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* Valve shares open-source files for an e-paper screen for Steam Machine * Anyone can download, edit, and share the files * The screen can attach to the Steam Machine's body and show useful information I have to admit, after Valve announced the $1,049 / £879 (around AU$1,500) price
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In Brief 8:22 AM PDT · July 6, 2026 It’s easier than ever for bad actors to spew spam across the internet as powerful large language models (LLMs) become effortlessly accessible. If you’ve spent about ten minutes on the internet in the last few years, you will know
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In the movie Moneyball, the Oakland A’s didn’t need more data; they needed to know which data actually won games. Risk assessment data has the same problem. A CVSS score of 9.1 might mean little to a CFO; the fact that it represents a vulnerability in a
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In some markets, Nintendo will soon replace the Switch 2 with a version that has a swappable battery. Nintendo will stop selling Switch consoles in Europe and some other markets in February 2027, weeks shy of the system's 10th anniversary. The company says it will continue to make
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Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Initially, I was going to tell you about a good deal happening on the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, which is down from
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* Microsoft Frontier Company to embed 6,000 engineers and specialists into customer organizations * Backed by $2.5 billion in Microsoft funding, it will help customers transform with custom AI * This is the "largest" of its type, 2.5x the value of Amazon's alternative Microsoft has launched
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* Amnezia VPN has restored its Premium service in Russia * Amnezia Free is expected return in the coming weeks * Roskomnadzor blocked over 90% of its local servers between June 1 and 15 Russian privacy provider Amnezia VPN has successfully restored its Premium service for users in the country, after suffering an
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Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears that AI will replace people at companies. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sales the hardest, according to a memo shared with Microsoft’
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A recently discovered advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been targeting government and electric power organizations in multiple countries, Kaspersky reports. Dubbed Armored Likho, the APT engages both in financially motivated attacks against individuals and in cyber-espionage operations against organizations in Russia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. The threat actor’s arsenal
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Astronomers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth located just 25 light-years away, offering a major new target in the search for alien life. The newly discovered planet (GJ 3378b) orbits its host star (GJ 3378) within the coveted habitable zone and also happens
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Disclosure: This article was created in collaboration with Meshy AI. AI 3D generation utilizes machine learning processes in order to create three-dimensional objects from 2D images or text prompts. The technology can analyze huge collections of models in order to infer shapes, textures, and depth and build the final results
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During this year’s World Cup, one scene repeats itself game after game: several players take the field with holes in the calves of their socks. Social media is rife with theories about the supposed competitive advantage this might give them. But the practice isn’t new. It has been
