A European Valve contractor suffered a cyberattack exposing data of Steam Machine and Steam Controller buyers. Valve is notifying customers directly—at the worst possible time for its big hardware comeback.
Aug 10, 2026 8 2
The initial estimates from the Steam Hardware Survey suggest that the Steam Machine 2, despite its premium price, is selling at a steady pace. Enough to reassure about the viability of the SteamOS bet.
Jul 20, 2026 3 1
According to an independent analysis of the Steam Hardware Survey data, the Steam Machine 2 is selling better than expected - even at its high price. A new milestone in Valve's hardware offensive.
Jul 19, 2026 22 3
Rock Paper Shotgun: Valve won't put any exclusive games on the Steam Machine. The bold bet - the Steam catalogue is enough. Consistent with Valve's DNA, but risky.
Jul 18, 2026 2 1
The Next 2 configurator now has a checkbox that pushes the price to $5,300. A statement of intent rather than a machine, and an excellent barometer for the premium handheld PC bubble watch.
Jul 21, 2026 16 4
A massive 12-terabyte Steam data leak has exposed abandoned development assets for Half-Life 2: Episode 3—the ghost game that has haunted the fandom since 2007. It's not the game we were waiting for, but it's something.
Aug 31, 2026 19 3
A heartbreaking testimony about the Commodore 64 is making the rounds online this week. For millions of us, it wasn’t just a computer—it was the first place where we felt competent, free, and taken seriously.
Aug 31, 2026 14 3
Researchers unveil GPUThor, a Rowhammer attack targeting NVIDIA GPUs that bypasses ECC memory on an RTX A6000 and achieves root privileges on the host machine—a new hardware-layer privilege escalation vector.
Aug 28, 2026 2 1
The NucBox K11 packs a Ryzen 9 8945HS, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD in a compact form factor for around €600—the same SoC found in ultrabooks priced at €1,200–€1,500.
Aug 25, 2026 2 1
Researchers have disclosed a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine, which is present by default on Ubuntu Desktop: an unprivileged user can gain full root access on the target machine.
Aug 25, 2026 2 1
Attackers are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in on-premises SharePoint Server to gain Farm Administrator rights and steal IIS machine keys to maintain access even after applying a patch.
Aug 25, 2026 4 1
The new version of the Framework Laptop 16 features a GeForce RTX 5070 12GB, a new one-piece keyboard, and a haptic touchpad. Phoronix puts the machine under the microscope running Linux.
Aug 21, 2026 4 2
