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New York sues Valve for 'letting children and adults illegally gamble' with loot boxes

The lawsuit aims to "stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all ill-gotten gains, and pay fines for violating New York’s laws." ...

PC Gamer • Feb 25, 2026 • morgan.park@futurenet.com (Morgan Park)
Technology Feb 25, 2026

The Galaxy S26 is faster, more expensive, and even more chock-full of AI

Samsung's Galaxy S26 series is available for preorder today and ships on March 11. ...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

Skate Developer Full Circle Hit With Layoffs as EA Looks to 'Better Support' the 'Long-Term Future' of the Game

Skate developer Full Circle has announced layoffs affecting an undisclosed number of staff as it aims to “better suppo...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

Stardew Valley Creator to Premiere Anniversary Video Revealing New Marriage Candidates Tomorrow

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) has announced that he will publish a video tomorrow revealing the two ...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

The New Wolfbox MF60 Electric Air Duster Has Great Build Quality and Airflow for Just $32

An upgrade compared to other cheap air dusters you'll find on Amazon.

Technology Feb 25, 2026

An autopsy of AI-generated 3D slop

Article URL: https://aircada.com/blog/ai-vs-human-3d-ecommerce Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157...

Technology Feb 25, 2026

Everyone Speaks Incel Now

After migrating from misogynist forums to social media feeds, terms like “looksmaxxing” and “mogged” are now imp...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director Clint Hocking leaves Ubisoft, former Black Flag director Jean Guesden takes over as development continues under 'a seasoned team'

Hocking's departure follows just days after Ubisoft announced a new leadership team for th...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

Valve’s Loot Boxes Are Gambling And Illegal, Says New York In New Lawsuit

Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 were directly referenced by New York state's Attorney General

Technology Feb 25, 2026

Judge doesn't trust DOJ with search of devices seized from Wash. Post reporter

Court to search devices itself instead of letting government have full access. ...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Only Has 7 Playable Characters Because They Are “More Differentiated With Much Deeper Gameplay” | IGN Fan Fest 2026

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight only has 7 playable characters because they are “more differentiated with much ...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

'Really Glad to Have Some Space': Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Developer Breathed Sigh of Relief After GTA 6 Delay | IGN Fan Fest 2026

Rockstar's most recent GTA 6 delay might mean a longer wait for the year's biggest launch, but it also brought relief to...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

‘We Are Not Leaving Anything Behind’ — How Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is Balancing Old and New | IGN Fan Fest 2026

‘We are not leaving anything behind’ — how Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is balancing the old with the ne...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

'We Draw Upon Everything': It Sounds Like Good News for Fans Wanting the Batfleck Suit in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight | IGN Fan Fest 2026

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight developer TT Games has shared a positive-sounding update on whether suits from th...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

DrDisrespect Pretends He’s Sponsored By Marathon, Forcing Bungie To Reassure Fans That No, He’s Definitely Not

The streamer keeps owning the brands by making them disavow him all over again

Technology Feb 25, 2026

The Peace Corps is recruiting volunteers to sell AI to developing nations

For more than six decades, the Peace Corps has represented itself as an agency focused on helping underserved communitie...

Technology Feb 25, 2026

The White House wants AI companies to cover rate hikes. Most have already said they would.

Many hyperscalers have already made public commitments to cover electricity cost increases.

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

The $45 YUNZII Is the Least Expensive Full Aluminum Mechanical Keyboard I've Ever Seen

This is a complete 71% hot-swap gasket mounted keyboard with pre-lubed mechanical switches.

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

Embark explains why it jacked up the cost of crafting Wolfpacks in Arc Raiders, concedes some players aren't happy about it

"Rather than diminish the capability of the Wolfpack itself, we opted to adjust the crafti...

Technology Feb 25, 2026

Trump claims tech companies will sign deals next week to pay for their own power supply

President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans' concerns about rising electricity costs during his State of the Union s...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

AOC Accuses Stephen Miller Of Sounding Like A World Of Warcraft NPC

Show me the lie

Technology Feb 25, 2026

Making MCP cheaper via CLI

Article URL: https://kanyilmaz.me/2026/02/23/cli-vs-mcp.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4715739...

Technology Feb 25, 2026

US cybersecurity agency CISA reportedly in dire shape amid Trump cuts and layoffs

Under the first year of the Trump administration, the U.S. cyber agency CISA has faced cuts, layoffs, and furloughs, as ...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

This co-op FPS Steam demo feels poised to do for spellslinging robot cowboys what Deep Rock Galactic did for space dwarves

Far Far West's frantic gunfights earn a hearty yeehaw from me. ...

Technology Feb 25, 2026

Welcome to the post-hype crypto market

Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETHDenver last week, the buzz was as much about Washingt...

Technology Feb 25, 2026

RK3588 and RK3576 video decoders support merged in the upstream Linux Kernel

Article URL: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/rk3588-and-rk3576-video-decoders-support-merged-in...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

Why Spear Was Resurrected for Primal Season 3 | IGN Fan Fest 2026

One of the big challenges was bringing back Spear, who fans might remember met an unfortunate end at the hands of a Viki...

Technology Feb 25, 2026

Jimi Hendrix was a systems engineer

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix-systems-engineer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Technology Feb 25, 2026

PA bench: Evaluating web agents on real world personal assistant workflows

We’re the team at Vibrant Labs (W24). We’ve been building envs for browser agents and quickly realized that existin...

PC Gaming Feb 25, 2026

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Developers Comment on New Locales Trailer, More | IGN FanFest 2026

The Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection development team discuss behind-the-scenes intel on Azuria, Sheparden, ...