Jack Thompson Still Has a Grudge
A new profile of Jack Thompson, the notorious anti-violent video game crusader of the mid-2000s. The Verge: When the video game industry is valued at $300 billion, a Halo TV series trailer is occupying prime real estate during the AFC Championship, a.....»»
Patreon"s Building Native Video Hosting For Creators To Sidestep YouTube
Patreon is building a video hosting solution and native player. The Verge reports: CEO Jack Conte confirmed the project to The Verge, alongside news that he is joining many executives before him in launching a podcast called The Creator Economy. "We.....»»
From Intel Intern to Inventor of the Year
This is a sponsored article brought to you by Intel."This can't be real," Jack Kavalieros recalls saying to himself. The factory data from a batch of seven silicon wafers "was a little too good to be true." Luckily, for Kavalieros and his Intel Comp.....»»
Harry says he warned Twitter boss ahead of Capitol riot
The Duke of Sussex reveals his coup warning to Jack Dorsey came a day before the 6 January unrest......»»
Samsung’s Galaxy A53 5G ditches the headphone jack for a sleeker design
Leaked renders of the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G reveal a thinner design and the lack of a headphone jack as the big changes from the A52......»»
The Pseudoscience Classic That Inspired Eternals... and Many Other Movies
Jack Kirby may have been influenced by Chariots of the Gods? when he created the pseudoscience classic Chariots of the Gods?, but he certainly wasn't the only one.Warning: Spoilers for the Eternals movie will be found about halfway into this story. W.....»»
Officials think they"ve cracked the LA "jetpack man" mystery
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Jack Skellington?The Federal Bureau of Investigation is officially here to rain on our parade after at least four sightings of what appeared to be a man flying a jetpack in the skies near Los Angeles International A.....»»
Low-Tech Video Game Streams Are Taking Off On TikTok
Ana Diaz writes via Polygon: Jack Morrison logs on to stream, he doesn't boot up Twitch, Streamlabs OBS, or speak into a fancy microphone. Instead, he grabs a basic circular mirror and sets it in front of his desktop monitor, facing the screen. Then.....»»
LA"s Jetpack Guy was probably a Jack Skellington balloon
The first sighting came back in August last year when American Airlines pilots radioed in that “We just passed a guy in a jetpack.” Another pilot, this one approaching LAX in a Jet Blue airliner a few minutes later, also reported a jetpack flyer.....»»
Quillwort genome highlights divergences in aquatic CAM photosynthesis
The humble quillworts are an ancient group of about 250 small, aquatic plants that have largely been ignored by modern botanists. A group of researchers, led by Boyce Thompson Institute's Fay-Wei Li, have sequenced the first quillwort genome and unco.....»»
China"s "unprecedented" crackdown stunned private enterprise. One year on, it may have to cut business some slack
On November 2, 2020, Jack Ma's Ant Group was gearing up for the biggest initial public offering in history......»»
Apple details headphone jack improvements on new MacBook Pro
The new 14-inch MacBook Pro and revised 16-inch MacBook Pro feature an improved headphone jack, which Apple says adapts to low- and high-impedance headphones without external amps.Apple has improved the headphone jack on the new MacBook ProDuring the.....»»
Jack Dorsey Says Square May Build Open-Source Bitcoin Mining System
Square CEO Jack Dorsey says the company is starting a "deep technical investigation" to create an open-source Bitcoin mining system. It comes as the price of Bitcoin passed $62,000 while threatening to pass the all-time high of $65,000. The Independe.....»»
Texas law could force social media to host misinformation and hate speech
Big Tech ready to sue, says ban on social media "censorship" violates 1st Amendment. Enlarge / US and Texas flags flying outside the Texas State Capitol building in Austin. (credit: Getty Images | PA Thompson) Texas Governor Greg Abbott yeste.....»»
Linux Distros are So Much Better Than They Were 30 Years Ago
With the 30th birthday of Linux coming up, TechRepublic's Jack Wallen argues that its distros "are so much better today." I remember like it was yesterday. The very first time I booted into the Linux desktop. The distribution in question was Caldera.....»»
Medical supply marketplace startup bttn. sews up additional $5M seed
Founders JT Garwood and Jack Miller started Bttn after seeing the challenges medical organizations had during the global pandemic to not only find supplies, but also get fair prices for them. Coming off a $1.5 million seed round in June, bt.....»»
Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing
Clive Thompson: I hate doing Google's CAPTCHAs. Part of it is the sheer hassle of repeatedly identifying objects -- traffic lights, staircases, palm trees and buses -- just so I can finish a web search. I also don't like being forced to donate free l.....»»
Cent, the platform that Jack Dorsey used to sell his first tweet as an NFT, raises $3M
Cent was founded in 2017 as an ad-free creator network that allows users to offer each other crypto rewards for good posts and comments — it’s like gifting awards on Reddit, but with Ethereum. But in late 2020, Cent’s small, San Fra.....»»
EV shaping future of car industry: Q&A with MIH CEO Jack Cheng
Electric vehicles (EV) are changing the ecosystems of the carmaking industry. Many companies with different backgrounds, such as in ICT, IoT, or even the smartphone industry, are entering this market. More and more startups are also expected to join.....»»
Square to acquire Afterpay, Australian buy now, pay later platform for $29 billion
Jack Dorsey's Square is spending $29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm — a massive purchase that will help his company build out its global payments empire......»»
Jungle Cruise review: Disney’s river adventure makes it easy to get swept away
Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, and Jack Whitehall make Disney's theme-park-inspired Jungle Cruise movie feel fresh, fun, and exciting in all the right ways......»»