Valve “Deckard” (or Steam Frame) to hit mass production, launching THIS YEAR. Valve anticipating 600k units shipping annually.
Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/virtual-reality/valves-next-gen-deckard-vr-headset-reportedly-enters-mass-production-company-allegedly-plans-to-ship-up-to-600k-units-annually-upcoming-steam-frame-could-launch-before-the-end-of-the-year
The Valve “Deckard” has been a long rumored device, and as per Chinese analyst firm “XR Research Institute”, they claim the headset will launch THIS year and has entered mass production. Previous leaks have priced the Deckard or Steam Frame at $1200. I’m not really a VR person so I don’t know what’s worth getting. $1200 for what is effectively a Half-Life Alyx machine is awfully expensive, even if the game is the best VR game we’ve gotten.
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Steam, Riot Games, and multiple OTHER services hit by major DDOS attacks
Link: https://cybernews.com/security/steam-riot-gaming-services-hit-by-disruptions-ddos-suspected/
Steam & Riot Games and OTHER Services experienced widespread issues beginning around 8PM EDT, October 6th. An alleged DDOS attack appears to be the cause launched by the record breaking Aisuru botnet, reaching a record breaking 29.69 terabits per second. In addition to Steam / Riot, PSN, Epic Games, AWS, Hulu, and specific ISPs were hit by this DDOS attack as well.
The Dedicated Xbox Handheld… Canceled due to AMD
Link: https://insider-gaming.com/xbox-handheld-amd-10-million-units/
A supposed dedicated Xbox handheld, separate from ASUS’s Xbox products, was rumored for quite some time. Reports suggested that it would effectively be a Series S on the go. But now we know it at some point DID exist, and that it will now never come to fruition because AMD required a minimum of 10 million units in their contract. Of course to commission AMD for a custom chip does mean AMD needs a minimum guarantee that you will at least purchase X or so amount of chips from them. Jez Corden however says that this is untrue. Steam Deck is reported to have sold 4 Million as of the time of writing.
Discord Hack - Worse Than We Thought?
Link: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/
Last week, an entity that Discord uses for Age Verification was hacked, but it was unclear how many people were affected… until now. Discord claims only ~70,000 people were affected, but the hackers claim 5.5 Million Users have been affected. BleepingComputers has spoken with the alleged hackers and they claimed to have stolen 1.6TB of data, which includes 100GB of ticket transcript data and 1.5TB of attachments. The group demanded $3.5 million as a ransom from Discord, but Discord has since ceased communication with the hackers. Should their demands not be met, it’s possible that the leaked data from Discord’s ZenDesk will be leaked publicly.
AMD + Sony = PS6 GPU Upgrades
Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/sony-and-amd-tease-likely-playstation-6-gpu-upgrades-radiance-cores-and-a-new-interconnect-for-boosting-ai-rendering-performance
In a video from PlayStation, both Sony’s lead PS5 architect Mark Cerny and AMD’s senior VP Jack Huynh were both featured talking about upgrades to what they dubbed “Project Amethyst”. Upgrades to AI Rendering & Raytracing. There’s also discussion in the video about something called Universal Compression, which supposedly analyzes all data and compresses all data when possible. And we can expect all of these to also show up on Non-PlayStation AMD hardware, such as their GPUs and APUs.
PlayStation Leak Confirms PS6 Release Date and Hardware Rumors
Link https://www.vice.com/en/article/playstation-leak-confirms-ps6-release-date-and-hardware-rumors/
A new leak reported by Vice suggests that Sony is targeting a 2027 release window for the PlayStation 6, with internal manufacturing planned to begin that same year. The information comes from reliable insider KeplerL2, who claims the timeline is now set, though the final public release could slip into early 2028.
While the article doesn’t confirm specific specs, it echoes previous reports that Sony is already deep in next-gen hardware development. PlayStation architect Mark Cerny has also hinted in interviews that “future consoles” are in progress, further fueling speculation that PS6 is well into production planning.
Vice cautions readers to take the leak with a grain of salt—plans in the hardware world can shift due to supply chain or internal delays. Still, with the PS5 approaching its mid-cycle refresh and Sony’s typical seven-year console cadence, a late-2027 PS6 launch lines up with history and feels increasingly plausible.
Synology Reverses Company Ending Decision to Restrict Hard Drives
Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/synology-walks-back-controversial-compatibility-policy-for-2025-nas-units-third-party-hdd-and-ssd-support-returns-with-diskstation-manager-7-3-update
Sometime in April of this year, Synology announced that 2025 NASes they sell will REQUIRE Synology branded HDDs for use with their NAS’s full capabilities. After some months have passed and significant backlash, Synology has relented and reversed this change. This change was only reversed for HDDs however, with NVMe SSDs still needing to be a part of their hardware compatibility lists to be used for storage pools. Will they ever be forgiven?
Taylor Swift copyrights portion of video for merely SAYING the Lyrics. Not even as a cover.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL_NVL3XjMc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRny-dYJ0_8
Her new album “Life of a Showgirl” is currently being considered her worst album, and as such Moist Critical aka Penguinz0 comments on it. In particular, he comments on one song, “Wood”, examining the lyrics and how it sounds like Swifty herself is… particularly fixated on something hard. And of course, following up on that, it seems portions of that first video had become copyrighted. Not even singing the song as a cover, but merely saying the lyrics.
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