Month: January 2024
A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube
Climate change disinformation on YouTube has morphed into a misleading new narrative, according to a report published today. With compounding disasters making it harder to deny that climate change is happening, creators spreading disinformation have pivoted to content that targets clean energy. In the past, content that falsely claimed that…
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Apple Vision Pro hands-on, redux: Immersive Video, Disney+ app, floating keyboard, and a little screaming
With pre-orders for the Apple Vision Pro headset opening this week, the company is getting ready to launch one of its most significant products ever. It announced this morning an “entertainment format pioneered by Apple” called Apple Immersive Video, as well as new viewing environments in the Disney+ app featuring…
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Apple Vision Pro hands-on, again, for the first time
It’s a slushy, snowy day in New York City — the kind where I’d normally look out the window and declare a work-from-home day. But today, I hauled myself out into the wet cold because Apple had offered Nilay Patel and me demo time with the Apple Vision Pro. Nilay…
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Rockstar Games’ owner is fighting Remedy Entertainment over its new ‘R’ logo
Remedy Entertainment, the developer that created the Max Payne and Alan Wake video game franchises, is embroiled in a trademark dispute with Take-Two Interactive over claims that Remedy’s new “R” logo too closely resembles that of its subsidiary Rockstar Games. Take-Two submitted the Rockstar logo as evidence against Remedy’s trademark…
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Stalker 2 gets September release date after being delayed due to ‘technical imperfections’
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl finally has an exact release date, although it’s later in the year than fans were initially expecting. Specifically, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is now set to release on September 5, after being delayed from the vague Q1 release window that was previously announced. In…
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Google layoffs continue with ‘hundreds’ from sales team
After laying off about 1,000 employees last week, Google is now cutting jobs on its advertising sales team. In a statement to The Verge, Google spokesperson Chris Pappas confirmed that “a few hundred roles globally are being eliminated” as part of the change. The news of Google’s latest layoffs was…
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