Month: June 2023

Twitch walks back controversial ad rules policy

On Tuesday, Twitch released new rules concerning the way streamers could display ads on the platform. The rules prohibited “burned in” video, display, and audio ads — the first two of which were popular and common formats used throughout Twitch. Twitch apparently did not discuss the new rules with ambassadors…

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GameStop fires its CEO

GameStop has fired CEO Matt Furlong, the company announced as part of its first quarter 2023 earnings on Wednesday. There’s no immediate replacement, though board chairman Ryan Cohen has been appointed executive chairman, the company said in a short press release about Furlong’s firing. Furlong joined GameStop after eight years…

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Chromebooks can now run Minecraft natively, and this is great news

Chromebooks have been capable of gaming for years now, thanks to streaming services like Nvidia GeForce Now. But an announcement today (June 7, 2023) from Google brings even more exciting news about Chromebook gaming. According to an official Google blog post, Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is now available to download through…

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the start of something big, but it’s a terrible Beast Wars movie

Very similar to 2018’s Bumblebee, director Steven Caple Jr.’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts plays like a clever course correction in the context of the rest of Paramount’s films. It’s one meant to bring in both a young, new generation of fans and aging millennials with fond memories of cartoons…

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Apple’s Vision Pro is the Retina display moment for headsets

I still remember using the iPhone 4 for the first time in 2010. That was when Apple shipped its first-ever Retina display and Steve Jobs said that, once you use it, “you can’t go back.” It was something I couldn’t unsee, like looking through prescription glasses for the first time.…

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Cisco Webex will now catch you up on any meetings you miss

Missing the key parts of a Cisco Webex video conferencing meeting may no longer be the problem it currently is, thanks to a couple of new updates from the company. At its Cisco Live 2023 event, the company unveiled a host of new features and upgrades once again aimed at…

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