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Valve to no longer offer physical gift cards due to scammers
10 Jun 2026 at 7:12 pm UTC Likes: 1
No one else is asking this, but I'm not sure how exactly removing physical cards will make things safer as opposed to digital ones. In physical stores, there are people that can step in and prevent someone from being scammed, while if they are instructed to purchase the cards online, there is less of a chance for an outside observer to step in, and it won't give them as much time to figure out they're being duped. I know Steam's website can still issue the same warnings that stores are putting on signs, but I haven't purchased a gift card online before so I'm not entirely sure.
You think you've seen it all and then there's a Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft on Linux
18 May 2026 at 2:19 pm UTC Likes: 2
This was an incredible project to try yesterday. Just note that unincluded in the requirements, your distro needs glibc v2.43, and if playing with Prism Launcher (or any other launcher) ensure that you give the flatpaks the right file permissions to use said glibc, or use a different Prism Launcher package like the one from the AUR.

This is how I'm pulling up to college today. Why? Rule of cool + if it works, use it.
SteamOS 3.8.1 now in Beta for more gamers to test new features
10 Apr 2026 at 10:17 pm UTC
The Wayland change will be huge once out of Beta.
Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time
2 Apr 2026 at 9:24 am UTC
The numbers were certainly far greater than what even I could expect. Seeing the +3.10% growth is wild, even considering the usual Chinese New Year shake up, as that's +2% net since Jan. Sure, the numbers might get adjusted, but as they stand right now? Absolutely wild. I was freaking out seeing how the tracker would need to add another percent and some change to show the new number. We finally broke the 10% barrier for English as well. March has set records beyond my wildest expectations, and it feels so great.
Letter from the owner - our stance on generative AI
15 Mar 2026 at 8:55 am UTC Likes: 2
Thank you for making this site my #1 bookmark on everything! The work put in daily is nothing short of incredible.
Unity announce expanded support for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
11 Mar 2026 at 9:28 pm UTC Likes: 1
This is very nice. I wonder who else will reveal some revelations!
Fedora 44 Beta is out with KDE improvements, better live media and more
10 Mar 2026 at 8:18 pm UTC
The PLM sounds nice!
Sony PlayStation reportedly moving away from PC ports
4 Mar 2026 at 5:33 pm UTC Likes: 1
Tech has advanced enough to no longer justify making dedicated game boxes with locked down software that become e-waste. From a price perspective the games will cost more, not to mention the lack of access to the many marketplaces that include plenty of free ones, fan creations, or ones without DRM.
Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified
24 Jan 2026 at 4:22 pm UTC
I was wondering when the next milestone was going to be covered. 5K markers are nice. I'm excited for the rest of 2026!
Valve tweak Steam AI disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players
18 Jan 2026 at 6:06 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: scaine12. Impact on website scraping from multiple companies building genAI models. Wikipedia in particular has had to actively block enormous ranges to prevent the scraping from leading them into financial run. Again, can't be bothered to find the link, but there's a Wikimedia blog talking about it.
Wikipedia recently signed API access deals for AI training, so I guess getting paid for the training data is preferable to it just getting scraped.