New Steam Machine, Steam Controller, Steam Frame + more!

Duration: 08:58

Timestamps:

0:00 not enough people talking about this

0:13 Steam Controller, Steam Machine 2025

1:38 Steam Frame VR headset

3:27 OpenAI loses German copyright case

4:57 dbrand!

5:41 QUICK BITS INTRO

5:51 Bricked Nest devices saved?

6:28 Windows evolving into 'agentic OS'

7:07 Japan-only PS5

7:55 Injectable brain chips

8:29 Russian robot falls, Chinese robots do not

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

GABEN’S STEAMY DREAM

Valve’s new Steam Machine and controller

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/valve-announces-new-steam-machine-and-steam-controller-182836847.html

Editor: the tech specs are listed at the bottom of the steampowered pages

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller

The puck is cool

https://lmg.gg/mbuOM

Original Steam Controller from 2015: https://store.steampowered.com/app/353370/Steam_Controller_2015/

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine

Hardware announcement video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtukE

EDITOR: controller is 0:40-2:09, and Steam Machine is 2:10-3:20

“GABECUBE”

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/xy2xwp/i_finally_updated_the_gabecube_intro/

-Editor: Riley says there is a version with sound in the link below

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12QFREpjCzmxLWOTqp6xq1-fpDuxWbTvX

KNOCKING THE COMPETITION OUTTA FRAME

Valve’s new headset

https://www.uploadvr.com/valve-steam-frame-official-announcement-features-details/

Editor: Editor: the tech specs are listed at the bottom of the steampowered page

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe

"streaming-first" experience - not many, if any, VR headsets have launched with this kind of angle - including a 6GHz wireless adapter in the box is definitely notable - that's become the standard for high-end VR users

“Streaming-first experience”

https://lmg.gg/kIq5p

Valve reiterates a couple times that "Steam Frame is a PC" and runs SteamOS so it can play "a growing number of games" without being connected to another computer, along with the fact that they have a Developer Kit, looks like they're launching as a PC-connected headset first and foremost, and hoping devs will get onboard with optimizing games to run directly on the headset

-Editor: Please highlight on the frame product page “yes, there’s a developer kit” and, and “supports stand-alone play, too”

Same hardware announcement video (frame 3:20-5)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtukE

LTT video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU3ru09HTng

no Half-Life announcement yet and the subreddit is losing their minds https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/1ovci8c/the_cover_says_soon_hold_the_line/https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/1otn7lk/status_of_rhl_right_now/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/1ovcieh/im_gonna_fucking_lose_it/

TAKE THIS SONG AND SHOVE IT

AI music stuff

German court rules against OpenAI in copyright case (Pretty wacky case for OpenAI to lose. "Reproducing lyrics" is infringement? Maybe a joke about Germans not fucking around with the rules)

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/german-court-rules-against-openai-in-copyright-case/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/11/chatgpt-violated-copyright-laws-german-court-rules

AI country song goes to #1 on Billboard digital songs chart (pot)

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/ai_country_artist_hits_number_one/

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/nx-s1-5604320/breaking-rust-is-a-hot-new-country-act-on-the-billboard-charts-its-powered-by-ai

This comes as Deezer finds the public can’t tell what’s AI music and what isn’t

https://gizmodo.com/people-cant-tell-if-a-song-is-ai-generated-and-thats-why-its-going-to-be-inescapable-2000684711

Deezer’s findings: https://newsroom-deezer.com/2025/11/deezer-ipsos-survey-97-of-people-cant-tell-the-difference-between-fully-ai-generated-and-human-made-music-clear-desire-for-transparency-and-fairness-for-artists/

QUICKBITS

HACKERS TURN UP THE HEAT

Hackers are saving Google's abandoned Nest thermostats with open-source firmware

https://www.techspot.com/news/110186-hacker-launches-no-longer-evil-project-revive-discontinued.html

Alternative source: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/no-longer-evil-thermostat-heats-your-home-better-by-removing-google-revive-sunsetted-hardware-gain-more-precise-control-open-source

Google vows to stop scam E-Z Pass and USPS texts plaguing Americans

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/google-vows-to-stop-scam-e-z-pass-and-usps-texts-plaguing-americans/

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/12/google-lighthouse-lawsuit-china-scam-texts

EVERYONE DISLIKED THAT

Windows president says platform is "evolving into an agentic OS," gets cooked in the replies — "Straight up, nobody wants this"

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-president-confirms-os-will-become-ai-agentic-generates-push-back-online

X post where he says this: https://x.com/pavandavuluri/status/1987942909635854336

Aggravated comments: https://x.com/Hasen_Judi/status/1988259360611688938

https://x.com/waleedalrashedd/status/1988475379695411307

J-STATION 5 (J STANDS FOR JAPAN)

Sony Announces Cheaper Japanese-Language Only PS5 Just for Japan

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-announces-cheaper-japanese-language-only-ps5-just-for-japan

First time since Ps2 they region locked something

https://kotaku.com/sony-announces-cheaper-ps5-thats-only-for-japan-2000643085

Sony's new 'PlayStation' gaming monitor is a relatively unexciting 27-inch 1440p model but it does have a DualSense charging hook

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-monitors/sonys-new-playstation-gaming-monitor-is-a-relatively-unexciting-27-inch-1440p-model-but-it-does-have-a-dualsense-charging-hook/

Blog post:

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/11/11/first-look-at-playstations-27-gaming-monitor/

CHIP ME, DOC

MIT's injectable brain chips could treat disease without surgery

https://newatlas.com/brain/mit-injectable-brain-chips-treat-disease/

The paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02809-3

THE FALL OF MAN

Russia’s first AI humanoid robot falls flat on its face, Humanoid shatters into pieces seconds after being unveiled at robotics exhibit

https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/russia-humanoid-robot-falls-face-stage

https://kotaku.com/high-tech-russian-robot-rocky-theme-song-falls-over-video-2000643038

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYr-Z6tTfm4

Funny pictures of confused looking robot

https://www.mskagency.ru/b/c/1119908.jpg

https://www.mskagency.ru/b/c/1119921.jpg

https://www.mskagency.ru/b/c/1119906.jpg

https://www.mskagency.ru/b/c/1119910.jpg (Most important picture)

UBtech’s scary robot army: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3332372/chinas-humanoid-robots-get-factory-jobs-ubtechs-model-scores-us112-million-orders

Tweet about it (includes freak robot army video)