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You don't own the games in your Steam library. Going forward, you'll be reminded of this fact every time you buy a game from the Steam digital storefront.
I've been fond of Steam for their progress with making games work on linux. However, this reminder that they can always remove games that I've bought makes me wonder if gog.com might be a better place to purchase games.
The ruling could change how you get apps on Android.
I don't understand this controversy. Apple ecosystem is locked down, but Android isn't. I've had no problem getting Amazon, Samsung, and F-droid app stores onto android devices.
Chinese government hackers penetrated the networks of several large US-based Internet service providers and may have gained access to systems used for court-authorized wiretaps of communications networks, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. "People familiar with the matter" told the WSJ that hackers breached the networks of companies including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen (also known as CenturyLink).
"A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of US broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests," the WSJ wrote. "For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful US requests for communications data, according to people familiar with the matter."
These "attackers also had access to other tranches of more generic Internet traffic," according to the WSJ's sources. The attack is being attributed to a Chinese hacking group called Salt Typhoon.
If you build in a backdoor or wiretap system it is inevitable that it will be misused - either by someone who is in legal control of that backdoor, or by a criminal who takes control of it. Wouldn't it be better to build secure systems without any known weaknesses?
Amazon corporate office building in Sunnyvale, California. (credit: Getty Images)
An overwhelming majority of Amazon employees are “dissatisfied” with Amazon killing remote work and requiring them to be in the office five days a week next year. That's according to a survey of 2,585 employees by Blind, an online community where verified employees can discuss their work culture anonymously.
Since May, Amazon employees have been able to work remotely up to twice per week—a policy that Amazon has reportedly enforced by keeping track of badge swipes and how many hours workers spend in offices.
On September 16, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a memo to employees stating that Amazon would require most workers to come into the office five days a week at the start of 2025. "We’ve observed that it’s easier for our teammates to learn, model, practice, and strengthen our culture; collaborating, brainstorming, and inventing are simpler and more effective,” the memo said.
I feel no sympathy for these spoiled children. Most of us haven't had the luxury of working from home.
Grand Theft Auto V was one of the top ten most played games on Valve’s Steam Deck handheld this past week. It’s been in the top twenty for at least two years. But as of today, Valve now lists the game as “unsupported” — because developer Rockstar mysteriously broke compatibility with Valve’s handheld for its online modes.
As you can see in the image above, this is the latest fight around Linux anti-cheat: like the developers of Fortnite and Roblox, Rockstar has decided not to support the Steam Deck with its new anti-cheat software for GTA Online — a game that, by all accounts, badly needed to deal with cheaters. (Outside the Steam Deck, better anti-cheat was probably a good move.)
But unlike Fortnite and Roblox, Rockstar is...
If a game doesn't work on linux, I won't buy it. I'm glad that I never bought this one, or I'd have to fight to get my money back. This is all about game companies wanting to install 'anti-cheat', but it's still spyware by another name.
With more people working from home and communicating with colleagues on various apps, like Slack and Teams, emojis are gaining popularity in the workplace.
Absolutely wrong. Emojis are NOT clear communication. Does that thumbs-up indicate that you saw the message, or that you acted on the message, or that you liked the content of the message - which might actually be talking about something horrible? What does that particular variation of a smiley face actually mean? If they end their hurtful message with a smiley face, does that make it okay?
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