DeepSeek has reportedly been given conditional approval by the Chinese government to buy Nvidia’s AI GPUs

According to Reuters, two people “familiar with the matter” have said that the Chinese government has given approval for its top AI startup, DeepSeek, to buy Nvidia’s H200 AI GPUs, with regulatory conditions that are still being finalised. If these reports are true, it would mark a significant shift in China’s previous reluctance to allow…

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Microsoft says the Windows 11 boot failure bug is linked to another buggy update: ‘This issue can occur on devices that failed to install the December 2025 security update and were left in an improper state’

Well, don’t I have egg on my face. After writing an article yesterday wherein I pointed out that Windows 11 is “currently in a reasonable state“, it appears the OS now has something of a stacked bug problem. We previously reported on a bug that Microsoft said was creating a “limited number of reports” over…

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Deadlock players have chosen Graves, the goth girl, as the second new character to be added, beating out unicorn lady and demon boy

Deadlock’s players already voted on which of the six new characters introduced in the Old Gods, New Blood update is their favourite—it’s none other than the littlest guy around, Rem. But who would come in second place? Well, that spot has gone to a goth chick who carries around a dismembered hand. Graves is the…

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Phasmophobia’s roadmap includes evidence of a 1.0 launch in 2026: a player character overhaul, new event, and Horror 2.0

Phasmophobia’s early access build celebrates its sixth anniversary as a viral ghost-hunting breakout on Steam later this year, but that’s assuming we make it to September before the 1.0 launch. If Kinetic Games’ latest roadmap stays on track, then we’ll be cutting it close, as Phasmophobia is planning for its 1.0 launch with a horror…

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Fallout 76 is free to play until Feb 5, but if you want that sick NCR power armor from the Fallout show, it’s gonna cost you

The Fallout TV series sure is good at making us want to play Fallout games, huh? A single moment in this week’s episode, where a sick suit of NCR power armor was unveiled alongside the stirring Fallout theme, had me itching mightily to reinstall a Fallout game—any Fallout game, really—for a fresh playthrough. If you…

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Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: ‘I’d rather quit the industry than use generative AI’

According to a survey of game developers published by GDC—the annual industry conference happening in San Francisco this March—33% of game dev professionals use generative AI for their work. This hasn’t changed much since 2021, when GDC reported that 31% of devs use generative AI, but how they feel about it has dramatically shifted. This…

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Nearly one-third of non-US game developers have cancelled plans to travel to the country because of immigration and gender identity policies

The situation in the US right now is not great, particularly for non-citizens. A promised crackdown on so-called “illegal immigrants” by US president Donald Trump has become a violent free-for-all resulting in multiple killings that the government and security forces have insisted were justified, despite sometimes ample evidence to the contrary. Some countries over the…

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