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As the Kernel Turns: Rust in Linux saga reaches the “Linus in all-caps” phase

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-18 22:55:11

Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. In 2021, Linux kernel leaders, like founder and leader Linus Torvalds himself, were impressed with the language but had a "wait and see" approach. Rust for Linux gained supporters and momentum, and in October 2022, Torvalds approved a pull request adding support for Rust code in the kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were frustrated wi

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Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and more: all the news about the handheld PC gaming revolution

theverge.com Verge Staff 2025-11-19 00:51:44

In July 2021, Valve revealed the Steam Deck, a Switch-like handheld device packed with features including a huge variety of control options, a 7-inch touchscreen, the ability to connect to external displays, and a quick suspend / resume feature. The device began shipping in February 2022, starting at $399. Now Valve’s new revision of the Steam Deck adds an OLED screen along with tons of other improvements that Sean Hollister says make it “everything the original should have been.”

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Game investments and M&A totaled $17.5B across 985 deals in 2024 | DDM

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-11-19 03:00:00

As the games industry moves on from “survive til 25,” 2024 games investment and M&A data revealed recovery and improvement, according to market analyst firm Digital Development Management (DDM). In order to properly compare 2024 to 2023, it’s important to remember that in Q4 2023 Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, the largest gaming M&A in history by over 5.4 times its nearest counterpart of Take-Two Interactive’s $12.7 billion acquisition of Zynga. Removing Microsoft’s

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Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 Is Live: The Thing and Human Torch Join the Battle

cnet.com Adam Benjamin 2025-11-19 03:30:00

Marvel Rivals, the new hero shooter based on Marvel comics characters, is about halfway through its first full season. The free-to-play game launched season 0 on Dec. 6 and quickly reached 20 million players before starting its first full season in early January. The midseason update brings two new heroes, one new map and (thank Odin) does feature a rank reset as originally announced. Read more: Marvel Rivals: How to Choose Which Heroes and Roles to Play New Marvel Rivals heroes and maps Sea

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16 Best Crossplay Games for Consoles and PC (2025): Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Mobile

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-11-19 02:03:00

Crossplay games are ones you can play online with people on consoles or platforms different than yours. They're increasingly common, but the landscape remains fractured, and the options can be confusing. Some games are available in only a couple of places, and it's often unclear why some platforms are supported for crossplay and others aren't. Here, we've rounded up the best games that work on the most gaming destinations possible, so you can play with friends and family around the world. Looki

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Marvel Rivals disrupted the Twitch scene from launch | StreamElements

venturebeat.com Rachel Kaser 2025-11-18 21:46:08

StreamElements this week put out its latest State of the Stream report for January 2025. In most respects, the report shows typical behavior for Twitch’s audience — viewership numbers take a dive in December and then rebound after the new year, which happened in this case. However, not only do we have a new top streamer for the month, but the most-viewed games list has been shaken up by the arrival of Netease’s Marvel Rivals. According to StreamElement’s report, which was done in partnership wi

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Launch HN: Confident AI (YC W25) – Open-source evaluation framework for LLM apps

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 20:23:56

Hi HN - we're Jeffrey and Kritin, and we're building Confident AI ( https://confident-ai.com ). This is the cloud platform for DeepEval ( https://github.com/confident-ai/deepeval ), our open-source package that helps engineers evaluate and unit-test LLM applications. Think Pytest for LLMs. We spent the past year building DeepEval with the goal of providing the best LLM evaluation developer experience, growing it to run over 600K evaluations daily in CI/CD pipelines of enterprises like BCG, Astr

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Valar Atomics comes out of stealth with $19M and a pilot reactor site

techcrunch.com Mike Butcher 2025-11-19 03:40:53

Companies developing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) have raised more than $1.5 billion in the past year, as tech companies hunger for power to train AI models and governments decide to commit to the industry. For example, X-energy raised $700 million this month, and Paris-based Newcleo raised $151 million last year, and one would be remiss to not mention the $700 million invested into Oklo, NuScale and Nano Nuclear for similar projects in the U.S. While nuclear fusion still looks relati

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Saronic raises $600M to mass-produce autonomous warships

techcrunch.com Charles Rollet 2025-11-18 21:11:17

Austin-based defense startup Saronic has raised a $600 million Series C to build an autonomous ship factory called “Port Alpha,” it announced yesterday, quadrupling its valuation to $4 billion from its last round. Investor Elad Gil led the round, with General Catalyst joining existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, and Caffeinated Capital, among others. That should make Saronic the second, possibly third, most valuable defense tech startup in the U.S. after Anduril’s last round valued it

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AI-coding startup Codeium in talks to raise at an almost $3B valuation, sources say

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-11-18 22:41:15

Codeium, an AI-powered coding startup, is raising a new round of funding at a $2.85 billion valuation, including fresh capital, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal. The round is being led by returning investor Kleiner Perkins, the people said. The new round comes just six months after Silicon Valley-based Codeium announced that it had closed a $150 million Series C at a $1.25 billion post-money valuation led by General Catalyst with participation of Kleiner Perkins and Greenoak

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Valve hands the Team Fortress 2 source code to modders

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-19 04:32:23

Valve is handing Team Fortress 2 modders the keys to the kingdom, as long as they don't try to make any money from it. The company has added the client and server game code to the Source software development kit (SDK), allowing fans to create new games and experiences based on TF2. "Unlike the Steam Workshop or local content mods, this SDK gives mod makers the ability to change, extend or rewrite TF2, making anything from small tweaks to complete conversions possible," Valve explained . Modders

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Latest Tech News

As the Kernel Turns: Rust in Linux saga reaches the “Linus in all-caps” phase

Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and more: all the news about the handheld PC gaming revolution

Game investments and M&A totaled $17.5B across 985 deals in 2024 | DDM

Marvel Rivals Season 1.5 Is Live: The Thing and Human Torch Join the Battle

16 Best Crossplay Games for Consoles and PC (2025): Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Mobile

Marvel Rivals disrupted the Twitch scene from launch | StreamElements

Launch HN: Confident AI (YC W25) – Open-source evaluation framework for LLM apps

Valar Atomics comes out of stealth with $19M and a pilot reactor site

Saronic raises $600M to mass-produce autonomous warships

AI-coding startup Codeium in talks to raise at an almost $3B valuation, sources say

Valve hands the Team Fortress 2 source code to modders

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