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Steam DeckPhoto: Phillip Tracy/GizmodoLike millions of people around the world, Valve’s Steam Deck console is struggling to beat the heat. As temperatures reach record-breaking highs across Europe, the company warned customers that its handheld console will throttle, or slow down, when it gets too hot.Valve’s official Steam Deck Twitter account reminded Steam Deck owners that the device operates optimally at temperatures between 0 and 35 degrees Celsius, or from 32 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. When the built-in cooling…

Image via Netflix The heatwave in Europe and the UK has been making headlines lately as temperatures have reached over 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). And while people tried to ‘justify’ the hot temperature as a good thing, some have called out news outlets for denying climate change as the cause for these scorching hot temperatures. And to prove this, a viral tweet circulated on Twitter where they compared a morning news segment in the UK to a clip from the Netflix film, Don’t Look Up. Twitter user…

Google Cloud and Oracle servers located in the UK struggled with cooling-related outages Tuesday as the country experienced record-breaking heat that reached as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). Both companies blame temperature for the unexpected shutdowns. On its Google Cloud status page, Google notes it has experienced a “cooling related failure” in one of its UK-based data centers. “This caused a partial failure of capacity in that zone, leading to VM terminations and a loss of machines for a…

The UK recorded temperatures rising above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time in its 350 years of climate records. The searing heatwave is unprecedented in a country that’s used to much cooler summer weather and is a bellwether of more extremes to come. The heat is so bad that it’s buckled an airport runway, forcing London Luton Airport to temporarily suspend flights on Monday. Rail services across parts of the UK ground to a halt as tracks also buckled or overheated, and overhead cables…

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Pros Actually cools Can handle a small room Portable Cons Heavy Can be noisy Window exhaust gap necessaryThe EcoFlow Wave is a 38.5 lbs portable air conditioner. A real one. We're not talking about one of those cheapo devices where you throw in a few ice cubes, and a fan blows air over melted ice water. We're talking about a device that uses electrical power (more about that in a minute) to reduce the air's temperature substantially. First impressions Let's start with a first impression. I pulled the machine…

As climate change makes heatwaves a more common occurrence, with even the normally mild UK currently seeing temperatures soar to 40 degrees Celsius (about 104 degrees Fahrenheit), our tech gadgets aren't used to working in these temperatures.Yes, it can get too hot even for your gadgets.Take your iPhone, for example. Apple makes it very clear that this should only be used "where the ambient temperature is between 0º and 35ºC (32º to 95ºF)," and that using it outside of this range "may cause your device to change its…

As climate change makes heatwaves a more common occurrence, with even the normally mild UK currently seeing temperatures soar to 40 degrees Celsius (about 104 degrees Fahrenheit), our tech gadgets aren't used to working in these temperatures.Yes, it can get too hot even for your gadgets.Take your iPhone, for example. Apple makes it very clear that this should only be used "where the ambient temperature is between 0º and 35ºC (32º to 95ºF)," and that using it outside of this range "may cause your device to change its…

For the first time on record, parts of the UK are sweltering in temperatures that could soon reach 40 degrees Celsius (that’s over 104 degrees Fahrenheit for American readers). It’s the first time those temperatures have ever been forecast in the UK, according to the Met Office, which also issued its first-ever “Red Extreme” heat warning for parts of England. The warning kicked in today and lasts through tomorrow. The level of risk the UK now faces from extreme heat is unprecedented. But this isn’t a one-off event.…

The sticky heat of summer has long been a compelling backdrop, and metaphor, for intense relationships and predicaments in storytelling. As the temperature creeps up, so does the tension.With some parts of the UK expected to reach 40 degrees this week, many of us might be avoiding any drama and instead sticking our heads in the fridge.But if you can refrain from that, and are looking for some roasting relatability on screen, here are 21 movies that’ll really make you feel the heat…Holes (2003)“You take a bad boy, make him…