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YouTube was partially busted for a while, but it's fixed now
By Tyler Wilde last updated
news YouTube wasn't fully down, but hundreds of thousands of users reported issues.

US Department of Homeland Security has reportedly demanded personal information about ICE's critics from Discord, Reddit, Google, and Meta—and at least 3 of those platforms have complied
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News DHS has issued hundreds of subpoenas to major online platforms to obtain the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of accountholders who criticize ICE.

Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Projects like Godot are being swamped by contributors who may not even understand the code they're submitting.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 16, 2026)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
By Lincoln Carpenter published
News Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.

Here's what happens if you don't complete Discord age verification
By Lincoln Carpenter published
age appropriate If you don't want to give Discord your details, here's what you'll lose access to when teen-by-default settings hit.

Steam now lets early access devs show a 1.0 release date, then says eh, maybe leave it blank: 'Just because this feature exists, does not mean you should or must use it'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Ask if you should, not if you could. Can. Could.

Steam Proton will no longer forget the entire reason it exists if you have a humungous library, as of the most recent client beta
By Joshua Wolens published
News To be fair, I also forget why I exist sometimes.
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