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    The Steam Machine is the most ambitious game console I’ve ever played

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    $1,049 buys PS5 performance in a couch-friendly desktop.

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    Sean Hollister
    Valve’s big SteamOS 3.8 update is now available for everyone.

    Three months after Valve’s doozy of an update arrived in preview — the first with support for the Steam Machine and a whole lot more — it’s getting a full stable release. Here’s the changelog. But when will the Steam Machine arrive? Valve’s had quite a few shipments now...

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    Sean Hollister
    Here’s a preview of Google’s next arguments in Epic v. Google.

    As we discussed, Epic and Google will be back in court July 16th to answer six specific questions from the court — as it decides whether to force Google to carry rival stores inside its own app store, or let it adopt “Registered App Stores” in the US instead. What do you think of the embedded arguments?

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    Sean Hollister
    DJI and Insta360 are suing each other over baby steadicams.

    DJI sued in China when Insta360 muscled in on drones, and both companies are Spider-Man Pointing in US lawsuits now they’re competing on stickcams. Recall: Insta360 just launched its Osmo Pocket competitor Luna Ultra in the US, but DJI can’t sell its Osmo Pocket 4 here.

    Find the complaints here, here, here, and here.

    An Osmo Pocket and an Insta360 Luna baby stabilized gimbal camera face off in the spiderman pointing meme image.
    DJI is suing over both visual similarities and control methods; Insta360 is suing over stabilization methods and location sharing.
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    Sean Hollister
    Insta360’s DJI Pocket rival is on sale early.

    Technically, Insta360 hasn’t fully announced the wireless-removable-screen, dual-lens camera yet — but that isn’t stopping retailers. The Luna Ultra is $770 at Best Buy and at B&H, and there’s a $970 “Creator Bundle” at Best Buy which adds an extended battery handle, wireless microphone, carrying bag, and wide-angle lens. Lots of unannounced specs at those links too.

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    Image: B&H
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    Sean Hollister
    Whoops: Microsoft forgot to remove the ‘PS5’ badge from its big Xbox exclusive.

    An even messier return to console wars than we thought: As spotted by ResetEra, Microsoft’s own Xbox Podcast seems to have inadvertently revealed proof that Gears of War: E-Day was coming to PS5 before Xbox locked it down. The podcast episode has been pulled, presumably to fix the goof.

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    Sean Hollister
    I know Threads of Time isn’t newly announced, but it looks so cool.

    I just introduced my 9-year-old to Chrono Trigger, possibly my favorite game of all time, and this love letter to it (and other JRPGs of the era) hits me just right. I might be as excited for this one as FFVII Revelation.

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