and commercials using AI-powered deepfake technology. DeepCake (opens in new tab) says that they hired the “digital twin” of the Die Hard actor so his digital likeness and voice…
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Cyberpunk 2077 is now one of the most-played games on Steam Deck, too
[ad_1] Valve just released its list (opens in new tab) of the top Steam Deck games in September by total hours played, and it seems like Cyberpunk 2077’s moment extends to handheld gaming, too. CD Projekt Red’s 2020 sci-fi open-world RPG found itself fourth on the list along with some repeats from last month, like…
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Razer’s cloud gaming handheld is coming with 5G
[ad_1] At Mobile World Congress, Verizon announced a partnership with Qualcomm and Razer. Now Razer plans on releasing a new handheld console specifically designed for cloud gaming and streaming. The Razer Edge 5G is being built on the Snapdragon G3 Gen 1, which is meant to take advantage of Verizon’s 5G Ultrawideband. Though no specific…
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Power washing your GPU seems like a terrible idea
[ad_1] Now that the Merge has happened (opens in new tab), large-scale ethereum miners are finding themselves with a lot of GPUs with nothing to mine. This means some of these operations will likely attempt to offload their mining kits on the secondhand market to salvage some profit. But first, you got to clean your…
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This great lightweight gaming mouse is only $22
[ad_1] Right now, Amazon has a great deal on a Razer Viper Ultralight gaming mouse at $22 (opens in new tab), which is the lowest price since its release back in 2021. The mouse has seen a couple of price drops this year from its $79.99 MSRP, but $22 is an absolute steal. The Viper…
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NASA just flew a spacecraft into an asteroid, Kerbal-style, live on Twitch
[ad_1] Today NASA crashed a spacecraft—deliberately—into an asteroid 7 million miles away in the hopes of knocking it off its course. Its target was Dimorphos, a moonlet that orbits the asteroid Didymos, and as you can see in the video above the impact was a success. NASA claims the pair of asteroids pose no threat…
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The first e-mote turned 40 this week
[ad_1] This week the emote that started it all turns 40. Scott Fahlman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon, explains how the emoticon came to be on September 19, 1982. Unsurprisingly, it was because people were getting into fights online. According to his post on the university website (opens in new tab), in the early ’80s,…
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ByteDance’s new VR headset is looking to go head-to-head with the Meta Quest 2 in Europe and Asia
[ad_1] Meta’s Quest 2 VR is getting some competition in the form of the Pico 4, a lightweight VR headset the company is calling “its best yet.” The lighter, thinner wireless headset is sporting good horsepower and has already nabbed an exclusive game release from Ubisoft. Unfortunately, US VR enthusiasts might have to wait a…
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Valve beats its Steam Deck production estimates as Q4 reservation emails go out today
[ad_1] Valve once again has good news for those who are still waiting on their Steam Deck pre-orders. Thanks to increased production, some Q4 Steam Deck orders, which were scheduled to ship later this year, are being fulfilled as I write. The last batch of Q3 Steam Deck email reservations, which were estimated to come…