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Linux users surge on Steam, doubling in a year
…SteamOS is also available for other AMD-based handheld gaming PCs, most notably the Lenovo Legion Go S, and is planned to go into the upcoming (but delayed) second-gen Steam Machine…
A Valve engineer's Linux patch makes 8GB AMD GPUs better at gaming
…How relevant this is for SteamOS—and for the Steam Machine in particular—I couldn't say. Vock is an independent contractor, and she frames it as a personal project. But it…
Steam delivered 2 billion Blu-rays worth of downloads in 2025
…It's also having another crack at both living room console-style PC gaming with a revived Steam Machine and another push for virtual reality with the Steam Frame headset, but both…
Work, play, repeat. This ThinkPad can handle it.
…you want a machine that feels more durable and buttoned-down. Best Prices Today: Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Retailer Price Check Product Price Author: Matthew S. Smith , Contributor, PCWorld Matthew S. Smith is…
'AI' is coming for your online gaming servers next
…The much-anticipated Steam Machine seems to be delayed due to the hardware issue, console prices are going up years after launch in an unprecedented reversal, and cheap devices are being scuppered…
Is VR gaming now dead in the water?
…Valve swears it's still working on getting both the Steam Machine and Steam Frame to market. But so far the only piece of this puzzle that's actually been set down…
Lenovo Legion Go prices have jumped by up to $650 in six months
…Either nobody's buying the Asus machines or Lenovo's attempts at stockpiling RAM have failed spectacularly. (Or, possibly, those integrated RAM modules come from AMD along with the Ryzen CPUs.) It…
5 Windows Defender settings I change ASAP on any new PC
…When we benchmark PCs here at PCWorld, we always run our benchmarks with Windows Defender enabled. After all, that’s the default. But, for certain workloads, there is a significant benefit to…
Googlebooks aren't just Android laptops. They're a Trojan horse for Gemini
…It's also tried to get people interested in "gaming" Chromebooks and Steam on ChromeOS, both of which were met with a big shrug from the market. You can, presumably, play the…