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Jay Peters

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    Steam Replay for 2024 is live.

    You can access your Replay on Steam. If you want to know more about what I personally played, I just wrote about eight great Steam Deck games from this year.

    A screenshot of Steam’s 2024 replay, showing Steam Deck games.
    I admittedly still need to finish Mass Effect 3.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
    8 great games for your Steam Deck

    2024 was filled with excellent portable PC games.

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    Jay Peters
    AWS is investing billions more in Ohio.

    Amazon now says it plans to invest $10 billion to “help meet rapidly growing demand for cloud computing and AI,” up from a $7.8 billion figure announced in 2023.

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    Jay Peters
    Mark Zuckerberg clarified Threads’ DAU tracking.

    Just seeing a Threads post on Instagram doesn’t count toward Threads’ more than 100 million daily active users, Zuckerberg tells Hank Green. “You’d have to tap on the post and open Threads while logged in to be counted for DAU,” Zuckerberg says.

    Three Threads posts: two from Mark Zuckerberg and one from Hank Green.
    Click here to see these posts on Threads.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
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    iOS 18.3 might finally bring Apple Home’s delayed support for robot vacuums.

    The feature was recently pushed into 2025. With the feature, Apple says the Home app will support “the core functionality of robot vacuum cleaners, such as power control, cleaning mode, vacuum, mop, and charge status.” Robot vacuums will also be able to “participate in automations and scenes, and respond to Siri requests.”

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    Jay Peters
    Nvidia’s new app can slow games down.

    The new Nvidia App “reduces performance by up to 15% in some games,” according to Tom’s Hardware. Nvidia acknowledged that there is a reported problem and suggested a fix:

    We are aware of a reported performance issue related to Game Filters and are actively looking into it. You can turn off Game Filters from the NVIDIA App Settings > Features > Overlay > Game Filters and Photo Mode, and then relaunch your game.

    Tom’s Hardware says the fix “does indeed work.”

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    Jay Peters
    Netflix’s ‘Moments’ arrive on Android.

    The bookmarking feature initially launched just on iOS, but now it’s available on Android, Netflix spokesperson Dorian Rosenburg tells The Verge.

    I used the feature to bookmark the best scene in Lost.

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    Jay Peters
    Disney removed a transgender storyline from a new Pixar show.

    Pixar’s Win or Lose won’t have the story in one of its later episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter:

    A spokesperson for Disney confirmed that the story arc was removed and provided the following statement to THR: “When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline.”

    Disney has also reportedly pulled a trans-inclusive story from the final season of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.