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Hitting the Books: The dangerous real-world consequences of our online attention economy
If reality television has taught us anything, it’s there’s not much people won’t do if offered enough money and attention. Sometimes, even just the latter. Unfortunately for the future prospects of our civilization, modern social media has focused upon those same character foibles and optimized them at a global scale,…
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Twitter’s rebrand to X is causing scam alerts on Microsoft Edge
'Twitters swift rebrand to X is generating yet another issue. As reported by Bleeping Computer, the social media platform is causing Microsoft's Edge browser to throw up a warning, indicating some sort of security problem. It seems to be related to how Edge and other Chromium-based web browsers deal with…
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Indie games have entered the era of bespoke publishing
For anyone with an eye on video game news, it’s been hard to ignore the recent rise of names like Annapurna Interactive, Devolver Digital, Private Division, Humble, Epic Games and Netflix tied to independent projects. The distribution process for indie developers has shifted over the past few years from a…
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The Emmys are reportedly delayed due to ongoing strikes
The Primetime Emmys won’t take place on September 18th, according toVariety. The publication reported on Thursday that vendors scheduled to work the event have been told the ceremony is delayed because of the writers’ and actors’ strikes that have shut down all Hollywood productions and promotions. The TV Academy hasn’t…
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The best SSDs for the PS5
Ten months after the PlayStation 5 hit store shelves, Sony released a software update that unlocked the console’s storage expansion slot. Originally, the PS5 offered only 667GB of space for storing your games, with no way to increase that. While that was fine for some gamers (like me), others (like…
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The Morning After: Tesla reportedly formed a secret team to quash driving range complaints
Tesla is facing allegations that it's trying to minimize complaints about performance. Reuters sources claim the company had a secret Diversion Team in the Las Vegas area to cancel range-related service appointments. If a customer complained the range didn't live up to marketing claims, advisors would tell owners that Environmental…
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