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In our Steam Machine review, Valve stated that it was shipping the Steam Machines in a (seemingly random) arrangement of either 2x 8GB or 1x 16GB sticks for the initial wave.

In the time since, Valve has issued a correction of its prior statement to confirm it will only be shipping 1x 16GB ...

AMD's Adrenalin Edition 26.6.4 driver officially fixes Windows 10 installation errors and crashes in some games when using FSR 4.1 Upscaling on Radeon RX 7000 series RDNA 3 GPUs, while several known issues remain under investigation.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112399/amds-adrenalin-edition-26 ...

The scam involved carefully swapping drives and resealing the box, bypassing Amazon's inspection. Such hardware swap scams are increasing, prompting calls for stricter return checks and better seals.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112398/amazon-swap-scam-strikes-again-buyer-orders-samsung-990-pro ...

WhatsApp is introducing usernames to enhance privacy, allowing users to share this instead of their phone number. The functionality is rolling out soon to over three billion users, and it'll be possible to reserve your preferred username via the mobile app (not on the web or desktop, it should be ...

Several communities have canceled contracts over government overreach fears.

https://www.techspot.com/news/112940-ai ... shing.html

While manufacturers and industry analysts largely attribute the spike to AI infrastructure demand, a new California lawsuit accuses the three companies that dominate DRAM and NAND production of conspiring to exploit those conditions and artificially inflate prices.

https://www.techspot.com/news ...

A representative of the Entertainment Software Association declared private servers for the likes of Minecraft and Call of Duty "illegal", adding that, so far as the ESA is concerned, "we consider it piracy".

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/esa-bafflingly-declares-private-minecraft-servers ...

"We can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it".

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry ... -to-fix-it

Sony is proving once again that "you will own nothing, and you will be happy." The company is purging hundreds of movie and TV show titles due to vague and unexplained licensing issues. Users who have "purchased" any of this content will soon no longer have access to it.

https://www.techspot.com ...

Google had to cut Meta off from Gemini because Meta was using too much of it.

https://www.techspot.com/news/112930-me ... after.html

These contracts guarantee robust margins amid ongoing supply shortages, with supply-demand imbalances expected to persist even after new capacity arrives around 2028.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112370/micron-has-signed-agreements-locking-in-record-high-memory-prices-with-major-customers ...

May 2026 saw record-low console sales, with Xbox hitting its worst May ever and PlayStation its lowest since 2000, due to significant price increases driven by memory shortages.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112378/playstation-and-xbox-record-their-worst-may-in-decades-after-recent-price ...

To bring order to this economic chaos, I have curated a list of must-play games - indies, cult hits, no brainer classics, all ones I like personally - that are $5 or cheaper in the 2026 Summer Sale.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/i-picked-out-31-must-play-games-going-for-usd5-or-less-in-the ...

Because hundreds of millions of users still won't upgrade.

https://www.techspot.com/news/112904-wi ... tober.html

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WINDOWS 11 ISN'T AN UPGRADE, IT'S A CANCEROUS DOWNGRADE

(Pedro-NF)

An increasing digital landscape shouldn't erase physical media entirely.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-the ... videogames

Critics say mandating Bible reading for over 5m students breaches constitutional separation of church and state.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... lic-school

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RELIGION IS POISON

(Pedro-NF)

Market research data shows LPDDR5X prices jumped 89% in Q2 2026 alone, with SSDs and UFS storage also rising in price due to AI demand.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112358/d ... index.html

Rockstar is offering two editions, Standard and Ultimate, coming in at $80 and $100 respectively. The Ultimate Edition is set to contain "an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story"

https://www.pcgamer.com/games ...

It's no secret that large game studios are leaning into generative AI in search of greater productivity and efficiency, but there is a growing resentment in the gaming and game dev community towards games created with generative AI.

https://www.techpowerup.com/350230/games-made-with-gen-ai-suffer ...

Behaviour Interactive's Dead by Daylight just announced a swathe of new features, collaborations, and the vision forward today as the Montreal-based development celebrated 10 years with its fans.

https://www.mmorpg.com/news/dead-by-daylight-10th-anniversary-celebration-unveils-the-future-of-the ...