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Ryan Cole writes about security engineering and protocols: how HTTPS, certificates, and modern encryption protect data in transit, explained without the jargon.
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Legion Go vs Legion Go S: $499 vs $835, 114g Lighter [2026]
Lenovo sells two handheld gaming PCs that look like they belong to different generations but actually sit side by side in the…
Double Fine Cuts 23 Jobs, One Quarter of Its Staff [2026]
Three weeks. That is how long it took for Double Fine Productions to go from celebrating its freedom from Xbox to laying…
ZeniMax Cuts 379 Jobs, Its Own Union Fights Back [2026]
Microsoft’s Xbox division cut 379 jobs across two ZeniMax entities in July 2026, and more than half of them came from the…
Bazzite Setup: 6 Editions, 13 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
Bazzite is the Linux gaming operating system that turned “install SteamOS on anything” from a hacky workaround into an officially supported, one-click…
Steam vs Epic Games Store: 30% vs 12% Cut [2026]
Steam charges developers up to 30 percent of every sale. Epic Games Store charges a flat 12 percent, and waives its cut…
melonDS Setup: BIOS Required, 13 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
melonDS just passed 4,884 GitHub stars and shipped its first major release in nearly a year – v1.1, out November 18, 2025,…
Xbox Cloud Gaming Goes Free: $0, 1-Hour Sessions [2026]
Microsoft has begun letting Xbox Insiders stream games they already own for free – no Game Pass subscription, no credit card, just…
EU Clears $55B EA Buyout, BioWare Down to 100 Staff [2026]
The European Commission cleared the path on July 23, 2026, ruling that the Saudi-led, $55 billion buyout of Electronic Arts “would not…
Switch vs Switch 2: $339 vs $449, 10x the GPU Power [2026]
Nintendo will raise the price of the Switch 2 from $449.99 to $499.99 on September 1, 2026 – a $50 hike the…
Playnite Setup: 5+ Stores in 12 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
Playnite is a free, open-source game library manager that pulls Steam, Epic, GOG, EA App, Battle.net, and entire emulator ROM collections into…
