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As per the evidence found by SteamDB's creator, Pavel Djundik, it looks like Valve updated the Steam client and added the Ubisoft Connect PC client to the default package. If you have Steam installed and updated, you should already have the client included in your installation. https://www.techspot.com/news/92433-ubisoft-games-might-coming-back-steam.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

When asked if Valve would be interested in creating games exclusively for the Steam Deck, the company said that path doesn’t make much sense to them. “It’s a PC and it should just play games like a PC,” Valve said matter-of-factly. https://www.techspot.com/news/92428-valve-steam-deck-exclusive-titles-dont-make-much.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

It was earlier this year when Developer Psyonix announced that its incredibly popular game would be hitting mobile platforms in the form of Rocket League Sideswipe. The biggest difference in this version is that the 3D view changes to a 2D side-on perspective. Cars are controlled using a virtual joystick... https://www.techspot.com/news/92424-mobile-version-rocket-league-now-available-globally-android.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In line with its initial findings from August, the CMA has concluded that Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy could hinder competition between various social media platforms. https://www.techspot.com/news/92426-uk-competition-regulator-orders-meta-sell-giphy.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Thanks to the global chip shortage, electronic devices such as consoles and graphics cards are difficult to find outside of reseller sites where they cost a fortune, and that makes them even more appealing to criminals. https://www.techspot.com/news/92421-19-year-old-shot-attempted-playstation-5-robbery.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Coalition for App Fairness held a conference in Seoul in mid-November, where Epic CEO Tim Sweeney spoke on multiple topics. He criticized Google's collecting fees for in-app purchases and called Apple a monopoly that "must be stopped." Epic and Apple spent much of 2020 and 2021 in a court... https://www.techspot.com/news/92412-epic-ceo-wants-single-store-works-all-platforms.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Guardian reports that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his government would introduce legislation this week requiring social media companies to collect personal details, likely phone numbers, email addresses and contact names, of current and new users so they can be handed over in defamation cases. https://www.techspot.com/news/92408-australia-defamation-law-could-reveal-social-media-trolls.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Zelda Reverse Engineering Team (ZRET) recently matched the last-remaining function in the project. As the group told Video Games Chronicle, this means that all compiled code in the game has been converted into human-readable C code. https://www.techspot.com/news/92409-legend-zelda-ocarina-time-has-fully-recreated-c.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

There have been rumors that, almost fifteen years since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 arrived, Valve is now working on Half-Life 3, a project speculated about for so long that it's become a meme. https://www.techspot.com/news/92407-valve-reportedly-working-new-half-life-game-steam.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

SteamDB reports that Steam broke its concurrent user record yesterday at 7:00 AM PT/10:00 AM ET when 27,384,959 people were logged in simultaneously. And while 7.8 million of them were in-game, that was still lower than the record 8.1 million in-game concurrent player record from March 2020. https://www.techspot.com/news/92404-steam-hit-highest-ever-concurrent-player-count-over.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

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With growing concerns over online privacy and securing personal data, more people are considering alternatives to Google products. After all, Google’s business model essentially revolves around data collection and advertising. More data means better targeted ads and consequently, more revenue for Google. The company pulled in over $146 billion in... https://www.techspot.com/news/80729-complete-list-alternatives-all-google-products.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Something is different about Alder Lake’s non-K versions. If you haven’t noticed, they’re not released yet -- a delay that's only happened one other time in the last five generations. And, according to user DDAA117, who accurately leaked the specifications of the K processors earlier this year, the non-K versions... https://www.techspot.com/news/92400-intel-changing-things-up-non-k-versions-alder.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If you're upgrading to a new computer, laptop or desktop, a modern PC may not support your old storage devices. This guide will give you options to connect your old storage drives to a new computer. https://www.techspot.com/article/2371-how-to-connect-old-storage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

After a series of delays, Cyberpunk 2077 was finally released in December 2020, with millions of players flocking to buy the game. However, it didn't live up to the hype as players reported game-breaking issues, especially on Xbox One and PS4. This prompted Sony to remove the title from its digital store. https://www.techspot.com/news/92393-cdpr-claims-cyberpunk-2077-eventually-become-good-game.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

NASA on Monday said a “sudden, unexpected release of a clamp band” used to secure the telescope to a launch vehicle adapter caused a vibration that permeated the entire observatory. The space agency assembled a review board to fully investigate the matter, as even a small hiccup at this stage... https://www.techspot.com/news/92394-nasa-gives-james-webb-telescope-clean-bill-health.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple's augmented reality headset is widely expected to break cover sometime in 2022, although industry watchers aren't on the same page when it comes to the launch window and the price tag, which could be in the same ballpark as devices like the Magic Leap One and the Microsoft HoloLens 2. https://www.techspot.com/news/92388-apple-mixed-reality-headset-could-have-mac-level.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

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The suit was filed against the NSO Group and parent company Q Cyber Technologies, neither of which are strangers to making security headlines. The Israeli-based company is responsible for developing and deploying Pegasus, a mobile spyware application capable of reading text messages, tracking calls, collecting passwords, and tracking location on... https://www.techspot.com/news/92391-apple-files-suit-against-nso-group-spying-iphone.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

CoD statistics provider TrueGameData recently published several tweets revealing a previously unknown gameplay mechanic referred to as weapon bloom. The mechanic causes a player's bullet to travel in any of a number of random directions within a defined area while aiming down the sights. This behavior is a departure from... https://www.techspot.com/news/92111-vanguard-players-grow-irritable-news-weapon-bloom-mechanic.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In its report, Nintendo explained that it "plans to continue to expand its business around the core concept of creating unique integrated hardware-software products," which has worked fairly well for the last forty-odd years. https://www.techspot.com/news/92112-nintendo-new-console-launch-within-next-79-years.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

French technology site Le Comptoir Du Hardware (The Hardware Counter) recently reviewed several Alder Lake processors (as have we), comparing their performance to other 10th through 12th-gen offerings as well as AMD's Ryzen 5000 series. One of the biggest surprises in their review was the noted performance of the i5-12400F,... https://www.techspot.com/news/92110-intel-12400f-punches-above-weight-class-may-serious.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The implicit promise of Forza Horizon is in the name. You see something on the horizon, you can drive to it. Skyrim with cars. Far Cry with more cars and no guns. Forza Horizon 5 is even more beautiful than its predecessors. https://www.techspot.com/review/2353-forza-horizon-5/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Two of the leading technologies in this generation's GPU wars have been Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR). Both promise to provide an enhanced visual experience for users, one through an AI-based algorithm and specialized hardware, and the other by rendering lower resolution frames... https://www.techspot.com/news/92108-intel-ai-based-xess-shows-promise-new-4k.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to AMD VP Jeff Connell, the demand for cloud gaming warranted the creation of a GPU just for the job. But the V620 isn’t limited to gaming; it comes with partitioning capabilities that make it capable of streaming multiple desktops / workspaces from the cloud simultaneously. https://www.techspot.com/news/92107-amd-announces-new-cloud-gaming-gpu-teases-next.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Taiwan company VIA Technologies sent out a press release this week briefly discussing the deal with Intel. All it says is that Intel will be able to "recruit" some employees of VIA's x86 subsidiary, Centaur Technology, while paying VIA $125 million. Intel won't actually buy Centaur wholesale and VIA will... https://www.techspot.com/news/92104-intel-pays-125-million-centaur-employees-but-not.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

News of the change first broke on BMW enthusiast forum Bimmerfest. According to the original poster, the following models will be impacted: https://www.techspot.com/news/92106-bmw-removing-touchscreen-functionality-new-cars-due-chip.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple is now halfway through its planned transition to self-designed custom silicon, but the company doesn’t necessarily want to leave Intel and AMD chips behind. The M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max chipsets are only the beginning of this journey, yet they’ve already managed to impress in the performance-per-watt department... https://www.techspot.com/news/92100-mac-pro-3-nm-chipsets-packing-up-40.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Gross profit, meanwhile, was $1.13 billion, up 43 percent year over year, with transaction-based gross profit of $543 million. Subscription and services-based revenue reached $695 million in the quarter, an increase of 55 percent compared to the same period a year earlier. Profit in this category was $563 million, up 48 percent year on year. https://www.techspot.com/news/92095-square-misses-mark-q3-earnings-report-opens-cash.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Colonial Pipeline is the primary fuel line serving the US East Coast. It reaches over 5,500 miles and provides around 45 percent of the fuel needs of the region, so a ransomware attack on the operator that resulted in the pipe being shut down for four days was a... https://www.techspot.com/news/92093-government-offering-10-million-information-colonial-pipeline-hackers.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

DaVinci Resolve is a complete solution for video editing, color correction, and audio post production with a fully featured free version available to download for Windows, Mac and Linux. https://www.techspot.com/downloads/7205-davinci-resolve.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In its announcement blog post, Google acknowledges that Drive's current search functionality is inadequate. As the company notes, when searching for a file you can't quite remember the exact name of, you might enter a few more vague keywords, such as "marketing plan" or even "cat video." https://www.techspot.com/news/92085-google-drive-new-earch-chips-help-you-refine.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Google said that community colleges and technical education high schools could add Google Career Certificates to their curriculum for free. That also goes for Schools that are part of the American Association of Community Colleges. The four-year universities Google is working with to accept credits from its program include Northeastern,... https://www.techspot.com/news/92083-google-makes-career-certificates-free-us-community-colleges.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Q3 2021 x86 CPU Market Share report from analyst firm Mercury Research (via HardwareTimes) will be welcome reading for AMD. The biggest reveal is that the company has increased its overall x86 CPU share by 2.1 points quarter-over-quarter, taking it to 24.6%. https://www.techspot.com/news/92076-amd-took-almost-quarter-x86-cpu-market-last.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Starting with the top-of-the-line Core i9-12900K CPU, we can finally show you how Intel's new 12th generation Alder Lake processor architecture performs and how it's positioned against the Ryzen 9 5900X and 5950X. https://www.techspot.com/review/2351-intel-core-i9-12900k/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A lot of attention has been directed towards the ongoing chip shortage, Nvidia’s $54 billion takeover of Arm, and Apple’s transition to custom Arm-based silicon that’s both powerful and more energy-efficient than competing solutions from the x86 space. Meanwhile, Chinese tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba have been working on... https://www.techspot.com/news/92067-tencent-launches-three-custom-arm-based-chips-signaling.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As such, Indiegogo has been working to put trust at the forefront of everything it does. https://www.techspot.com/news/92068-indiegogo-doing-more-protect-community-backers.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Avast's investigation uncovered 151 apps linked to the UltimaSMS campaign. The first was Ultima Keyboard 3D Pro, for which the campaign was named. You can check the complete list of apps on Avast's GitHub. https://www.techspot.com/news/92061-google-bans-151-android-apps-play-store-linked.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The ZipCharge Go is essentially a portable battery pack like the kind you’d use for a smartphone, except it’s meant for an electric vehicle. The company describes it as a “smart charger on wheels” that’s no bigger than a compact suit case. According to InsideEVs, the Go weighs around 50... https://www.techspot.com/news/92060-zipcharge-go-portable-powerbank-electric-vehicle.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Windows 11 is evolved from Windows 10, which is both a blessing and a curse. Microsoft has spent the past several years perfecting Windows 10, which means its successor is also based on a relatively mature core. At the same time, it has inherited various bugs and glitches that some... https://www.techspot.com/news/92057-certain-windows-11-built-apps-wont-work-users.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

That's a massive number, and it even surpasses the lifetime sales of huge releases like Grand Theft Auto V. Rockstar's satirical action title hit 150 million lifetime sales in August, but Leagues user numbers are counted monthly. Granted, League is free-to-play, whereas GTA V is still a $30 product. https://www.techspot.com/news/92049-league-legends-franchise-hits-180-million-monthly-active.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft will soon open up a preview of a new JavaScript API for Excel that will let users make their own custom data types containing things like images, entities, arrays, or formatted number values. These can all be backed up by users' own custom data sources. Users will also be... https://www.techspot.com/news/92052-microsoft-brings-custom-data-types-excel.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Cambridge University researchers Nicholas Boucher and Ross Anderson have discovered a new class of vulnerabilities that can be used by malicious actors to integrate visually deceptive malware directly into the source code of applications. https://www.techspot.com/news/92039-trojan-source-flaw-allows-hackers-embed-malware-directly.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Citing “multiple sources,” Nikkei Asia reports that iPad production has been slashed in half from Apple’s original plans for the last two months, with components originally destined for the company’s tablets instead heading to the iPhone 13 lineup. https://www.techspot.com/news/92037-report-apple-cutting-ipad-production-prioritize-iphone-13.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Epic Games will be shutting down Fortnite in China in the next two weeks. According to a post on Fortnite’s Chinese website, Epic and Tencent are sunsetting the popular free-to-play battle royale title in the country, which means that come November 15, gamers won’t be able to register an account... https://www.techspot.com/news/92034-fortnite-chinese-version-shutting-down-november-15.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Facebook warned that Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policies that give users control over how their data is collected would spell catastrophe for its developers and advertisers. It "conservatively" estimated a 50-percent drop in revenue from its Audience Network platform. https://www.techspot.com/news/92024-social-media-platforms-reportedly-lost-nearly-10-billion.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Whoever was behind the $SQUID crypto seems to have performed what investors call a "rug-pull," in which after luring investors to drive up the price of their crypto, they sell theirs off for cash, removing its liquidity. After SQUID peaked at $2,856 early this morning, it plummeted to zero in... https://www.techspot.com/news/92026-yep-squid-game-crypto-scam.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple late last week reported record revenue of $83.4 billion for the three-month period ending September 30, but still fell short of Wall Street analysts’ expectations of $84.85 billion. CEO Tim Cook said larger than expected supply constraints cost them around $6 billion, and warned that the company will face... https://www.techspot.com/news/92027-microsoft-inches-past-apple-become-world-most-valuable.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the rumored AR/VR device has been in the pipeline for several years, and Apple may be closer to releasing it than previously expected. It also shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that it will be an expensive bit of kit, with most supply chain... https://www.techspot.com/news/92014-apple-mixed-reality-headset-could-land-2022-hefty.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

At 4 pm PST on October 28, Roblox's 200 million users, two-thirds of whom in the US are aged between 9 and 12, couldn't access the platform due to a server disruption. On Sunday, the company tweeted that it was working to resolve the situation and had identified "the root cause as internal system issue." https://www.techspot.com/news/92018-roblox-returns-following-three-day-outage-problem-nothing.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger