About a year after Valve introduced the feature, which recommends new and upcoming games you might be interested in and even shows some on an actual calendar, it’s now considered a “full feature” of the Steam Store, Valve says. My personal calendar page has me pretty dead to rights; among other games, it recommends Final Fantasy Resonance, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, both of which I reviewed and really liked, and some indie games I already had my eye on. [Link: Steam's Personal Calendar Full Release | https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/710037059469839719?utm_source=SteamDB | Steam News]

#steam #valve #store

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Netflix reportedly offered Microsoft $500 million to license Xbox games for adaptations.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and team countered by asking for $800 million, and Netflix has pulled its offer, Puck reports in an article discussing the new leadership at Netflix. Xbox launched an “XP” division this month that will work on adaptations of its games, and Xbox is already working with Netflix on a Diablo animated series. [Link: The Peter Rice Playbook & Elon's Skydance Motive | https://puck.news/newsletter_content/what-im-hearing-the-peter-rice-playbook-elons-skydance-motive/ | Puck]

#netflix #microsoft #xbox

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn isn’t happy about Meta’s revised business terms, either.

Blackburn (R-TN) said the updated terms “indicate Meta is attempting to exploit American creators and businesses by granting itself sweeping authority to scrape content from any website associated with Facebook and Instagram business accounts,” according to Reuters. Following publisher pushback, Meta delayed the enforcement of these new policies until November 20th. [Link: Senator says planned Meta commercial terms update could harm US businesses | https://www.reuters.com/world/senator-says-planned-meta-commercial-terms-update-could-harm-us-businesses-2026-10-23/ | Reuters]

#marsha-blackburn #meta #usa

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Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army

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Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army

What old and vulnerable software might be running on your PC right now?

#popcorn #abandoned-popcorn #army

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Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend

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Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend

Hello, Dessa?

#block #dessa #dorsey

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Texas becomes the latest state to sue OpenAI.

Similar to the lawsuits filed by Arizona, West Virginia, Iowa, and several others, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses OpenAI of misleading users about the safety of ChatGPT, allegedly exposing children and other users to a “litany of harms” that’s “driven by the company’s insatiable quest to win the AI arms race and amass large fortunes.” [Link: Texas AG Sues OpenAI, Altman for Negative Effects on Consumers | https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/texas-ag-sues-openai-altman-for-negative-effects-on-consumers | Bloomberg Law]

#texas #openai #arizona

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Windows will soon let you perform an internet speed test without opening your browser.

A Windows 11 Insider Preview build rolling out to the Beta and Experimental channels will allow you to right-click the network icon in your system tray and hit “Perform speed test” to run it right in your Quick Settings menu. The feature previously opened a speed test in your browser. [Link: Announcing new builds for 23 October 2026 | https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/10/23/announcing-new-builds-for-23-october-2026/ | Windows Insider Blog]

#preview #beta #experimental

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Gotta scroll fast.

A new accelerated scrolling feature coming to Windows PCs with touchpads will allow you to scroll through long documents and webpages faster, Windows design head Marcus Ash announced on X. Microsoft is also adding the ability to continuously scroll through a page by swiping the edge of your touchpad, along with support for single-finger scrolling. [Media: https://twitter.com/marcusash/status/2113688198761357670?s=20]

#windows #marcus #ash

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Soundcore’s latest noise-crushing headphones are on sale for a new low price

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Soundcore’s latest noise-crushing headphones are on sale for a new low price

They can last nearly three days on a single charge.

#soundcore #space #buy

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Amazon is planning more day-and-date releases for Luna.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer was available to stream on Luna at no extra cost to Prime subscribers the same day it launched on other platforms, and in a post celebrating the one-year anniversary of Luna’s relaunch, Amazon says it “plans to bring more major games to Prime members through day-and-date releases.” Luna’s user base has also grown “fivefold” since the relaunch, Amazon’s gaming GM, Jeff Gattis, says in the post. I spoke to Gattis earlier this year about Amazon’s plan for games. [Link: One Year of Amazon Luna | https://www.amazongamestudios.com/en-us/news/articles/one-year-of-amazon-luna | Amazon Game Studios]

#amazon #luna #wars

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