Valve has updated the Steam Deck website to say that the Steam Deck OLED may be out of stock "intermittently in some regions due to memory and storage shortages." The PC gaming handheld has been out of stock in the US and other parts of the world for a few days, and thanks to this update, we now know why.The update comes shortly after Valve delayed the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller from a planned shipping window of early 2026 because of the memory and storage crunch. "We have work to do to land on concrete pricing and launch dates that we can confidently announce, being mindful of how quickly the circumstances around bot …Read the full story at The Verge.

Whenever you launch a game for the first time and head to the graphics settings menu, you may have noticed how it has already made most of the decisions for you. Things like texture quality, shadows, and post-processing are all selected based on what the game believes your GPU can handle. Some games, like Battlefield 6, for example, default to the "Auto" preset to balance performance and visuals. Even the Nvidia app has an "Optimize" button for each game that pretty much does the same thing.

The only Chrome OS devices I've seen for a while now are the Chromebooks that my kids' school sends home when it's virtual learning after heavy snowfalls. I don't remember the last time I saw a Chromebox, so I jumped at the chance when Acer offered its latest Chromebox Mini to check out.

In case you missed it, there has been some discourse lately around how KDE implements Systemd. Some people claim that KDE Plasma forces people to use Systemd, while others say it's an optional thing. Unfortunately, the discussion has gotten so heated that the team behind KDE has had to step forward to make its case known. While it does confirm that an element of Plasma does require Systemd, it argues that you can just disable it if you want and continue using Plasma just fine.

Even if the AI wasn’t being disclosed, its usage in these videos isn’t exactly subtle. | Image: Samsung / The Verge After cramming AI into every inch of its smartphones, appliances, and other devices, Samsung is now increasingly slapping it across social media. Several videos posted to the company's YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok accounts in recent weeks were made or edited using generative AI tools, including its latest teaser for the upcoming Galaxy S26 series.The "Brighten your after hours" video features two people skateboarding at night, and supposedly shows off the low-light video capabilities of the upcoming Galaxy S26 devices. Fine print appears at the bottom of the screen towards the end of the video, flagging that it was "generated with the as …Read the full story at The Verge.

How much would you allow an AI to scan and train off your code? People have differing opinions as to how much they're okay with an LLM taking a peek at their projects, and I think it's for the best of all humanity if I keep my own code away from the eyes of an AI.

You can run local AI inference on, more or less, any machine that you have access to. From a modestly-specced laptop to a high-end gaming rig, both are capable of running AI in some way, shape, or form. In fact, you can even run AI models on something as simple as your smartphone. But what about purpose-built machines for local artificial intelligence, instead? That's where the Lenovo Thinkstation PGX comes in, packing the Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip and 128GB of unified memory.

The speed of the internet feels like a double-edged sword. On one hand, you're never more than a week away from the newest trend, meme, or in-joke to hit the internet; on the other, things get buried so quickly that you don't have much time to savor things before they're already passe.

Most of us treat and use Windows like any other computer. Most of your everyday use would require you to click things, maybe open folders, and repeat a few folder organization steps on the daily. Most of these steps are humdrum enough that you don't think too much about it, but if you have a folder full of files to sort out, that tedium starts getting to you. It could be a simple task like cleaning folders, or running updates, or just setting things back up after a fresh installation. That's when I started exploring automation tools to speed up these everyday tasks. It's also how I came across PowerShell.

There are gaming monitors, then there's the Alienware AW2524HF, which delivers an eye-watering refresh rate of 500Hz. That's right, 500Hz and a 0.5ms response time. If you're someone that needs all that performance, then you already know that this monitor is going to be a great pick. The best part is that this monitor is now on sale, coming in well below its usual retail price of $550. If you're quick, you can grab it from Amazon and Dell for $150 less for a limited time.

This is a charger that I can easily recommend, because I own it and it has worked great for me over the past few years. The charger delivers, with up to 65W of power and can charge multiple devices at once if needed.

A little while ago, Steam Deck OLEDs began performing a disappearing act. Steam Decks were going out of stock in various regions, but Valve hadn't confirmed why. As such, we just had to sit and look at the "sold out" notification and wonder when the handheld PC gaming device would finally return.