https://www.techspot.com/news/112951-us-bill-against-paid-game-server-shutdowns-fails.html TechSpot en 2026-06-30T19:50:32-05:00 The video game industry just told lawmakers Minecraft and Call of Duty private servers are illegal piracy video games, gaming, pc gaming, technology, culture, tech culture, california, with video, law, planned obsolescence, stop killing games https://www.techspot.com/news/112947-retro-enthusiast-forced-windows-11-run-core-2.html TechSpot en 2026-06-30T18:09:00-05:00 This retro enthusiast forced Windows 11 to run on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 and AGP graphics personal technology, computing, hardware, technology, culture, tech culture, motherboard, with video, hacking, enthusiast, retro, modding, backwards compatibility, windows 11 https://www.techspot.com/news/112948-cargo-thieves-now-stealing-millions-data-center-hardware.html TechSpot en 2026-06-30T16:28:11-05:00 Cargo thieves are now stealing millions in data center hardware, not just GPUs and consoles technology, 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