Steam’s had an overhaul. The world’s biggest PC gaming storefront has had a tidy-up, making it appear much less cluttered and busy when you browse. Central to the overhaul is a new search and navigation bar, which absorbs all of the messy navigation which used to sprawl down the left-hand side of Steam’s homepage, and relocates it to a horizontal …
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Stephen Colbert salvaged the 2025 Emmy Awards, on a night when nobody else could. He was the show’s big winner, in terms of actual memorable moments. Colbert’s always had a knack for rising to the big occasion, but he turned this Emmys evening into a total humiliation for CBS, the network trying to censor him by killing off his show. …
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With Nintendo’s surprise announcement that Virtual Boy games are coming to the Switch 1 & 2, we thought it a good time to explore Virtual Boy Go, an open-source app for Quest that promises similar functionality. I’m a real Virtual Boy freak. I was eleven years old in August, 1995, when Volume 75 of Nintendo Power Magazine arrived in my …
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Returning to the Opendoor Technologies Inc. OPEN board as chairman, Keith Rabois outlined a sweeping plan to slash the workforce and overhaul the company’s culture. Rabois Targets Workforce Cuts Amid Overstaffing Concerns Rabois, who was named Opendoor chairman on Thursday, told CNBC on Friday that the company has become “completely bloated.” He said, “There are 1,400 employees at Opendoor. I …
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The Green Bay Packers have flown out of the gates with impressive wins over the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders, but they are still just scratching the surface of their potential. Matt LaFleur knows it. The Packers brushed the Commanders aside relatively comfortably on Thursday Night Football, but LaFleur knows this team has further levels to climb, especially on offense. …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A U.S. men’s national team desperate for some positivity and confidence secured a 2-0 win over Japan on Tuesday night in what was one of its best performances of the year under coach Mauricio Pochettino. The victory came with some caveats. Japan made 11 substitutions from the lineup it fielded against Mexico on the weekend, so it …
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Weaker labor data has boosted expectations of Fed rate cuts, with Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel predicting three reductions this year. Markets are rallying on the outlook, while Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius warns job growth is fragile but sees a rebound by 2026 as tariffs ease and policy turns supportive. Recent jobs data did not paint the stable picture of the labor …
Read More »No wearables needed: researchers use WiFi and Raspberry Pi to measure your heart rate in real time TechSpot WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed UC Santa Cruz – News Wi-Fi Signals Can Measure Heart Rates Without Wearables, New Research Suggests CNET Researchers claim that a Raspberry Pi’s Wi-Fi can provide “clinical-level heart rate monitoring” without the need for a wearable xda-developers.com UC …
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the US will “blow up” foreign crime groups if needed, possibly in collaboration with other countries. “Now they’re gonna help us find these people and blow them up, if that’s what it takes,” Rubio said during a visit to Ecuador. He also announced the US will designate two of Ecuador’s largest criminal gangs, …
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