Stop Teasing Us Valve

Valve has recently imported nearly 100 tons of game consoles from China, with the latest shipments being noticeably lighter, suggesting they might contain delayed Steam Machine or Steam Frame VR headsets, or simply more Steam Decks. Optimism is high, despite the Steam Controller selling out instantly on launch day. Valve has promised more stock and released the controller's CAD files under a Creative Commons license, allowing users to 3D print accessories. Meanwhile, millions of German websites and apps using the .de domain, including Amazon and Steam, experienced an outage due to faulty cryptographic signatures distributed by DENIC, the organization managing the domain. The issue, caused by a fumbled key swap, has since been resolved. In other news, Google Chrome has been silently downloading a 4-gigabyte AI model to some user devices without explicit permission. This practice, flagged by privacy researcher Alexander Hen, likely violates EU privacy laws and could consume significant energy if rolled out widely. Users can disable "on-device AI" in Chrome's settings to prevent redownloads. Microsoft, Google DeepMind, and XAI have signed deals with the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation, allowing the government to review their frontier AI models for cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical weapons risks before public release. This marks a shift from the previous hands-off approach to AI regulation. Finally, Microsoft's Edge browser stores passwords in plain text memory, a security concern highlighted by researcher Tom Running, though Microsoft downplayed the threat. Energizer has also introduced new ULTIMATE CHILD SHIELD button batteries with a special coating to prevent chemical burns if swallowed by toddlers, a significant safety improvement given the thousands of ingestions annually.