Valve hints at Steam Machine delay… but the plot thickens

digitaltrends - Valve says memory and storage shortages may delay the Steam Machine and related hardware, while updated listings showing “Coming soon” suggest development is still progressing behind the scenes. The post Valve hints at Steam Machine delay… but the plot th…

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Valve now says "we hope" to ship the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller in 2026 -- a downgrade from its earlier promises -- due to memory shortages. www.theverge.com/games/890986...

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SSD-RAMageddon is so dire that a company defining product that was announced last year may not even see a release until NEXT year.

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No Gabe Cube this year?

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Valve has updated a blog post to say that it is shipping the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller in 2026.

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Never mind! Valve: "we will be shipping all three products this year." www.theverge.com/games/890986...

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Valve hints at Steam Machine delay… but the plot thickens

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Valve doesn't sound confident the Steam Machine will ship in 2026

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Valve’s Steam Machine may not launch this year

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Nintendo is suing the U.S. government over illegal tariffs

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Mario is taking on Trump. Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over tariffs it imposed last year, as first reported by Aftermath. In a complaint to the U.S. Court of International Trade, Nintendo’s lawyers took aim at the “unlawful imp…

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Nintendo sues the U.S. government for a refund on tariffs

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Nintendo Sues U.S. Government for Tariff Refunds

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Nintendo is suing the U.S. government over illegal tariffs

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Nintendo is Suing the US Government Over “Unlawful Impositions of Tariffs”

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Apple's 'HomePad' Now Rumored to Launch Even Later Than Expected

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple's long-rumored smart home hub device will launch in the fall of 2026, according to the leaker and prototype collector known as "Kosutami."In a new post on X, Kosutami said that the device, colloquially dubbed the "HomePad," is now set to arrive in t…

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Apple’s HomePad rumoured to launch even later than expected

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Apple HomePad smart home hub may launch in 2026

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Apple's 'HomePad' Now Rumored to Launch Even Later Than Expected

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The U.S. just unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs. Here’s how that could affect Fed interest rates, gas prices, and the Iran war

Jennifer Mattson / fastcompany - The latest U.S. jobs report is out and it isn’t pretty. The economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, missing expectations, as unemployment rose to 4.4%, according to data from the Labor Department. Economists had expected 60,000 new jobs in February.“The hea…

#banking #government #stockmarket #business #recession #jobs #us #economy #layoffs

Stocks struggled after a big negative surprise from the February jobs report. Additionally, the Qatari energy minister warned of a potential spike in oil prices to $150 a barrel within weeks. https://sherwood.news/markets/market-wrap-2026-03-06-sp500-qqq/

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Don’t blame AI yet for poor jobs numbers, analysts say

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Stocks sink on weak jobs data and soaring oil prices

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Job Losses Set to Test Consumer Confidence and Spending

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The U.S. just unexpectedly lost 92,000 jobs. Here’s how that could affect Fed interest rates, gas prices, and the Iran war

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US sheds 92,000 jobs in February, unemployment rises

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The jobs market is getting worse and white-collar layoffs piling up

10 hrs / qz / Catherine Baab

US employment unexpectedly contracts in February, unemployment rate rises to 4.4%

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Tim Sweeney Signed Away His Right to Criticize Google’s Play Store Until 2032

John Gruber / theverge - Sean Hollister, writing for The Verge: But Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. It’s right there in abinding term sheet for his settlement with Google.On March 3rd, he not only signed away Epic’s rights to sue anddisparage the company over anything cov…

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A hell of a thing for Tim Sweeney to say after laying off 830 people this year. www.theverge.com/23996474/epi...

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The Verge Interviews Tim Sweeney After Victory in ‘Epic v. Google’

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Tim Sweeney Signed Away His Right to Criticize Google’s Play Store Until 2032

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Epic beat Google in court, but Tim Sweeney can't criticize the company until 2032

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Google Muzzles Epic’s Tim Sweeney Until 2032 in Play Store Antitrust Deal

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Kazakhstan's Central Bank Will Invest Up to $350 Million in Crypto Assets: Reuters

André Beganski / decrypt - The planned investments represent a sliver of its gold and foreign exchange reserves.

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Kazakhstan's Central Bank Will Invest Up to $350 Million in Crypto Assets: Reuters

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Kazakhstan central bank to invest $350 million worth of gold, forex reserves into digital assets

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Kazakhstan central bank to invest up to $350 million in crypto-related assets: report

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Softbank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI stake

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - A $40 billion loan for a single bet on OpenAI. Softbank is taking what the AI industry has been doing for a while to its logical extreme: financing the boom on credit.The article Softbank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI stake appeared first o…

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Softbank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI stake

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Will SoftBank’s $40B gamble pay off in the OpenAI gold rush?

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SoftBank seeks record $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI investment

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Dubai Orders Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Stop Offering Services to Residents

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - KuCoin must stop offering its services in Dubai, the emirate's crypto regulator said this week, as it is not appropriately licensed.

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Dubai Orders Crypto Exchange KuCoin to Stop Offering Services to Residents

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Dubai regulator orders KuCoin to halt ‘unlicensed’ crypto services

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Dubai crypto regulator says KuCoin exchange is operating without proper license and must stop

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Meta allows rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe for a fee

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Meta announced it will permit general-purpose AI chatbot providers to offer their services on WhatsApp in Europe via its business API for the next 12 months. The company said this policy change is a response to the European Commission’s regulatory process…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #meta #aiethics #genai #business #instantmessaging #digitalmarketsact #eu #api

Meta Opens WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots in Europe — but Only for a Limited Time

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After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazil

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Meta Pauses Ban on Third-Party AI Chatbots on WhatsApp

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Meta (META) Stock: WhatsApp API Now Supports Paid AI Chatbots

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Meta allows rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe for a fee

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Hardware data platform Nominal hits $1B valuation with $80M from Founders Fund

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - US-based engineering software company Nominal has raised $80 million in new funding, bringing its valuation to $1 billion.…

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Hardware data platform Nominal hits $1B valuation with $80M from Founders Fund

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Nominal Raises $80M to Expand AI Engineering Data Platform

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Nominal Raises $80M in Series B Extension Funding at $1 Billion Valuation

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TaxDown secures €4M from BBVA Spark to enhance its AI solution

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Madrid-based TaxDown hassecured €4 million in financing from BBVA Spark. The funding is supported bythe European Union’s NextGenerationEU program and the European Investment Fund(EIF), with additional...

#ai #startups #automation #ml #saas #banking #business #europe #eu

TaxDown secures €4M from BBVA Spark to enhance its AI solution

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Madrid-Based TaxDown Raises €4M From BBVA Spark To Expand AI-Powered Tax Platform

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Madrid-based TaxDown secures €4 million from BBVA Spark to scale AI-driven digital tax platform

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Crypto Exchange OKX Debuts Social Platform Linking Posts to Trades

Sebastian Sinclair / decrypt - Orbit allows traders to disclose portfolio data and earn rewards tied to follower engagement in what OKX is touting as a transparency play.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #social #business #apps #community #technology #crypto

OKX hits $25B valuation: will Orbit social turn traders into influencers?

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OKX Debuts Orbit Social Platform Following $25B Valuation From NYSE Owner

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OKX launches in-app social networking feature to reduce ‘trust gap’ among traders

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Crypto Exchange OKX Debuts Social Platform Linking Posts to Trades

22 hrs / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

OKX is building a social network directly into its trading app after massive $25 billion valuation

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China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Call to do better with chips and put AI everywhere is more than rhetoric because China’s scientists are sprinting ahead China’s government has again made reducing reliance on imported digital technology a major goal.…

#ai #semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #government #business #supplychain #economy #manufacturing

China’s Zhejiang, Guangdong provinces vie to heed Xi Jinping’s call for innovation

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China pledges full support for tech sector with broad range of new policies

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Chinese tech firms struggle to keep pace in AI race

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China's most senior semiconductor executives issued a public call this week for a consolidated national effort to build a domestic alternative to Dutch lithography giant ASML, warning that the country's chip equipment industry remains too "small, fragment

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China's AI Companion Robots: Selling Emotion to the World

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China’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber stamps tech independence plan

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China bets on AI-manufacturing integration to narrow digital-economy gap with US

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China to put state-owned firms, capital to work nurturing tech champions

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China’s New 5-Year Plan: More AI, Less US

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US Mulls Requiring Permits for Global Nvidia, AMD AI Chip Sales

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Tech Giants Pledge to Power Their Own AI Data Centers

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI have signed a White House pledge committing to generate their own electricity for new AI data centers.The post Tech Giants Pledge to Power Their Own AI Data Centers appeared first on WinBuzzer.

#climate #ai #cloud #techpolicy #energy #government #business #datacenter #governance #technology

AI Data Centers Are Doing More Harm Than Just Driving Up Utility Prices

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Doosan Enerbility wins U.S. order for 7 gas turbines for data center project

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Oracle (ORCL) Stock: Falls Amid Historic Workforce Reductions Over AI Costs

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Protecting the electricity grid is crucial for national security

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U.S President gets data center companies to pledge to pay for power generation | With no enforcement and questionable economics, it may not make a difference.

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Power price rises are from data centres. Nothing but data centres.

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Tech Giants Pledge to Power Their Own AI Data Centers

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Big Tech Promises to Pay for AI Data Center Power, but Who Will Enforce It?

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Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL) Stock: Q4 Revenue Hits $2.2B Record as AI Demand Drives 42% Annual Growth

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Marvell hits $2.22B Q4 revenue record as AI data center demand soars. GAAP net income rises to $396M; non-GAAP reaches $685M in Q4. Fiscal 2026 revenue jumps 42% to $8.2B on strong AI chip growth. CEO highlights record design wins fueling future AI i…

#ai #cloud #hardware #semiconductors #chips #stockmarket #earnings #business #datacenter

Marvell (MRVL) Stock Soars 11% Following Impressive Q4 Results and Optimistic Outlook

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Investors marvel at Marvell’s solid earnings and revenue beat on AI chip demand

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Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL) Stock: Q4 Revenue Hits $2.2B Record as AI Demand Drives 42% Annual Growth

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Marvell Technology jumps after raising sales guidance for the next two years

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X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards

Sarah Perez / techcrunch - X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.

#digitalmarketing #business #apps #pricing #payments #community #media #technology #advertising

X launches Exclusive Threads to paywall content for subscribers

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X's Exclusive Threads feature lets creators paywall the end of tweet threads

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X is reinventing its Creator Subscriptions. Heres what to know.

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X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards

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Crypto billionaire Justin Sun settles US fraud case for US$10 million

scmp - The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to settle its civil fraud case against Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, with one of Sun’s companies paying a US$10 million penalty, a court filing showed on Thursday.The SEC sued Sun and …

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Justin Sun Reaches $10 Million Settlement With SEC, Fraud Charges Dismissed

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Crypto billionaire Justin Sun settles US fraud case for US$10 million

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SEC Moves to Settle Justin Sun Case With $10M Penalty for BitTorrent Owner

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SEC dismisses claims against Justin Sun and Tron Foundation, BitTorrent developer Rainberry agrees to pay $10M fine

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SEC, Justin Sun reach settlement over Tron lawsuit

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Tens of thousands report Amazon outages

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - If you’ve been having issues with Amazon right now, you’re not alone. Since around 2:30 p.m. ET, more than 20,000 people reported outages on Downdetector. On the site, some people report being unable to sign in or view the correct prices, while others say…

#cloud #ecommerce #amazon #techsupport #business #internet #pricing #ux #performance

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Iran blew up 3 Middle Eastern Amazon data centers 2-3 days ago. Today, Amazon is down. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

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Amazon outage: Heres what we know so far

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Amazon online store suffers outage for some users

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Amazon down for thousands of users in US, Downdetector shows

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Amazon Is Down for Thousands, It's Not Just You

27 hrs / cnet / Gael Cooper

Tens of thousands report Amazon outages

27 hrs / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Amazon.com is experiencing issues and failing to load prices

27 hrs / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Amazon appears to be down, with over 20,000 reported problems

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Amazon.com is up and down, with login errors and prices not loading

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Kraken's surprise Fed win may harken onslaught of crypto firms with narrow Fed access

Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - The Kansas City Fed may term this "Tier 3" access, but Kraken's entry into the vaunted Fed payments system has riled bankers and raised crypto hopes.

#crypto #techpolicy #banking #government #business #payments #law #litigation #regulation #crypto

Fed clarifies capital rules for tokenized securities, says framework is ‘technology neutral’

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U.S. banking agencies say capital should be same for standard or tokenized securities

27 hrs / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

Kraken's surprise Fed win may harken onslaught of crypto firms with narrow Fed access

29 hrs / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

More crypto firms likely to get Fed master accounts and banks lack power to block approvals, TD Cowen says

29 hrs / theblock / Yogita Khatri

Kraken rolls out unified execution layer for xStocks tokenized equities called xChange

30 hrs / theblock / Daniel Kuhn

Morning Minute: Kraken Cracks the Fed

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Roku Launching Interactive Game ‘Roklue’ to Assist in Content Searches

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Roku is set to launch interactive game, “Roklue,” affording streamers in the culture of the moment, while also helping them discover new entertainment content. Accessible via the Roku Home Screen, each “Roklue” experience tests players on popular movies a…