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Western Digital’s Hard Drive Shortage: AI Data Centers Are Consuming Supply—And Consumers Are Left Waiting

Western Digital’s CEO confirms the company is sold out of hard drive production for all of 2026, with AI-driven dem...

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Windows 11 Taskbar Overhaul: A 5-Year-Old Demand Finally Heads to Summer 2026

Microsoft is set to restore full taskbar customization in Windows 11—including resizing and repositioning—addressin...

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Bethesda’s *Fallout 3* Underground: Why the Metro Became a Buried Opportunity

The original plan for *Fallout 3* included a vast, navigable Metro system beneath Washington, D.C.—but Bethesda’s t...

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Steam Deck OLED Stock Crisis: Valve Blames RAM and Storage Shortages for Ongoing Delays

Valve has officially confirmed that persistent stock issues with the Steam Deck OLED stem from global RAM and stora...

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Crimson Desert’s Moral Compass: Why Villainy Won’t Be an Option—But Crime Still Pays

The developers behind *Crimson Desert* have drawn a firm line in the sand: while the game’s systems reward calculat...

Feb 17, 20262 min readGPU

NVIDIA DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Gen Now Powers Two New Titles—Performance Leaps for Stealth and Strategy Games

Two upcoming releases—Styx: Blades of Greed* and Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown*—have officially added sup...

Feb 17, 20263 min readGaming

Xbox Game Pass Gets Two Epic RPGs—But PC Players Miss Out on One Big Title

Microsoft’s subscription service is expanding with Kingdom Come: Deliverance II* and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Compl...

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KDE Plasma 6.6: The Gaming and Accessibility Upgrade Linux Desktops Needed

A new login manager, HDR fixes for Proton gamers, and accessibility breakthroughs define this release—but there’s a...

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Three Critical Fixes for a Corrupt USB Drive Before You Format It

A corrupted USB drive doesn’t always mean permanent data loss. Before hitting 'format,' try these three troubleshoo...

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X’s Dim Mode Vanishes—And the Backstory Reveals a Systemic Problem

The removal of X’s third theme option—dim mode—has sparked confusion and frustration. A blunt internal admission su...