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Valve once imagined that every PC maker could have their own "Steam Machine," a PC game console running the company's Linux-based SteamOS. It took a decade for that dream to evolve into the company's own internally developed Steam Deck gaming handheld, but the original dream isn't dead.

The company's long said it plans to let other companies use SteamOS, too — and that means



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Nicola Prentis is raising her two sons in
  • Nicola Prentis moved from Madrid to Catalonia 8 years ago with her then-partner and young son.
  • When she struggles to speak Catalan, she finds locals prefer switching to English than Spanish.
  • Food, traditions, and wine are all different from other parts of Spain.

If your idea of Spain is eating paella, dancing flamenco, and improving your Spanish


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Faith Choo, 27, left the public healthcare system just a year after graduating from medical school in Singapore. She is now working as a locum doctor.
  • Faith Choo became a doctor after she graduated from medical school in 2021.
  • However, feelings of burnout drove her to leave the public healthcare system a year after graduating.
  • She had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to break her



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Residents near an empty San Francisco parking lot faced a mysterious nightly symphony of honking Waymo robotaxis — but a solution has been found.
  • Residents near a San Francisco parking lot faced mysterious nightly noises from Waymo robotaxis.
  • The company just announced what caused the problem: a new feature to avoid low-speed crashes.
  • A spokesperson told BI the cars have



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Electrified Thermal Solutions' firebrick technology.
  • Firebricks have been around for thousands of years.
  • Industries use them to store heat from burning fossil fuels; newer versions conduct electricity.
  • Firebricks could save over $1.2 trillion in renewable energy storage costs by 2050.

Industrial manufacturers make materials like aluminum and glass for everything from beverage



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For the launch of its new Pixel phones, Google looked to YouTube stars to bring the heat. An online After Party breathed new life into the brand's snooze-y "Made by Google" keynote by featuring a who's who of YouTube talent.

Amelia Dimoldenberg (of "Chicken Shop Date" fame), drag superstars Trixie Mattel and Monét X Change, Hot Ones' Sean Evans, science guy Mark Rober, and more all showed up and