Following Anthem's rough launch, current and former BioWare employees say its development was hampered by EA's Frostbite engine and poor leadership
It wasn't even supposed to be called Anthem. Just days before the annual E3 convention in June of 2017, when the storied studio BioWare …
Netflix says it pulled AirPlay support because it is technically unable to ensure a good enough user experience on 3rd party devices now getting AirPlay 2
A “technical limitation” — With no warning and little explanation, Netflix has removed the easiest way to sling its shows from one Apple device to another: AirPlay.
Testing US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System, a version of HoloLens 2 modified for military use, which felt like a real-life game of “Call of Duty”
- Microsoft is building the military's IVAS headset, which is based on HoloLens 2.
UK regulator launches investigation into auto-renewal, cancellation, and refund practices of online gaming services from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft
CMA examines auto-renewal terms for Switch, PlayStation and Xbox subscriptions — The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) …
After a NY Post report that Morgan Stanley offered Lyft's pre-IPO investors a short-selling product, Lyft sends a letter threatening to sue the investment bank
- In a letter sent to Morgan Stanley on April 2, Lyft questioned the firm about its role in helping market certain products …
TikTok is becoming a new platform for a song to find an audience, as shown by the viral hit “Old Town Road”, which now has more than 65M streams on Spotify
‘TikTok helped me change my life,’ says Lil Nas X — Montero “Lil Nas X” Hill's parents were concerned when their son dropped …
As Google disbands its external AI ethics board, a look at its internal AI ethics council comprising of senior execs and led by its chief legal officer
A board filled with internal executives raises questions about accountability — Two weeks ago, Google established an external panel …
Founder of Change My View subreddit, which has 700K+ subscribers, launches Change A View site, with paid moderators and some funding from Alphabet's Jigsaw
A FEW MONTHS shy of his high school graduation, Kal Turnbull came to a realization: Conversations on the internet are broken.
How Huawei, once an upstart using licensed and sometimes stolen tech to undercut rivals, became a telecom infrastructure juggernaut during the 4G upgrade cycle
The same year, Huawei landed an even bigger and more unexpected contract to completely rebuild and replace Norway's mobile phone network … Tweets: @harriszainul , @eliasgroll , @foreignpolicy , and @f...
Study: review of data from previous studies on 17,000 teens finds little evidence of a link between the amount of time they spend on devices and their wellbeing
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Cryptocurrency payments startup Celo says a16z crypto and Polychain Capital have purchased $15M and $10M respectively in the project's Celo Gold tokens
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Profile of CarpeDonktum, a stay-at-home dad posting highly popular pro-Trump memes and blurring the lines between viral trolling and the business of politics
A stay-at-home dad in Kansas reveals how the lines have blurred between viral trolling and the business of politics. Tweets: @cwarzel , @eddiezipperer , and @annehelen Tweets: Charlie Warzel / @cwarze...
A look at “OPMs”, companies which manage online courses for universities like Harvard and Yale, and take a 60% cut typically from tuition fees
The price of college is breaking America. At a moment when Hollywood celebrities and private equity titans have allegedly … Tweets: @bluegrasscap , @abbasabbasov , @ricetopher , @ernestezeugo , @kevi...
Webcomics creators, including artists behind XKCD and Dinosaur Comics, talk about their early days, and how social media and Patreon have shifted the economics
Featuring the artists behind XKCD, Questionable Content, Dinosaur Comics, and more — Illustrations by Alex Castro / The Verge Tweets: @gpfjeff , @adamgurri , @hayesbrown , @drmrfrancis , @projection...
VCs invested $334M in blockchain startups in Q1 2019, well below the 2018 levels when $5.5B was raised, but in line with 2017 levels according to PitchBook data
Mike Orcutt / MIT Technology Review : Tweets: @nxthompson Tweets: Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson : Something seems to have changed in the trend line. http://www.technologyreview.com/ ... http://twit...
Public databases for identifying and mapping plants and birds have had to rebuild infrastructure to hide specific locations of endangered species from poachers
April Glaser / Slate : Tweets: @slate , @ceshegz , @bwarburg , @cnps , @christinatoms , @chloe_beth13 , @ginahelfrich , @alisonborealis , and @aprilaser Tweets: @slate : There's something just a litt...
YouTube, which used to highlight and promote independent creators, is shifting toward more commercial, advertiser-friendly content as it battles misinformation
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Dell XPS 13 (2019) review: one of the best Windows laptops gets even better, with a webcam now at the top of the screen, Dolby Vision HDR, and smaller bezels
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Tweets: @stevemoser and @danawollman Tweets: Steve Moser / @stevemoser : Man it would be nice if macOS even supported Dolby Vision with a compatible display let alone s...
How videos on YouTube helped A.S.M.R., a hard-to-describe brain-tingling feeling, become a subcultural phenomenon on the internet
perhaps the first time the internet has revealed the existence of a new feeling.” http://www.nytimes.com/... Julia Carpenter / @juliaccarpenter : Had to break to my mom this week that no, my little si...
YouTube staff are using their own channels to better understand creators' work as YouTube tries to balance creators' well-being and their career sustainability
Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge : Tweets: @mattkoval , @nealmohan , @tnewmstweet , @jeremarketer , and @reckless Tweets: Matt Koval / @mattkoval : Yep, there are many creators and former creators who ...
Apple's subscription announcements last week were aimed at increasing incremental revenue, reducing churn, and emphasizing its brand of safety and curation
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