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VOICE ARCHIVE

Megan Farokhmanesh

@megan_nicolett
22 posts
2024-10-16
new from @LaurenGoode and me: https://character.ai/ is full of bots impersonating real people without their knowledge or consent, impacting families whose deceased loved ones have been made into avatars, to women at the center of harassment campaigns https://www.wired.com/...
2024-10-16 View on X
Wired

A review of Character.AI finds several instances of AI personas being created without a person's consent, seemingly violating the company's terms of service

Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent.

Anita Sarkeesian, just one of the people we spoke to for this story, had a conversation with one of the bots someone made of her https://www.wired.com/... [image]
2024-10-16 View on X
Wired

A review of Character.AI finds several instances of AI personas being created without a person's consent, seemingly violating the company's terms of service

Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent.

2024-07-13
For many devs, the best way to learn how to make a good game is to make mistakes. Unfortunately, that's a luxury many don't have anymore. Here's @TheVTran on losing talent: https://www.wired.com/... [image]
2024-07-13 View on X
Wired

A look at challenges indie video game devs face, as they struggle to survive due to lack of funding and studio closures, leading to talent loss in the industry

Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired :

At GDC, the mantra I constantly heard from smaller devs was “survive 'till '25.” Devs like @WritNelson aren't as optimistic https://www.wired.com/... [image]
2024-07-13 View on X
Wired

A look at challenges indie video game devs face, as they struggle to survive due to lack of funding and studio closures, leading to talent loss in the industry

Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired :

As the video game industry is bleeding jobs, indie devs are starting to disappear. “When an indie doesn't get funding for its game, you just quietly never see their work again. The horrifying nature of indies is that death occurs in the dark.” https://www.wired.com/...
2024-07-13 View on X
Wired

A look at challenges indie video game devs face, as they struggle to survive due to lack of funding and studio closures, leading to talent loss in the industry

Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired :

2024-05-09
if you work at a studio that could potentially be impacted by Xbox cuts and want to talk about it/the impact these sudden closures and periods waiting for news have on you, DMs open, signal available via request. RTs appreciated
2024-05-09 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: after closing several video game studios, Microsoft plans more cuts, as the massive Activision acquisition has ramped up scrutiny on the Xbox division

Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative

2024-02-08
having a nice relaxing one screaming “garbage! disgusting trash man!” at my screen this morning https://www.polygon.com/... [image]
2024-02-08 View on X
Polygon

PitchBook: in 2021, 223 male-founded video game startups raised $4.1B, five women-founded startups raised $1.2M, and 62 mixed-gender startups raised $400.9M

and even worse for studios led by marginalized devs. Even at a peak in 2021, $4.1B in VC funding went to 223 companies led by men, while $1.2M went to 5 companies led by women. htt...

2023-03-31
RIP I'll never forget my first e3 when polygon stayed in a place with barbed wire around the perimeter and I accidentally flashed my bra during an interview because my top button had snapped on the run over https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-31 View on X
IGN

ESA cancels E3 2023, after Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Ubisoft announced they would not attend the event originally scheduled for June 13 to June 16

The show “did not garner the sustained interest necessary”  —  Almost a year after announcing its return, the Entertainment Software …

2021-11-19
I spoke with Activision Blizzard employees about their collective action efforts amid a week of intense anger and frustration: “It's almost as if they're begging us to unionize.” https://www.axios.com/...
2021-11-19 View on X
Bloomberg

In a staff email, Phil Spencer says he's evaluating Xbox's relationship with Activision Blizzard and will make adjustments; PlayStation head sent a similar note

Microsoft Corp.'s head of Xbox said he's “evaluating all aspects of our relationship with Activision Blizzard …

2021-11-17
WSJ with some jaw dropping reporting on Bobby Kotick https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-17 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Activision CEO failed to inform the board about allegations an employee had been raped by her supervisor in 2016 and 2017, even after a settlement

new accusations reveal it's much, much worse Kellen Browning / New York Times : A group of Activision workers say their C.E.O. should step down. Imogen Beckhelling / Rock, Paper, S...

2021-08-04
While reporting on Activision Blizzard, a common theme from sources has been stories of a broken HR department. One source told me reps would actively discourage people from coming forward: “They say things like, 'This isn't a fight you want to fight.'” https://www.axios.com/...
2021-08-04 View on X
The Verge

Activision Blizzard says that Blizzard's head of global human resources, Jesse Meschuk, has also left the company

Jesse Meschuk, SVP of global HR, has left  —  Blizzard president J. Allen Brack isn't the only executive leaving the company today after presiding over a culture now accused of fos...

2021-07-29
ICYMI: Activision Blizzard employees will stage a walkout today at 10AM PT at Blizzard's Irvine campus, as well as virtually from 9AM-6PM under #actiblizzwalkout. Employees have put forth four demands https://www.axios.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-29 View on X
VICE

Activision Blizzard staffers stage a walkout, demanding fairer treatment for underrepresented staff and an end to arbitration clauses in staff contracts

“This is the beginning of an enduring movement in favor of better labor conditions for all employees.”  —  Patrick Klepek

Activision Blizzard walkout organizers just released a statement in response to CEO Bobby Kotick's email to staff in which he described the company's response as “tone deaf” https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-29 View on X
VICE

Activision Blizzard staffers stage a walkout, demanding fairer treatment for underrepresented staff and an end to arbitration clauses in staff contracts

“This is the beginning of an enduring movement in favor of better labor conditions for all employees.”  —  Patrick Klepek

NEW: Activision Blizzard employees will walkout tomorrow at Blizzard's Irvine campus. “We believe that our values as employees are not being accurately reflected in the words and actions of our leadership,” a statement obtained by Axios says https://www.axios.com/...
2021-07-29 View on X
VICE

Activision Blizzard staffers stage a walkout, demanding fairer treatment for underrepresented staff and an end to arbitration clauses in staff contracts

“This is the beginning of an enduring movement in favor of better labor conditions for all employees.”  —  Patrick Klepek

2021-07-28
Employees have four major demands and say they're following in Riot's footsteps, following that developer's walkout in 2019. https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Activision Blizzard staff will walk out on Wednesday, demanding fairer treatment for underrepresented staff and ending arbitration clauses in staff contracts

Bobby Kotick said in an all-staff email that the company's recent actions were ‘tone deaf’  —  Activision Blizzard Inc. Chief …

One source described leadership as being very “deer in headlights” throughout this process. But talk about the lawsuit has been dominating every channel, they told us. https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Activision Blizzard staff will walk out on Wednesday, demanding fairer treatment for underrepresented staff and ending arbitration clauses in staff contracts

Bobby Kotick said in an all-staff email that the company's recent actions were ‘tone deaf’  —  Activision Blizzard Inc. Chief …

NEW: Activision Blizzard employees will walkout tomorrow at Blizzard's Irvine campus. “We believe that our values as employees are not being accurately reflected in the words and actions of our leadership,” a statement obtained by Axios says https://www.axios.com/...
2021-07-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Activision Blizzard staff will walk out on Wednesday, demanding fairer treatment for underrepresented staff and ending arbitration clauses in staff contracts

Bobby Kotick said in an all-staff email that the company's recent actions were ‘tone deaf’  —  Activision Blizzard Inc. Chief …

2021-05-24
tim cook having to utter the words “I'm not a gamer” on record is why the epic v apple trial is good
2021-05-24 View on X
TechCrunch

In his Epic v. Apple trial testimony, Tim Cook offered a carefully tended ignorance that left many of the lawsuit's key questions unanswered, or unanswerable

tim cook having to utter the words “I'm not a gamer” on record is why the epic v apple trial is good
2021-05-24 View on X
Protocol

As Apple and Epic make their closing arguments, a look back at the judge's pointed questioning of Cook on Friday that touched on App Store's lack of competition

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who is presiding over the Epic v. Apple antitrust trial, saved her best for last.

2021-05-22
tim cook having to utter the words “I'm not a gamer” on record is why the epic v apple trial is good
2021-05-22 View on X
TechCrunch

In his Epic v. Apple trial testimony, Tim Cook offered a carefully tended ignorance that left many of the lawsuit's key questions unanswered, or unanswerable

Apple CEO Tim Cook took his first turn in the witness chair this morning in what is probably the most anticipated testimony of the Epic v. Apple antitrust case.