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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages

By Liam Dawe,
We've covered here before on individual US states setting up their own age verification laws, and now a new US Congress bill has been proposed for it.

Mozilla announced "Thunderbolt", their open-source and self-hostable AI client

By Liam Dawe,
Mozilla are leaning even more into AI, with the announcement today of Thunderbolt - their open-source and self-hostable AI client.
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US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published

By Liam Dawe,
The US-wide operating system age verification bill we covered recently, the "Parents Decide Act", now actually has the bill published to read.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 can now auto-configure games for you

By Liam Dawe,
Emulating the Sony PlayStation 3 just got even better, with the open source RPCS3 now configuring games for you.

X.Org X server and Xwayland security advisory released for multiple issues

By Liam Dawe,
Time to get ready to run some system upgrades, as the X.Org X server and Xwayland developers have released a security advisory due to multiple issues.

Proton 11 Beta arrives to bring enhanced gaming compatibility to Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Valve just put up a Beta for Proton 11, the next major release of their compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux / SteamOS.

Sentinel is an achievement watcher for non-Steam games on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Love achievement hunting but play games outside of Steam on Linux? Sounds like Sentinel is an open source tool you'll want to see.

Only 2 years after release Star Trek: Resurgence is being delisted

By Liam Dawe,
Dramatic Labs / Bruner House have abruptly announced that Star Trek: Resurgence from 2024 is already being delisted.

Road to Vostok is an incredibly impressive solo-developed hardcore survival shooter

By Liam Dawe,
What looks like one of the most impressive games ever made with Godot Engine, the solo-developed hardcore Road to Vostok has entered Early Access.

After years in development v8 of the factory management RTS Mindustry is out

By Liam Dawe,
Mindustry is a free and open source open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements, with a major new update finally out.

Gaming on Linux with an older GPU levels up with DXVK-Sarek v1.12 bringing major new features

By Liam Dawe,
You don't have to get left behind with gaming on Linux if you have an older GPU, thanks to projects like DXVK-Sarek keeping them alive.

Various Warhammer Classics arrive on Steam along with some returning upgraded games

By Liam Dawe,
Games Workshop announced that a bunch of Warhammer Classics have arrived on Steam. Some brand new to Steam, others returning with some upgrades.

SteamVR Beta 2.16.3 brings Linux fixes for VRLink

By Liam Dawe,
Seems SteamVR for Linux really is getting some more attention recently, after a number of fixes in the previous Beta we have a few more here.

SteamOS 3.8.2 Beta brings fixes for security issues, trackpad on Legion Go and Borderlands 2

By Liam Dawe,
We're hopefully closing in on the next big stable update for SteamOS, with Valve releasing SteamOS 3.8.2 Beta.

TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3

By Liam Dawe,
With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) ban AI / LLM code contributions

By Liam Dawe,
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the incredibly popular cross-platform development library, has formally banned all AI code contributions.

The Secrets update for Necesse includes collabs with Palworld, Rimworld, Core Keeper and Valheim

By Liam Dawe,
Necesse blends a bit of many genres and now many collabs all in one in the Secrets update that's out now.

Get another 15 games for $15 in this new Humble Bundle for April

By Liam Dawe,
A nice chance to grab 15 games that works out nice and cheap too in the Humble 15 for $15 April 2026 Bundle.

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.15.2 brings critical security updates

By Liam Dawe,
Luanti (formerly Minetest) is the popular free and open source voxel game engine powering some really fun experiences and a critical update is out now.

Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged is up on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
After releasing the Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged back in 2024, developer Revolution are preparing Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged