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Interview: Why Valve launched a new version of its handheld Steam Deck device

GeekWire

The model is also a little lighter, with a better battery, a longer charging cable, and faster wireless connections. The Steam Deck gives Valve a way to expand the audience for computer games, and runs the software for Valve’s digital gaming storefront Steam on a custom Linux-based OS.

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Computing at the edge of space: HPE and Microsoft conduct International Space Station experiments

GeekWire

If your cell phone went out 17 times a day, for anywhere from 1 second to 20 minutes, you’d get a new wireless provider. “And space, of course, gives you a great understanding.” HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2 uses off-the-shelf servers and components encased in hardware designed for harsh environments.

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Switch hacker Gary W. Bowser given 40-month sentence, owes Nintendo $14.5M

GeekWire

Bowser, of course, shares his surname with the American name for Bowser, the traditional antagonist of the Super Mario Bros. Team Xecuter created modification devices and specialized hardware for use with various video game consoles, for purposes of modifying and occasionally “jailbreaking” them.

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Rescheduling the Playdate: Portland startup sets 2021 release for unique handheld game device

GeekWire

Panic is also planning to manufacture and ship the Playdate in small batches (of course they are, they’re from Portland), starting with an initial run of 20,000 units. The Playdate is Panic’s first foray into making any kind of hardware, and is being made pretty much just because Panic felt like doing it.

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What’s on your desk, Adi Robertson?

The Verge

The great thing about my job is that I get to work across so many areas — I’ve covered film festivals, virtual reality hardware, net neutrality and copyright, speech moderation, obsolete tech, and too many random gadgets to count. Turns out Chrome OS is almost shockingly convenient, but I still want actual control over my hardware.

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Apple stumbled into a war with the gaming industry, and the future of iOS is at stake

The Verge

Unsaid here, of course, is that all apps peddling digital goods of any kind must pay Apple’s 30 percent fee. Of course Apple doesn’t and can’t review every movie on Netflix or every song on Spotify. Games of the future may not need players to own powerful hardware or even to pay full price for the title itself.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Hacker Revolution Will Be Televised

ForAllSecure

Anyway, one year there was this weird hybrid of hardware and software challenge. So it's kind of in between the sort of software and hardware hardware if you listeners aren't familiar with it. You just turn off every wireless interface on your device whatsoever because it was going to be atrocious. IT was called Badger.