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Sean Hollister

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    The Steam Deck is finally a true gaming PC.

    All it took was RGB LEDs.

    (And a JSAUX transparent backplate, and a M0 microcontroller, and competent soldering skills, and 1-3W drain on the Deck’s battery... instructions here.)

    Green, orange, red, purple, blue, and teal points of light glow out from the back of the Steam Deck with transparent rear plate.
    This Steam Deck is spittin’ rainbows.
    Photo by u/WUBBSY (Reddit)
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Updated Steam? Now try pressing that little “expand window” button at the upper right.

    Steam’s new Big Picture Mode has made it to the stable ring at last, giving you a way more responsive way to select PC games from your couch, touchscreen, or with a Windows portable like the Ayaneo 2 I’m trying right now. It basically gives you the Steam Deck UI on your PC.

    Qualcomm predicts ‘broadening demand weakness’ for phonesQualcomm predicts ‘broadening demand weakness’ for phones
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    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    A double-digit drop in phone sales.

    Qualcomm warned last quarter that phone sales would see a double-digit dip in 2022, and here it is again: 18 percent lower revenue from handsets in the quarter that ended December 25th. IDC said it’s the “largest-ever decline in a single quarter” for phones.

    Car chips are booming, but these bar graphs are obviously NOT to scale. Full financial results here.

    Amazon’s delivery drones served fewer than 10 houses in their first monthAmazon’s delivery drones served fewer than 10 houses in their first month
    After years of rejections, The Legend of Zelda might finally become a Lego setAfter years of rejections, The Legend of Zelda might finally become a Lego set
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Samsung phones will again get one more year of updates than Google Pixels.

    Samsung just showed up Google yet again, promising “four generations of OS upgrades and five years of security updates” for its new Samsung S23 phones on the Galaxy Unpacked 2023 stage. Google’s phones still only give you three years of new features.

    Samsung phones will get an extra year of Android updates versus Google’s Pixel

    Umar Shakir
    Sean Hollister
    Sean Hollister
    Nintendo Fish.

    UPI reports:

    A Japanese YouTuber created a custom setup to allow his pet fish to play Pokémon on his Nintendo Switch, but a malfunction led to the fish spending money at the eShop and revealing its owner’s credit card information on live stream.

    We are truly beyond parody.

    Meta is inexplicably shutting down one of the best Oculus gamesMeta is inexplicably shutting down one of the best Oculus games

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