Shopify pulls Kanye’s website offline over swastika merch
Shopify pulls Kanye's website offline over swastika merch Shopify pulls Kanye’s website offline over swastika merch On Tuesday, Shopify shut down the Yeezy store run by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) after it listed shirts with swastikas for sale as reported earlier by Bloomberg and NBC News. Ye advertised the site in a commercial […]
Unity unites the indie game industry against its new pricing model
Unity unites the indie game industry against its new pricing model Unity, a company that makes a suite of video game development tools, has recently sparked a major controversy in the industry after announcing changes to its pricing model. Under the new model, Unity plans to charge developers on a per-install basis after certain revenue […]
YouTube is now even bigger on TVs than phones
YouTube is now even bigger on TVs than phones It’s official: people are spending more time watching YouTube on their TVs than on their phones. In the platform’s annual letter, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan revealed that viewers are watching more than 1 billion hours of YouTube content on their TVs every day. For the past […]
Discord now lets you quietly block people
Discord now lets you quietly block people Discord is offering users a new way to block people without the confrontational nature of an actual block. The new feature, called Ignore, is essentially a mute function that can hide annoying or abusive users without attracting unwanted attention — thus avoiding unnecessary anxiety or flare-up drama. You […]
TikTok now offers its Android app for download outside of Google Play
TikTok now offers its Android app for download outside of Google Play TikTok’s APK download is easy to sideload. TikTok is now offering US downloads of the Android version of the app on its own website, the company announced last night. With the change, Android users in the United States now have an easy way […]
Warner Bros. is streaming full movies for free on YouTube
Warner Bros. is streaming full movies for free on YouTube If you want to watch Eddie Murphy’s dreadful Pluto Nash movie you can now do so on YouTube. Warner Bros. has made it easier to watch some of its movies online for once, bucking a trend of wiping them from existence. As spotted by Gizmodo, […]
A reviews site embroiled in AI scandal is back from the dead
A reviews site embroiled in AI scandal is back from the dead Last summer, the staff at Gannett’s consumer reviews site Reviewed received terrible news: the media giant was shuttering the entire vertical and would be laying off dozens of employees. Effective November 1st, Reviewed would cease operations. Gannett blamed Google’s changing search algorithm, which […]
Elgato’s Wave Link 2.0 promises clear vocals in any environment
Elgato's Wave Link 2.0 promises clear vocals in any environment Elgato’s Wave Link 2.0 promises clear vocals in any environment Elgato is releasing a new version of its audio stream control software Wave Link that includes new AI-powered voice enhancements for your mic. It also has a new OS-level management system to redirect audio streams […]
Instagram’s Threads: all the updates on the new Twitter competitor
Instagram's Threads: all the updates on the new Twitter competitor Instagram’s Threads: all the updates on the new Twitter competitor As Twitter continues to flail about under Elon Musk, all eyes are on the newly launched Instagram Threads as a potential replacement. Meta launched Threads on iOS, Android, and the web on July 5th — […]
The timeline apps are here, and they’re awesome
The timeline apps are here, and they're awesome The timeline apps are here, and they’re awesome Tapestry is a particularly colorful way to look at all your feeds. The folks at Iconfactory, which once made a wonderful Twitter client called Twitterrific, launched a new app on Tuesday. Itâs called Tapestry, and itâs a cross between […]