To illustrate how big a gain Steam experienced, consider this. As PCGamer helpfully noted, it took two whole years for Steam to get from a record of 18.5 million concurrent users (in 2018) to 18.8 million in February 2020. That being said, the top games and genres on Steam haven’t changed that much. The games on Steam with the most players right now are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, PUBG, Rust, and Apex Legends – not exactly surprising or ground-breaking....

Ranging from classic, cozy Christmas looks, to bright and bold color combinations, all-out luxury to delicate subtle shimmering schemes, there’s bound to be a celebrity Christmas tree that you’ll love… Christmas decorating ideas – set the scene for the festive season 1. The Royal Family 1. The Royal Family Every year a stunning 20ft Norwegian Spruce tree, taken from the grounds of Windsor Great Park, is erected in the historic St George’s Hall, and this year is no exception....

This pairing is, however, having a moment in the form of bed linen – and interior designers can’t get enough of its vintage aesthetic – in the most intimate room of your home. This bedroom idea may seem like a bold move, but the experts remeasure that this color combination is a surprisingly versatile print that will elevate every style of interior. And as the blue and white stripe has already stood the test of time, you can rest assured that this interior design trend isn’t going to fall out of favor soon....

Pia, founder of Pia Design (opens in new tab), was brought on board to breathe new life into the dated interiors. ‘When we first visited the house it was wintertime and there were gorgeous panoramic views on all sides in an amazing natural setting high on the Downs. We felt that the view should be continued in the white blocks between the windows to achieve a continuous panoramic feeling so it seemed as if the outside was coming in....

We spoke to the designer to find out how she got the balance right. East Coast meets West Coast East Coast meets West Coast As East Coast natives who own a second Cape Cod house, these clients have a special appreciation for traditional architecture and wanted classic coastal decor ideas incorporated into their Southern California home. The challenge? While their home had some of the best views in Manhattan Beach, the interior leaned heavily very ‘Mediterranean’, having been built in 2002, with lots of brown travertine, yellow paint, and a kitchen that was closed off from the main living spaces....

Across the fields and beyond a small wood are the outskirts of Amsterdam, a metropolis that seems implausibly close given the rural character of the region. Just on the city’s edge, the Gein Noord district is only a 20-minute metro ride away. ‘We were living in Amsterdam in a ground-floor flat with a small garden but after the birth of our second son we decided to move to somewhere we could have more space,’ David says....

Trump promised that the case would lead to an “end to shadow banning, a stop to the silencing and the cancelling that you know so well”. His legal team, many of whom he said come from the tobacco industry, will file the lawsuits in the Southern District of Florida and hope to obtain class action status with each one. Trump said that he will seek punitive damages from each of the companies....

Warcraft: Orcs and Humans remains much like back in its day, except that it now works with today’s operating systems. Warcraft 2, on the other hand, will have two different modes including the higher resolution mode which also supports LAN multiplayer. If you want to play with your friends over the net though, you have to play the game in its classic SVGA graphics mode since Battle.net support is only available under this mode....

If it’s fine you will be able to get out in the garden. If not, it’s all about planning and seed sowing indoors until you do manage to get outside. Spend the time usefully by deciding what you want to grow in the coming months, priming your seed propagator, and getting a head start on the growing season now. Look through seed catalogs and browse online to make sure you have everything covered....

One of the best indoor plants you can grow with a range of shapes, sizes and colors, succulents make a fabulous display in an interior – and, of course, they’re popular for the yard, too. But despite the fact that they can tolerate drought conditions, it is possible to underwater succulents as well as overwater them, so our guide has the knowhow you need to keep them happy and healthy....

While home cooking can make a home smell incredible, some foods (like fish) are simply unpleasant to have to linger for days on end. In a quest to make a home smell nice, vinegar can be used to neutralize even the toughest of bad odors and make way for fresher home fragrances – and you don’t even have to clean your kitchen with it for it to work. We break down why a bowl of vinegar next to your stove makes such a difference to cooking odors...

It should be made clear that even by our standards, this leak about the RTX 4080 16GB is highly suspect for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it comes at a time when the performance details of NVIDIA’s flagship, the RTX 4090, won’t officially be appearing until next week. Second, and in conjunction with the first point, we are wondering how the parties in question managed to get their hands on a working driver for the card, especially since it is NVIDIA alone that provides the official and unreleased drivers of a new product to reviewers, in order to get their reviews out in time....

The source of the card’s synthetic benchmark performance stems from Wccftech and more precisely, the card’s benchmark seemingly come from UL’s 3DMark Time Spy test. In this case, the scores that were recorded were simply its graphics score. Overall, the chart from the site shows the 6950XT actually outperforming NVIDIA’s own current king-of-the-hill card, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, by an average of 2000 points. In other words, an approximately 6% to 7% increase in performance....