CNET

Christmas Eve Gaming Crushed as Steam Went Offline. Now It's Back

The Steam outage appeared to begin mid-afternoon Eastern time on Dec. 24, according to Downdetector, which monitors site ...
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Best Cyber Monday Desktop Computer Deals 2025 (and the top Black Friday offers still available)

・Budget gaming PC: Skytech Gaming Edge – Super affordable budget build with RX 9060 XT GPU ready for 1080p gaming ・Midrange gaming PC: Acer Nitro 60 – Strong midrange components and ample onboard ...
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Best Black Friday desktop computer deals 2025: Nov 27

・Budget gaming PC: iBuyPower Element SE – Super affordable budget build with RTX 5060 GPU ready for 1080p gaming ・Midrange gaming PC: Acer Nitro 60 – Strong midrange components and ample onboard ...
gearpatrol

One of the Biggest Names in Desktop Hi-Fi Is Having a Rare Sale on Its Popular Computer Speakers

Audioengine makes some of the best and most popular desktop speakers around. These compact powered speaker systems are super easy to set up, look gorgeous and sound excellent. They also have built-in ...
GamesRadar+

Valve says "the Steam Machine is equal or better than 70% of what people have at home," but I feel like that's missing the point

The Steam Machine is destined for the console colosseum. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Upon announcing the grand return of the ...
PC World

Valve’s Steam Machine will help PCs replace consoles—and I’m down

Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. Missed the surprising topics on our YouTube show or latest news from across the web? You’re in ...
ExtremeTech

Valve Unveils the Steam Machine, Its Own Desktop Gaming PC

Valve is expanding its gaming hardware lineup with the Steam Machine, a compact gaming PC built around SteamOS. The device gives players access to their entire Steam library in a small, quiet, and ...
PC World

Valve’s new Steam Machine is ‘6x more powerful than the Steam Deck’

Rejoice! Valve has officially resurrected the Steam Machine, a compact gaming PC made to be played on your living room TV. Not only does it (supposedly!) run quietly, but it can also handle 4K gaming ...
Ars Technica

Steam Deck minus the screen: Valve announces new Steam Machine, Controller hardware

Nearly four years after the Steam Deck changed the world of portable gaming, Valve is getting ready to release SteamOS-powered hardware designed for the living room TV, or even as a desktop PC gaming ...
PC Gamer

Valve believes its new Steam Machine could open up a whole new world of SteamOS desktops: 'Put it on, say, something that's running an RX 9070 XT, you would be good to go'

"We're really interested to see what other companies do with the form factor." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Steam Machine ...
GamesIndustry

72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study

More than half of developers feel they rely too heavily on Steam to distribute their games, with 72% believing the platform has a monopoly on the PC games market. That's according to a new whitepaper ...
Wall Street Journal

Why AI Will Widen the Gap Between Superstars and Everybody Else

The conventional wisdom is that artificial intelligence will level the playing field among employees, giving the average employees the tools to shine as brightly as the superstars. My research ...