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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.

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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.

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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.

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EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 28: An image of a woman holding a cell phone in front of the Discord logo displayed on a computer screen, on April 29, 2024, in Edmonton, Canada.
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.

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EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 28: An image of a woman holding a cell phone in front of the Discord logo displayed on a computer screen, on April 29, 2024, in Edmonton, Canada.
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.

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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.

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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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A man holding a smartphone with a Youtube logo and small YouTube logos displayed on a screen are seen in L'Aquila, Italy, on October 9th, 2024. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
YouTube raked in over $60 billion in revenue last year, says Alphabet, between its seemingly-endless parade of adverts and its Premium subscription service

By Andy Edser Published

News As a recent YouTube Premium subscriber, I'm not bitter, honest.

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Epic says I can change baby, I promise, as it returns for its now-annual tradition of admitting its launcher 'sucks'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News I can fix her (she is a videogames client).

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Epic Games Store to test forums for 'top games,' walking back previous plans, and a technical overhaul is coming: 'We're ripping out the guts'

By Tyler Wilde Published

news Epic also plans to introduce player profiles, avatars, and private messaging.

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