Amazon revamps Luna “from the ground up” with a new UI and AAA games like Hogwarts Legacy and new GameNight original party games, available to Prime subscribers
https://lnkd.in/... Roisin Doyle : Exciting news today as we announce that later this year we're launching a redesigned and reimagined Amazon Luna cloud gaming service. … Bluesky: Brian Crecente / @cr...
Russia moves to designate Meta as an “extremist organization”; source says WhatsApp won't be affected as it is a means of communication
WhatsApp is the most popular messenger in Russia, it takes up nearly 60% of all messenger internet traffic. We are talking tens of millions of people having limited access to comms, and for a lot of t...
In response to Oversight Board ruling, Facebook suspends Trump's accounts until January 7, 2023, and says it will then reconsider suspension if conditions allow
but not until at least 2023 Transparency Center : Counting strikes — If you post content that goes against the Facebook Community Standards … Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain : Facebook's two-year Trum...
Sources detail Google's troubles with game development as the company couldn't stomach the complicated creative process amid Stadia's poor streaming numbers
Great read by @cecianasta. https://www.wired.com/... Brian Crecente / @crecenteb : Some great insight here. I'd add that there's also probably an issue of lost opportunity costs for both companies as ...
Inside Google Stadia's failure as sources say it missed targets for controller sales and MAUs by hundreds of thousands after spending tens of millions on games
from the gaudy reveal event to its implosion in a year when the gaming industry was doing record business—was ridiculous. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zach Laidlaw / @ztlaidlaw : “All the buildup had...
A look at Havana's SNET, the “street network” of Cuba's capital which at its peak had ~100K IP addresses, and its demise as state-run WiFi and 3G networks arise
As Cuba sluggishly got its population online, the shadow internet developed by volunteers provided a lifeline for thousands of people. Tweets: @crecenteb , @peterguest , @ghoshworld , and @anupkaphle ...
Jury awards iLife Technologies $10M in damages after finding that Nintendo's Wii infringed on iLife's motion-sensing accelerometer patents; Nintendo will appeal
Brian Crecente / Rolling Stone :
Microsoft details minimum PC specs for Windows 10 VR headsets: Intel Core i5 CPU with hyperthreading, Intel HD Graphics 620 chipset, 8GB RAM, 100GB+ SSD/HDD
paving the way for always connected, more power-efficient PCs Travis Pope / Gotta Be Mobile : Parental Controls in Windows 10: How to Setup Microsoft Family Mat Smith / Engadget : The Morning After: T...
PlayStation Now all-you-can play subscriptions hit next week for $20 a month, $45 for three months
Brian Crecente / Polygon :