UK gov fobs off a 10,000-strong request to stop payment processors nuking NSFW Steam games, says it’s a matter for the free market, baby

Furore erupted a couple of months ago when Valve confirmed that payment processors—citing a Mastercard rule—had pressured it to stop selling a number of adult games. Angry Steam users, and people who weren’t keen on payment processors deciding what adults are allowed to buy more generally, began hammering customer service lines with complaints and enlisting…

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CloverPit review

Need to Know What is it? A Balatro-like roguelike with a slot machine instead of a deck of cards.Release date September 26, 2025Expect to pay $10 / £8.50Developer Panik ArcadePublisher Future Friends GamesReviewed on Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAMSteam Deck VerifiedLink Official site In a post-Balatro world, everything is a…

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Discord says 70,000 age-verification ID photos may have been leaked in recent security breach that also includes names, usernames, emails, credit cards, and IP addresses

In a development that will come as no surprise to critics of age-verification legislation, Discord has just put a figure on its recent security breach in terms of the number of government photo IDs that have been compromised. And that figure is 70,000. In a statement to The Verge, Discord clarified that its own security…

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