TL;DR: Valve launched the Steam Frame VR headset with an Arm-based Snapdragon chip, aiming to run Half-Life: Alyx natively and streamed from PC. The new hardware features a “Frame Verified” status for optimized games, while rumors suggest two upcoming Half-Life titles supporting PC and VR cooperative play.

Steam Machine’s upcoming release means more people will be playing games on Linux, specifically SteamOS. The idea of ditching Windows for gaming is becoming more attractive, as the Steam Machine is first-party desktop-level hardware that’s optimized for Linux-based SteamOS. The biggest hurdle for Linux gamers right now is a lack of support for many anti-cheats – particular those that require kernel-level access. But with the release of the Machine, Valve hopes game devs take notice.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/climate/virginia-data-centers-ai-maryland-electricity-bill-increase

Poorly Drawn Lines

Every now and then I drop a real zinger in my group chats

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President Donald Trump’s administration said on Friday it was formally withdrawing a plan by his predecessor (Biden) to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when U.S. flight disruptions are caused by carriers.

Epstein’s human trafficking organization depended entirely on the wealth management industry (WMI). It was how he obtained the capital to build it, and it was how he hid his activities from the authorities. And none of this was an abuse of the industry; it is precisely how the WMI is designed to work. Nor is it an abuse of the law, because both American and international law has been carefully designed to accomodate the WMI.

https://youtu.be/u0XzbmRl9vM

Crosspost from https://lemmy.ca/post/55029033

It’s early stages and buggy, but it’s on its way. All games, even bland, boring, or bad ones, deserve to remain playable.

Chilling like no one is watching.

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US reportedly carries out 20th attack on a vessel in the Caribbean and Pacific, killing four people with ’no survivors’.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/politicalcompassmemes/p/1475770/this-pcm-really-ties-the-room-together

Looking back at a year of FOSS activism, spurred by political events.

Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), alongside 20 other Members of Congress, introduced H.Res.876 – Recognizing the Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza.

[alt text: a text-and-image post. The first image is a photo of Donald Trump from his 2016 campaign, where he is saying, “I’m gonna drain The Swamp!”. Below this photo is a photo of Bill Clinton, which is labeled “The Swamp”.]

October marked the 10th straight month of decline in the number of Canadian travellers to the US. Air travel from Canada to the US dropped nearly 24%, while car travel fell more than 30% when compared to the same period last year, according to data released this week by Canada’s statistics office.

the Court confirmed the obligation of States to assess climate effects from the burning of oil and gas outside of Norway before approval.

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We’re finally getting another proper modern rally racing sim with Assetto Corsa Rally out now in Early Access. Thankfully, it won’t be in Early Access forever, as they think it will only take around 18 months to finish it all up.

Alleged list of clients of American sex offender

A bit more info on a headline that went around, it is really amazing how robots like these are being used to genuinely make a difference in evacuating wounded.

Sorry for the Reddit rant.

Easy, 0.42 mi out and back

transcription: shadow weaver crying: “NOOOO NOOOOO U CANT DATE CATRA SHELL JUST DISTRACT U” adora: “haha girlfriend go prrrr”

Alt-text:progressively more intense Bernie Sanders meme format with text: “Follow Jesus, love thy neighbor”; “Violence is only okay in the defense of yourself or someone you love”; Injustice, oppressive speech, etc equals violence; Merc fascists

This image was taken by one of Curiosity’s navigation cameras during the mission’s 4,718th Martian day, or sol, (November 13, 2025)

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I really appreciated the performance of Jon Stewart as President Sheridan.

Ellison “is now way off the reservation in terms of how he’s spending”, added a short seller who has long tracked Oracle’s stock but does not have an active bet against it. “The market is clearly saying it is no longer interested in companies burning endless cash on AI.”

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And I just made an HTTP endpoint in golang that outputs PNG labels with small QRs just as I need them, to print out on my Bluetooth label printer.

As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.