Ex-TSMC manager first to be indicted under National Security Act for allegedly attempting to leak core Taiwanese chipmaking technologies to China

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Taiwanese prosecutors have reportedly indicted a former TSMC manager for allegedly stealing trade secrets to give to China. This case, according to a spokesperson from Taiwan’s High Prosecutors Office who relayed the information to Nikkei Asia, is the first of its kind: “Although the attempt to transfer the technology to China was unsuccessful, the case … Read more

Valve has replaced a Steam Machine for free after it was stolen by porch pirates, saving one UK redditor roughly £1,000

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The Steam Machine is a pricey piece of hardware. Which is why UK redditor mdumtshali must have been heartbroken (or very annoyed) when theirs was stolen from their doorstep after the Royal Mail dropped it off while they were at work. The delivery driver sent a picture of the Steam Machine box to prove it … Read more

Developer of Burnout spiritual successor Wreckreation has formed a new studio working on a sequel

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To this day, the now-stagnant Burnout series is still the prime example of an arcade racer that every other contemporary is compared to. Naturally, it’s spurred on a bunch of imitators and spiritual successors over the years, especially after the decline of Criterion Games into a support studio at EA. Nowadays, instead of pioneering racing … Read more

TSMC admits its ‘jealous’ of memory chipmakers’ margins, but is limiting its own price hike because its customers would not survive price increases of ‘four to five times’

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You can be sure that whatever TSMC does next, the rest of the industry will follow. Unfortunately, it looks like this major player in chip manufacturing is set to raise its prices by as much as 10% in 2027. This is due to both the rising cost of materials as well as the company’s overseas … Read more

15 years before Dishonored, Thief devs considered letting Garrett shrink himself rat-sized so he could scurry through drains and mouse holes

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Of the many remarkable abilities possessed by Dishonored hero Corvo Attano, perhaps the most remarkable is, well, possession: Corvo can possess creatures, most famously the game’s plentiful rats, to get up to all sorts of trouble, including accessing locations that would be inaccessible to his full-sized body. As it turns out, this wasn’t an entirely … Read more

Path of Exile devs want it to be easier for new players, but still won’t let you skip its 20-hour campaign every league—at least not yet: ‘It feels very wrong to me’

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This week, Path of Exile will ditch a system that defined it for over a decade, making the action RPG considerably easier to approach for new players. The developers at Grinding Gear Games told PC Gamer that they’re questioning everything that’s sacred going forward, but apparently some things are still off the table—at least for … Read more

Steam’s Train Fest sale means all 790 pieces of Train Simulator Classic DLC can be yours for a mere $6,993 instead of $15,621

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Steam’s Train Fest has begun, meaning there are deals and discounts on lots of locomotive games, even a few brand new ones like Denshattack, which just came out this month. But when it comes to train sales there’s really only one train game to talk about: Train Simulator Classic, a sim notable for having a … Read more