Month: February 2020
Blizzard moves previously canceled Overwatch League games from China to Korea
Last month, Blizzard announced that all of its scheduled Overwatch League games in China during February and March were canceled in the wake of the coronavirus. Now the publisher has revealed its plan to reschedule the games — and it involves moving them out of the country altogether. According to…
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Astronomers warn of ‘worrisome’ light pollution from satellite constellations
The International Astronomical Union has issued the preliminary results from a study on the potential effects of multi-thousand satellite constellations like that being built by StarLink. Finding that Earth-based astronomical observations may be “severely affected,” the body warned that mitigations and rules had better be formed sooner rather than later.…
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HQ, maker of the once-popular HQ Trivia, is shutting down
HQ, which made the once-popular HQ Trivia app, is shutting down and laying off its 25 employees, according to CNN Business. HQ CEO Rus Yusupov reportedly sent a note to employees announcing that HQ would cease operations. In the note, he said that there had been an offer “from an…
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Michigan computer science faculty calls for Jason Mars to take a leave of absence following Verge investigation
The faculty at the University of Michigan’s computer science and engineering department wrote a letter calling for professor Jason Mars to take a leave of absence, following an investigation from The Verge into his behavior as CEO of Clinc, an AI startup with ties to the school. “On behalf of…
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HQ Trivia shuts down after acquisition falls through
HQ Trivia is dead. Today the company laid off its full staff of 25 and will cease operation of its trivia, sports, and word guessing games, a source close to the company confirmed. HQ Trivia had a deal in the works to be acquired, but they buyer pulled out yesterday…
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Mike Bloomberg’s Sponcon Memelords Won’t Be Subject To Facebook’s Political Ad Regulations
Facebook said Friday that it would not be adding sponsored posts that politicians commission from influencers to their public ad library, a tool that saves information about advertisements on the platform. Given the platform’s policy of not fact checking political ads, it’s also unclear whether the platform will fact check…
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