Private DuckDuckGo browser still allows some Microsoft trackers

Update: DuckDuckGo reached out to us for some clarification although our original story was accurate. Then again, we understand there might be some confusion between DuckDuckGo, the search engine, and DuckDuckGo's browser apps. CEO Gabriel Weinberg published a long post on Reddit which explains in better detail what's going on...

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Remote Play Together comes to the Steam Deck

This week's Steam Deck software update makes Remote Play Together fully operational on the handheld. Users can now join and host online sessions in games with only local multiplayer.

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Study claims up to 75 percent of phishing websites make it past Chrome's defenses

According to Which's study of the top 800 newly discovered phishing websites, Chrome only blocks 28 percent of them in Windows and 25 percent on macOS. These numbers are in stark contrast to the top performing browser Firefox, which redirects users away from 85 percent of those websites in Windows and 78 percent on Macs.

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Manage and resume big file downloads with Free Download Manager

Free Download Manager splits big files and downloads them simultaneously for faster transfers on spotty internet connections. You can also pause/resume and schedule your downloading.

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Most people think their colleagues aren't being productive while working from home

A report by Cisco (via ZDNet) sheds some light on people's attitudes towards remote and hybrid working. From a survey of 1,050 UK employees, 75% said their manager trusted them to be productive while working from home. Whether this really is the view held by their bosses or just what...

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Trivia: All of these eventually launched, but they were once feared to be vaporware, except for...?

Windows Vista, Team Fortress 2, Sega Dreamcast, Mac OS X?

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Sony claims it has over 20 "major" launch titles planned for the PlayStation VR2

A few things Sony pointed out to investors about the PlayStation VR2 we already knew, like that the new motion controllers will have haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. It also reiterated that the PS VR2 would have only one cord that plugs straight into the PlayStation 5 instead of a hub.

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Free games alert: All three BioShock titles available now, Far Cry 4 giveaway next month

Following the Borderlands 3 giveaway last week, the next free game in the Epic Games Store's Mega Sale is BioShock: The Collection. It comes with the System Shock spiritual successor BioShock, as well as BioShock 2, BioShock Infinite, and all of the single-player DLC packs and expansions released for the...

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Feel The Force with this Star Wars-themed LG C2 OLED TV

Grabbing the set won't be as easy as shooting womp rats in Beggar's Canyon. There are only 501 being made, an homage to the 501st Legion, the elite stormtrooper legion nicknamed Vader's Fist.

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Researchers in China say country must develop ways to destroy Starlink satellites

PCMag reports that China's Modern Defence Technology journal published a paper last month warning of the potential dangers posed by Starlink satellites. The study was led by Ren Yuanzhen, a researcher with the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications under the PLA's Strategic Support Force, and was co-authored by several...

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