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Valve, in a statement to The Verge, explaining why it doesn’t sell its handheld Steam Deck or new Steam Machine gaming devices at a loss (gift link):
While this might seem like an easy solution, it doesn’t align withour beliefs about how healthy ecosystems are built. If there’sanything we’re religious about at Valve, it’s our belief that opensystems are better in the long run, for ourselves and customers...

The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta.
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Joseph Cox, reporting for 404 Media:
404 Media is not revealing the exact details of the vulnerabilitybecause it can still be exploited as of Monday, when 404 Mediaverified the issue with one of our own hidden email addresses.
“Apple Hide My Email is leaking email addresses that are supposedto be hidden. We reported the issue and replication instructionsto Apple over a year ago. We don’t know why it hasn’t been fixed,but we don’t feel comfortable waiting any longer. Hide My...

Gnome is a deceptively clever animated GIF app by Lex Friedman:
The truest thing about animated GIFs is that they are a criticalpillar of modern human communication, and yet getting one into aSlack message or an iMessage thread or an email reply usuallyrequires opening a browser, navigating to a website, searching...