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How to stop Steam's new Chat and Friends list from automatically opening
The new Steam Chat is here and it’s pretty great, even if it . But there’s one aspect that isn’t so hot: Every time you open Steam, your friends list and the new chat automatically opens up in another window. Arg. The options menu doesn’t offer any o...
Sanctions blamed as Silicon Valley firms won't ship some kit to Russia
Two Silicon Valley firms have stopped shipping some electronic components to Russian customers even though they are not on the list of firms subject to U.S. sanctions, according to sources who work in the sector and a document seen by Reuters.
August's Games With Gold Brings For Honor And Mickey Mouse
August is nearly upon us, which means it's time to swap out the roster of Games with Gold for a fresh batch of Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles.
This week in games: Forza 7 removes loot boxes, Forsaken remastered, and Nintendo sues ROM sites
Loot boxes are dead. Rest in peace, loot boxes. Okay, not 100 percent, but all three of 2017’s most egregious poster children—Star Wars: Battlefront II, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, and Forza Motorsport 7—have now gone so far as to remove all traces...
Interactive Brokers increases margin requirement for Tesla
Interactive Brokers Group said on Friday it will increase margin requirements for clients making Tesla Inc bets due to recent volatility in shares of Elon Musk's electric car company.
PetChatz Offers Digital Daycare For Your Pets
Pet owners are a unique breed. No pun intended. Our pets are not just dumb animals that we keep around for fun. Our pets are like children to us and we treat them that way. Which is why it stinks that we have to be away from them all day when we are...
The Full Nerd ep. 60: MacBook Pro throttling vs. Core i9 laptops, will Core i7 lose hyper-threading?
In this episode of the Full Nerd, , , , and dig deep into the nuances of how Intel’s most powerful Core processors work—and announce a giveaway for one of the best CPUs available today. Plus, we get to dump on Apple!Yep, we start things off with the...
Google's Smart Display UI is a peek at Android's voice-centric Fuchsia evolution
At long last, has arrived. A joint effort between Google and Lenovo, it kicks off a new wave of screen-centric smart speakers that look good on a counter, sound good when playing music, and make the less good by comparison.But the best part of the Sm...
Intel shares slip on fears of AMD data center chip challenge
Intel Corp shares fell 9 percent on Friday, after the chipmaker's upbeat results were overshadowed by concerns that Advanced Micro Devices Inc may be chiseling off market share from its high-margin data center business.
BlackBerry KEY2 review: How the keyboard became my Android power tool
Prior to using the KEY2 I had never had a BlackBerry. In my experience BlackBerry users were primarily enterprise focused, using it because of its focus on privacy and security—in other words, boring stuff (sorry, Dad). So when PCWorld got a review u...