Discord just got the privacy feature it probably should have had for years, introducing end-to-end encryption for very nearly every voice and video call

Discord just got the privacy feature it probably should have had for years, introducing end-to-end encryption for very nearly every voice and video call

Discord has just announced that all voice and video calls that take place on its platform will now enjoy end-to-end encryption. You may be forgiven for thinking the platform already had this in place, but that’s not the case. The platform began ‘experimenting’ with end-to-end encryption back in 2023, but has only just made it…

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Alienware aims at ‘more price points people can actually reach,’ announces a tandem OLED gaming monitor at a much lower price than our current top pick

Alienware, Dell’s gaming sub-brand that will be celebrating its 30th birthday in October, has unveiled two rather lovely OLED gaming monitors that both feature LG’s tandem OLED tech delivering better than ever brightness. Most recently, our Jeremy was impressed by another tandem OLED from Alienware, and offers a breakdown of what it is in his…

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PlayStation Blogcast 248: Spray and Prey

Subscribe via iTunes, Google or RSS, or download here The band’s back together this week, and everybody’s ready for Prey. Arkane’s latest has something for everyone: an abandoned space station, mind-bending powers, eye injections… sign us up! Don’t miss our big interview with Arkane themselves about halfway through the show! Bonus: Sid discovers an underappreciated…

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Acer Predator Orion 7000 review

The big, black case of a proper tower PC—none of this SFF or fishtank nonsense—is a beautiful thing. It’s heavy and awkward too, but that’s the price you pay for having everything you need in a gaming PC as well as proper airflow. Acer’s case for the 2025 Predator Orion 7000 is an excellent example…

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Left 4 Dead’s first internal playtest was so disastrous, Gabe Newell asked its lead: ‘Why don’t I just play Counter-Strike instead?’ then ‘made me watch him play it’

Chet Faliszek, the lead on Left 4 Dead—who is now making his own retro sci-fi version called The Anacrusis—says that Gabe Newell had some pretty strong opinions on the game during its troubled development. That’s according to an interview by GameDeveloper, which outlines the horde shooter’s rocky start. Faliszek recalls stumbling into his position as…

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