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One person has died following a crash in Lower Moutere this afternoon.
The two-vehicle crash involving a car and a cyclist at the intersection of Edwards Road and Central Road was reported just after 12:40pm.
The cyclist died at the scene.
Road closures remain in place while the Serious Crash Unit conduct a scene examination.
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Attribute to Hutt Valley Field Crime Manager, Detective Inspector Haley Ryan:
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man was located unresponsive in Lower Hutt yesterday.
At 8.15am, Police were called to Malone Road, Waterloo, after a man was reported to be lying on the ground outside an address.
Upon emergency services’ arrival, the man was confirmed to be deceased.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish what exactly has occurred, however Police are now treating the death as a homicide.
adminNote: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > System Update Channel.
These notes contain all changes since the current stable SteamOS 3.7 release, with no changes added since the 3.8.1 preview
General
Fixed a case where WiFi performance could become degraded until the device was put to sleep or manually reconnected
Fixed excessive trackpad sensitivity on certain early Steam Deck LCD models
Initial support for upcoming Steam Machine hardware
Updated Arch system base
Updated graphics driver with performance and stability fixes
Fixed a case where per-app performance settings would intermittently fail to apply when launching a game
Improved support for the screencasts in Game Mode (e.g. OBS/Discord)
Fixed dropdown menus not appearing in some games
Improved VRR frame pacing
Fixed FSR badge remaining off in the performance overlay, even if it was actually active
Improved support for games that attempt to open PDF files in external viewers
Fixed an issue affecting certain titles (such as “SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide”) where the game window could have an incorrect position
Fixed closing certain titles (such as “STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™”) and Starfield resulting in a session crash
Improved support for certain USB racing wheels and USB devices that boot in a non-standard mode
Frequently these are devices that appear as USB storage devices with a driver installer, and must be switched to their normal mode by the OS
Steam Deck controller firmware updates now display update progress on the splash screen
Fixes issue on specific Steam Deck revisions where firmware updates could render the left controller inoperative for that session
Numerous stability and security updates
Bluetooth
Re-re-enable Bluetooth Wake for Steam Deck LCD
Fix for more spurious wake issues that were present in earlier attempts
Audio
Detect HDMI channel count and expose surround configuration if available
Add a setting to allow using Bluetooth headset mics (Bluetooth playback quality will be worse while capture is active)
Restore internal audio device on reboot if set to “Off” in desktop mode
Increase suspend timeout for HDMI devices so initial audio isn’t cut off after a few seconds of inactivity
Fixed a bug with switching input devices when a wired headset is plugged in
Fixed an issue where audio underruns could be experienced after sleep/resume
Accessibility
Added an option to force mono audio output
Desktop Mode
KDE Plasma updated to version 6.4.3 from 6.2.5, and now uses wayland by default
Fixes several cases of reduced performance in Desktop Mode compared to Game Mode
Improved support for rotated displays
Better scale factor out of the box on TVs
Adds support for external HDR displays
Adds support for VRR displays
Adds support per-display scale factor
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Keyboard layout and language are now obeying Game Mode settings
Improved windowing behavior for games running in Proton
System Firmware
Includes Steam Deck LCD BIOS v133
Security updates
Added “Memory Power Down” setup option
Preliminary support for hibernation
Includes Steam Deck OLED BIOS v114
Security updates
Charging LED now changes color when charge limit is reached, rather than only at 100%
Non-Deck
Improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms
Greatly improved video memory management with discrete GPU platforms
Fixed a compatibility issue with the SteamOS chainloader that could cause a boot failure on some desktop systems with recent UEFI firmware
Power button short and long presses now supported across a wide variety of devices
Improved controller support for OneXPlayer F1 series, GPD Win 5, GPD Win Mini, Anbernic Win600, OrangePi NEO, and Lenovo Legion Go
Added controller support for OneXPlayer X1 series and Lenovo Legion Go 2
Added system and controller firmware update support for the Lenovo Legion Go 2
Added preliminary charge limiting support for Legion Go, Legion Go S, and Legion Go 2 – currently only accessible in Desktop Mode
Added controller RGB LED color settings for the Lenovo Legion Go 2
Added controller, TDP control, and speaker audio support for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally series
Reduced handheld controller input latency from 5-8ms to 100-500us
Night mode, color vibrance, and color temperature sliders in Steam now work on Z2E and later AMD APUs
Seamless boot fixes for Z2E and later AMD APUs
Automatically handle internally rotated display for some third-party handhelds
Improved motion control support for handhelds with BMI260 IMUs
SD card reliability improvements for some third-party handhelds, including ASUS ROG Xbox Ally, Legion Go 1, Legion Go S, Legion Go 2, and MSI Claw
Fixed washed out colors for Zotac and OneXPlayer handhelds with OLED
Fixed some GPU hangs on Phoenix APU devices (Tales of Arise, Octopath Traveler II)
Fixed ASUS ROG Ally power consumption from fingerprint reader while shut down
Developer
Desktop Mode now uses Wayland by default
X11 support may still be selected via Steam developer settings, or via `steamosctl`
Updated Linux kernel to 6.16
Steam now uses steamos-manager to query available desktop sessions and trigger desktop session switching
Added support for setting the desktop password in developer settings
Initial support for running as a Virtual Machine guest (virtio guest drivers)
Added support for third-party devices to trigger the SteamOS boot menu via EFI variable
Added `custom-update` verb to `atomupd-manager` for easier testing of specific builds
System reports now include more audio debug information
Initial support for LAVD CPU scheduler via `steamosctl set-cpu-scheduler lavd`
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Police are in attendance at a sudden death on Malone Road.
At 8.15am, a report was received of a man being located on the ground outside an address.
Emergency services at the scene have confirmed the man has died.
The immediate area has been cordoned off as inquiries are undertaken.
Further information will be provided as it becomes available.
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A Police dog unit was hot on the scent of four young males this morning in Miramar, which saw them taken into custody within an hour.
Police were called shortly after 2:10am to reports of multiple alarm activations minutes earlier at a store on Tauhinu Road.
Officers were on scene within five minutes, and upon arrival saw the front door smashed in and a vehicle dumped at the scene.
Another vehicle of interest was subsequently identified on traffic cameras.
adminThe Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes:
Game Recording
Fixed a bug which affected taking a screenshot from a game recording clip.
adminWe have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.
Game Recording
Fixed a bug which affected taking a screenshot from a game recording clip.
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Attribute to Detective Sergeant Rebecca Podmore:
The post-mortem examination for the person who died in Papanui, Christchurch, yesterday has been completed.
Police can confirm that the death was not of a suspicious nature and has been referred to the Coroner.
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Police are investigating two assaults believed to have occurred in Sydenham and are seeking information from the public as part of ongoing enquiries.
On Wednesday 18 March at around 10:15pm, Police were notified of a stabbing at Bradford Park.
The victim was transported to hospital for treatment and was released shortly after.
Enquiries to date indicate a second assault occurred earlier that evening on Colombo Street, just south of Fisher Avenue, at around 9:30pm.
Police believe the two incidents are linked.