Author: Zach_Wilson
Netflix’s Carol and the End of World is a heartwarming view of the end times
The idea of the world ending usually channels excess: humanity running wild because, well, what does it matter anymore? And there’s some of that in Carol & the End of the World, a new animated series on Netflix. But mostly it’s a story about a quiet forty-something woman who uses…
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The Finals developer isn’t releasing a content roadmap because it wants to ‘make promises we can keep’
The Finals won’t receive a content roadmap because Embark Studios doesn’t want to overpromise, its creative director has explained. According to a new Axios report, the team behind the newly released first-person, team-based arena shooter is not considering releasing a content roadmap detailing its plans for the game to avoid…
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Meta’s Oversight Board says it unfairly removed videos of Israel-Hamas war
Meta’s Oversight Board has criticized the company’s automated moderation tools for being too aggressive after two videos that depicted hostages, injured civilians, and possible casualties in the Israel-Hamas war were — it says — unfairly removed from Facebook and Instagram. In a report published on Tuesday, the external review panel…
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Teenage Engineering’s K.O. II sampler proves the company can do cost-friendly cool
There’s something of a theme running through Teenage Engineering’s recent products. That theme is you need more money. The Field range represents the Swedish company’s most exclusive music making gear. So when its website teased a new product with a colorful countdown, the wallets of Teenies everywhere braced for impact.…
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Video games in 2023: Acquisitions, layoffs, unions
This was a year of upheaval in video games. The industry has shapeshifted over the past 12 months, and it’s not all due to Microsoft’s lengthy acquisition of Activision, Blizzard and King. While Xbox executives were defending the legality of a $69 billion deal that would create the third-largest video…
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Vans, Supreme, North Face owner says cyberattack means it won’t make Christmas shipments
Major apparel retailers including Vans, Supreme, and The North Face won’t make their Christmas shipments on time following a disruptive ransomware cyberattack that hit their parent company. In an SEC filing, VF Corporation (VF Corp.) said the data breach was first spotted on December 13, when threat actors disrupted its…
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