Rockstar releases the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, set in a fictional Miami, featuring a male and a female protagonist, ahead of a planned 2025 launch
here's why returning to Vice City is a mistake WFLA : Grand Theft Auto VI trailer reveals game's Florida-inspired setting Vlad Savov / Bloomberg : Grand Theft Auto VI Expectations Are Sky-High Joshua ...
Substack's founders criticize Twitter, saying the abrupt change is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech”
Substack is part of a seismic shift in the media economy … Shweta Ganjoo / Techlusive : Twitter bans liking, retweeting Substack link: Here's why Lon Harris / dot.LA : Twitter Goes to War With Substac...
After Twitter labels select accounts as “Official”, Elon Musk says he “killed it” and an executive says the label “is still going out” as part of the new Blue
Twitter's $8 blue tick rollout sees ‘verified’ fakes Pete Syme / Insider : Trolls are already abusing Elon Musk's new Twitter verification system, impersonating everyone from George Bush to O.J. Simps...
Web3 notes from a sci-fi writer and “enemy” of the tech: it shows new protocols are still possible, but is expensive, undemocratic, and impedes ephemerality
he's an enemy and, full disclosure, so am I. https://society.robinsloan.com/ ... Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera : “The money thing confounds evaluation; it's like trying to look at a star next to the sun. ...
Twitter says it fixed a bug that caused some users to lose access to its “Latest” chronological feed option on the web
the option to switch your Home timeline view to latest Tweets first was removed for some of you on web. We've fixed this and the option should now be available again for everyone. Kayvon Beykpour / @k...
A look at r/WallStreetBets, a 2M-member subreddit that helped push GameStop's stock to record highs and is now facing allegations of harassment
Over the past several weeks, GameStop stock has traded … Philip Stafford / Financial Times : GameStop and BlackBerry shares soar on amateur traders' fervour YouTube : The Big Short SQUEEZE from $5 to ...
A look at the alliance of convenience between Facebook and Trump admin as sources say Zuckerberg told employees that Facebook is likely to fare better under GOP
In late 2019, during one of Mark Zuckerberg's many trips to Washington to defend Facebook in front of Congress … Tweets: @jasonschreier , @kurtwagner8 , @dannydougherty , @kurtwagner8 , @sarahfrier , ...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : FBI in Possession of Software Able to Profile Anyone Using Just a Picture Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1225: the facial ...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says. Tweets: @kashhill , @nytimes ,...
Nintendo discontinues the NES Classic Edition, which launched to high demand in November 2016
it wants your soul Mark Wilson / BetaNews : Nintendo discontinues NES Classic Edition Shane McGlaun / Technabob : Dicktendo Discontinues NES Classic Edition Console Richard Lawler / Engadget : The Mor...