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Security flaw could affect one in four Android phones — how to check

Researchers have uncovered a hardware security flaw in chips used by many Android phones that can be exploited simply by connecting a device to a computer over USB. In under a minute, white hat hackers were able to gain access, decrypt storage and extract sensitive data including messages and crypto

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Valve: loot boxes are like Pokemon, Magic and Labubu as it rebuts NY lawsuit

Valve says a court will decide whether the New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the company, which contends loot boxes are essentially gambling, has merit. In a statement to fans of Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 in New York, the company said it has “serious concerns”

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Meta disables over 150,000 accounts in crackdown on south-east Asian scam networks

Meta disabled more than 150,000 accounts and Thai police arrested 21 people in a sweeping international crackdown on south-east Asian criminal scam centers that targeted people around the world. The operation was led by Thailand’s Royal Thai police anti-cyber scam center, alongside the FBI and the US justice

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Valve clarifies Steam Machine and Steam Frame verification requirements

At this year's GDC event in San Francisco, Valve gave a talk on its Steam hardware family that focused on what developers must do to get their games verified. The session covered verification for the forthcoming Steam Machine and the Steam Frame VR headset, rather than the Steam

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Asus CFO Nick Wu says MacBook Neo is 'certainly a shock to the entire market'

Asus CFO Nick Wu said he was surprised by Apple’s new, lower-priced MacBook Neo. “Given Apple’s historically very premium pricing, launching such an affordable product is certainly a shock to the entire market,” he said. Tom’s Hardware called the Neo a “budget-priced game changer,” praising its design

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Fortnite raises V-Buck prices and trims bonus rewards

Epic Games needs some extra cash to help pay all the bills associated with Fortnite. The developer is raising the price of V-Bucks, reducing the number of V-Bucks that Fortnite Crew subscribers get each month, and removing the bonus currency rewards from the main battle pass. It’s not all

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Warface: Clutch to shut down more than 15 years after reveal

More than 15 years after it was first announced, the PvP military shooter Warface: Clutch is closing. The publisher said in February it had "made the difficult decision to begin the sunset process," and the PC version will shut down on May 27. Crytek first revealed the game

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Valve's Steam Machine Verified guidance raises questions over 1080p 30fps bar

Valve revealed new Steam Machine Verified guidance at GDC, but the criteria have prompted some head-scratching. The checklist asks that games run at "30FPS at 1080p for Verified" on the new mini PC, even though Valve also claims the box will deliver "6x Steam Deck" performance

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Bellabel Park hub and multiplayer modes come to Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Nintendo has outlined a large set of additions for the Switch 2 edition of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, arriving toward the end of the month. The release packages the core game with a new hub area called Bellabel Park, which links a range of new multiplayer and training modes and

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Snapchat would not delete 14-year-old's account because profile listed age as 25

A Tasmanian mother reported her 14-year-old son's Snapchat account as being held by someone under 16. Snap acknowledged the complaint but said it could not verify the user was under 16 because the account's self-declared age was 25 and inferred age signals pointed to an age

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Lego PlayStation set leaks with a Christmas release planned

A Lego PlayStation might be joining Lego's roster of brick console replicas later this year. Images posted to Instagram by leaker Lego_Minecraft_Goat, who has a strong track record for accurate prices and release dates, place the PlayStation set among a batch of new Lego sets and

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Parrying was not easy: Clair Obscur devs used sound to fix parries

Small changes made a big difference in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 when the team discovered parrying timing was a problem early on. Olivier Penchenier, the technical and sound designer, explained during a talk at GDC 2026 that director Guillaume Broche asked if something could help players get good timing on

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YggTorrent knocked offline by hacker alleging extortion and data hoarding

A hacker using the alias Gr0lum says it "emptied, then destroyed" YggTorrent earlier this month. In a manifesto, the attacker accused Ygg's owners of "DDoS attacks against competing trackers, purging uploaders the moment they opened their mouths, sabotaging your own API to prevent anyone from

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Zenclora: fast, zero-bloat Debian distro with a standout package manager

Zenclora is a Debian-based Linux distribution that pairs a customized GNOME desktop with a unique command-line package manager called Zen. The OS ships with a kernel optimized for performance, no bloatware, and a design that blends elements of KDE Plasma and elementaryOS. It is open source and aimed at both

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Pokopia's GameShare co-op 'awful', players say

Cozy Pokémon spin-off Pokopia blends Animal Crossing: New Horizons vibes with Minecraft-style mechanics, and trailers promised four-player multiplayer and GameShare between the Switch 2 and its predecessor. Many players bought it hoping for a better co-op experience. Early players on Reddit say the reality falls short. "PSA: The GameShare

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Xemu Android port causes stir over $8 Play Store app

An unofficial Android port of the Xemu Xbox emulator, released as "X1 Box" by Izzy2lost, has sparked debate after appearing on the Play Store with an $8 price tag. One of Xemu's original developers called the decision unfortunate and said an official Android app is coming

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Sony Pulls Back From PC Ports as Xbox’s Next Console Remains Unclear

Last week brought word that Sony has lost interest in porting its games to PC and plans to corral PlayStation exclusives back onto its own consoles. On Xbox’s side, new CEO Asha Sharma revealed that the next console, Project Helix, is in development; so far the only firm promise

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Intel confirms Core Ultra refresh with new 200S Plus gaming CPUs

Intel has officially launched a refresh of its Core Ultra lineup, introducing the Core Ultra 5 250K/KF Plus starting at $199 and the Core Ultra 7 270K/KF Plus starting at $299. Both models will arrive on March 26 and use the same LGA1851 motherboard socket as the original

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Overwatch and Warframe devs call debating Marathon’s Steam numbers 'maidenless'

Is a Steam player count a reliable measure of success? Marathon, the $40 extraction shooter from Bungie and Sony, launched on March 5 across Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and Steam after a free “Server Slam” preview from February 25 to March 2. That Server Slam saw a concurrent

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Using a $1,337 Boomslang shows how far gaming mice have come

Nostalgia can be misleading. Razer’s 20th Anniversary Boomslang, a limited edition $1,337 mouse, leans hard into that feeling—even though the original Boomslang was created by kärna LLC in 1999 and Razer as we know it arrived later. The result feels old rather than celebrated. Under the shell

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Microsoft patches two critical Office security vulnerabilities

Microsoft has announced fixes for two critical security vulnerabilities in Office. Tracked as CVE-2026-26110 and CVE-2026-26113, the flaws could allow anyone with local access to execute arbitrary code. Both issues carry base and temporal scores of 8.4 and 7.3, placing them in the critical severity range. Redmond'

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MacBook Neo forces rethink of Windows PC strategy

Apple's new MacBook Neo wedges into the budget laptop market long dominated by Windows PCs and Chromebooks. Priced at $599 (or $499 with the education discount), it brings a trimmed-down version of Apple's premium build to a lower price point with trade-offs that are well managed.

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Marathon update fixes almost everything on players' wishlists

Marathon's difficulty came under fire after the Server Slam, with many players finding UESC AI too tanky and meds and ammo too scarce—problems that let PvE get in the way of the game's stronger PvP moments. Bungie has responded in the 1.0.0.4

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Framework says now is the time to buy 2TB-plus SSDs

Framework CEO Nirav Patel says now is the time to order a Framework Laptop or Desktop with a lot of storage. The company has started to deplete earlier, lower-cost SSD inventory and has needed to re-price some capacities to reflect the costs it is now paying for new orders, using

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Report: Nvidia may unveil x86 CPU with Intel at GTC, but Intel says it’s years away

Last September’s surprise announcement that Nvidia and Intel had teamed up to build custom x86 processors for data centers and x86-RTX SoCs for PCs led to speculation about products such as Serpent Lake. Now Jukan on X, an analyst for Citrini, wrote that “Some sell-side analysts are expecting that