RILEYISMYNAME

Can't wait to see how audio emojis come through on iPhones.
Probably a lot like how Android users see iMessage reactions - "Dana sent fart_button_mp3"
 

NEWS SOURCES:
 
 
THE R STANDS FOR “RANDROID”
Rabbit R1, a thing that should just be an app, actually is just an Android app
https://www.androidauthority.com/rabbit-r1-is-an-android-app-3438805/ 
Video of the Rabbit OS running on a normal techradarphone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ine9gSRPVsA 
Rabbit denies
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/rabbit-denies-that-the-rabbit-r1-is-fundamentally-just-an-android-app 
https://www.xda-developers.com/rabbit-denies-r1-android-app-pixel-6a/ 
https://twitter.com/rabbit_hmi/status/1754604807099482592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1754604807099482592%7Ctwgr%5E82bf602e12aea227f067a2de525eba12a2e4420b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techradar.com%2Fcomputing%2Fartificial-intelligence%2Frabbit-denies-that-the-rabbit-r1-is-fundamentally-just-an-android-app 
Mishaal also highlights others who sideloaded Android apps onto R1 https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1785498499288826106
 
FINE.
FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-largest-wireless-carriers-sharing-location-data 
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf
https://twitter.com/FCC/status/1785032124183027832  
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fcc-fines-wireless-carriers-sharing-user-locations-consent-109787119 
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/fcc-fines-carriers-200-million-for-illegally-sharing-user-location/ 
 
THE ORIGINAL FAKE
Meta says its updated algorithm prioritizes original content instead of rip-offs
https://creators.instagram.com/blog/recommendations-and-originality 
https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/C6ZImiVxA2-/?xmt=AQGz0oK_LFN04Hwl1DN-wegxCpLv1xTM3c8Kg1OdRA6P6w 
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/instagram-is-updating-its-ranking-systems-to-surface-more-content-from-smaller-original-creators/
Growing concern that AI content is making Meta platforms “unusable”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91113437/ai-making-meta-apps-basically-unusable 
https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-instagram-search-bar-ask-meta-ai-why-explained-2024-4 
https://www.reddit.com/r/aiArt/comments/1b5w6vn/jesus_ai_art_bombarding_my_fb/#lightbox 
https://www.businessinsider.com/bad-ai-art-is-overrunning-facebook-2024-3 
 
QUICK BITS
 
PASSWORD123!
UK outlaws awful default passwords on connected devices
https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/new-uk-law-bans-default-passwords-on.html 
The law https://lmg.gg/BZPDa 
https://www.techspot.com/news/102794-uk-first-country-prohibit-easily-guessable-default-passwords.html 
 
SUPER DUPER COMPUTER 
Auction for the Cheyenne Supercomputer
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/us-government-auctions-5-34-petaflop-cheyenne-supercomputer/ 
https://news.ucar.edu/132938/extraordinary-success 
https://www.xda-developers.com/cheyenne-super-computer-auction/ 
 
METAMORPHOSIS
EU probes Meta for killing tool that enables real-time election monitoring
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2373 
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/30/meta-hit-with-major-eu-disinformation-probe-ahead-of-elections.html 
Meta had its biggest lobbying quarter ever
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/29/24144333/meta-record-lobbying-q1-2024-us-government-big-tech 
Meta oversight board will be seeing layoffs
https://www.pcmag.com/news/metas-oversight-board-confirms-layoffs-are-coming 
 
RAINBOW OF PROTECTION
FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/razer-inc-pay-more-11-million-misrepresenting-performance-efficacy-supposed-n95-grade-zephyr-face
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/razer-hit-with-1-1m-ftc-fine-over-glowing-n95-mask-covid-claims/ 
https://kotaku.com/razer-ftc-covid-19-zephyr-mask-n95-1-million-fine-us-1851443865 
Mouse pad w/ RGB https://www.razer.com/ca-en/gaming-mouse-mats/razer-firefly-v2-pro 
 
DEDICATED FART BUTTON
Android is adding “Audio emojis” and not everyone is thrilled
https://mashable.com/article/google-audio-emoji-list
https://9to5google.com/2024/04/30/google-phone-audio-emoji-rollout/ 
https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/android-phones/googles-new-audio-emojis-sounds-like-a-terrible-idea-poop-during-calls 
 

NEWS SOURCES:
 
WINDOWS UPDATE
Microsoft attacking third-party Windows tools
Users that have third-party start menu-enhancing app StartAllBack installed aren’t able to update Win 11 https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-blocking-windows-11-build-upgrades-on-systems-with-startallback/ 
Windows reports a security/performance issues (EDITOR: click on the left-most picture of the tweet) https://twitter.com/endermanch/status/1775639423691964520/photo/1 
Apparently the RTM version of 24H2 update https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-begins-testing-potential-rtm-build-for-windows-11-version-24h2 
You can get around it by uninstalling StartAllBack, upgrading Win 11, then downloading and renaming StartAllBack’s exe file to not include its name https://twitter.com/MatthewH12/status/1775762568973606985 
Confirmed by app creator https://twitter.com/StartIsBack/status/1775660727719928173 
UPDATE: also blocks ExplorerPatcher https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-may-try-to-block-third-party-customization-apps-in-windows-11-24h2/ 
To be fair, there is a list of other apps that cause issues https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-wont-update-windows-11-these-apps/ 
The List: https://lmg.gg/hXj7s (XDA Developers)
Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-windows-driver-blocks-software-from-changing-default-web-browser/
First pointed out by Christoph Kolbicz when his programs SetUserFTA and SetDefaultBrowser stopped working https://twitter.com/_kolbicz/status/1761136487062474860 
“SetUserFTA is a command line program that lets Windows admins change file associations through login scripts and other methods. SetDefaultBrowser works similarly but is only for changing the default browser in Windows.” https://lmg.gg/n1eLO (Bleeping Computer)
after February update, programs don’t work due to ironically named “User Choice Protection Driver” blocking editing of registry keys
https://lmg.gg/GlmrS (Bleeping Computer)
Kolbicz thinks this change may be to comply with EU’s DMA; Microsoft announced default browser policies to force Windows to use user’ default browser https://lmg.gg/1EPwh (Bleeping Computer)
But the new driver also rolled out to US-based Win 10 and Win 11 devices https://lmg.gg/oM0ff (Bleeping Computer)
 
CORE ISSUE
Intel i9 CPUs being returned daily in Korea
https://wccftech.com/intel-13th-14th-gen-cpu-gaming-stability-investigated-chips-being-returned-in-korea/ 
Stability of Raptor Lake being investigated https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-13th-14th-core-raptor-lake-gaming-instability-is-now-being-investigated 
According to Korean outlets like ZDNET Korea https://lmg.gg/L0Pt1 
Earliest reports are from chip launch in 2022 https://lmg.gg/TqmbQ (WCCFTech)
More recently, reports from users report issues in shader compilation with “Out of video memory” errors https://steamcommunity.com/app/1928980/discussions/0/7221029098493967556/ 
Reviews and reports suggest 1-3 months of normality before problems arise https://twitter.com/Sebasti66855537/status/1776605992735674652 
According to sources like WCCFTech, the issue may be their crazy power draw and heat output https://lmg.gg/A15Hh (WCCFTech)
“In Korea, three companies are currently responsible for distributing and customer support for Intel processors for desktop PCs. A company official who requested anonymity explained, “The number of consumers visiting the customer center asking to change their 13th and 14th generation core processors has recently increased to more than ten per day.” (EDITOR: CTRL+F quote) (ZDNET Korea)
“In response to ZDNet Korea's inquiry about whether Intel was aware of the problem, Intel responded, "Intel is aware of problems that occur when executing certain tasks on 13th and 14th generation core processors for desktop PCs, and is analyzing them with major affiliates."” (EDITOR: CTRL+F quote) (ZDNET Korea) 
 
 
 
 
QUICK BITS
 
THE TROUBLE WITH GROUP PROJECTS
Google’s Find My Device Network finally launches a year after initial target
https://blog.google/products/android/android-find-my-device/ 
Was supposed to launch last summer https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/androids-bluetooth-trackers-are-finally-shipping-in-late-may/
Been waiting on Apple; Google and Apple announced joint standard for “unknown tracker” alerts, to prevent someone using one network’s devices to stalk a user of the other (even though their network’s aren’t interoperable) https://lmg.gg/wTzVK (Ars Technica)
Took a year for Apple to finally implement the protections in for iOS users, so Google can finally ship their partnered products and launch the network https://lmg.gg/OoN30 (Ars Technica)
You’ll be able to locate offline devices and even find Pixel 8 and 8 Pro phones with dead batteries thanks to “specialized Pixel hardware” https://lmg.gg/oWm40 (Google)
 
TOOK THEM LONG ENOUGH
Google tests “Lookup” button for unknown callers
https://www.phonearena.com/news/pixel-users-will-soon-be-able-to-easily-lookup-unknown-numbers-from-their-call-log_id157027 
Apparently original source https://twitter.com/AssembleDebug/status/1776120747762884614 
https://piunikaweb.com/2024/04/05/google-pixel-phone-app-lookup-feature/ 
 
START SAVING A YEAR AGO
RTX 50 series launch date rumors 
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/97384/nvidia-to-unveil-top-end-geforce-rtx-5090-and-high-5080-at-first-later-this-year/index.html  
https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/geforce-rtx-5090-5080-release-window 
According to Taiwanese outlet Money UDN https://lmg.gg/yh92W
https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/nvidia-partners-expect-their-rtx-5090-and-rtx-5080-to-launch-this-year/ 
 
MAC ATTACK
Microsoft says Snapdragon X Elite PCs will have “faster app emulation than Rosetta 2”
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24116587/microsoft-macbook-air-surface-arm-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite 
https://9to5google.com/2024/04/08/report-snapdragon-x-elite-macbook-comparison/ 
AI PCs will have “AI Explorer” feature that can search for anything you’ve ever done on your PC
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/exclusive-microsoft-will-unveil-oled-surface-pro-10-and-arm-surface-laptop-6-this-month-ahead-of-major-windows-11-ai-update 
https://lmg.gg/b3WT0 (Windows Central)
 
MUSIC TO USE GEN AI TO
Spotify’s AI playlist tool lets you create a playlist with a text prompt 
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-04-07/spotify-premium-users-can-now-turn-any-idea-into-a-personalized-playlist-with-ai-playlist-in-beta/ 
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/07/spotify-launches-personalized-ai-playlists-you-can-build-using-prompts/ 
Variety collected Spotify’s examples https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/spotify-ai-generated-playlists-beta-test-1235964013/
Here: https://lmg.gg/8SZ7L (Variety)  
 

They said the last generation chip was the world's most powerful... WHICH IS IT, NVIDIA??!?/!!111/?!?

dang it! Thanks for the heads up, fixed!

Just to maintain context, here's the line in question 
 
I review / edit every TL/GL script. Jessica wrote this line, and I approved it. I can understand why someone might take issue with it. It might give someone the impression that Adam D'Angelo is gay. If he's not(after a few minutes looking online I couldn't find any info about this), then it could, potentially, offend Adam himself or other members of the gay community. 
 
But while the word "twink" usually refers to someone who is gay, it's often been used, for comedic purposes, to refer to non-gay-men who would otherwise qualify. I'm definitely more familiar with gay comedy tropes than the average straight-white-cis-heteronormative-etc-male, and I am 97% confident that calling a possibly-straight person a "twink" as a joke is fine.
 
As evidenced by the division in this thread, I don't think think it's a given that using the term in this way, comedically, is widely viewed as derogatory. It's certainly not an insult - just a descriptive term, like "redhead". 
 
BUT - If you don't find this funny, well, that's absolutely fine! Comedy is subjective. 

Just to maintain context, here's the line in question 
 
I review / edit every TL/GL script. Jessica wrote this line, and I approved it. I can understand why someone might take issue with it. It might give someone the impression that Adam D'Angelo is gay. If he's not(after a few minutes looking online I couldn't find any info about this), then it could, potentially, offend Adam himself or other members of the gay community. 
 
But while the word "twink" usually refers to someone who is gay, it's often been used, for comedic purposes, to refer to non-gay-men who would otherwise qualify. I'm definitely more familiar with gay comedy tropes than the average straight-white-cis-heteronormative-etc-male, and I am 97% confident that calling a possibly-straight person a "twink" as a joke is fine.
 
As evidenced by the division in this thread, I don't think think it's a given that using the term in this way, comedically, is widely viewed as derogatory. It's certainly not an insult - just a descriptive term, like "redhead". 
 
BUT - If you don't find this funny, well, that's absolutely fine! Comedy is subjective. 

Just to maintain context, here's the line in question 
 
I review / edit every TL/GL script. Jessica wrote this line, and I approved it. I can understand why someone might take issue with it. It might give someone the impression that Adam D'Angelo is gay. If he's not(after a few minutes looking online I couldn't find any info about this), then it could, potentially, offend Adam himself or other members of the gay community. 
 
But while the word "twink" usually refers to someone who is gay, it's often been used, for comedic purposes, to refer to non-gay-men who would otherwise qualify. I'm definitely more familiar with gay comedy tropes than the average straight-white-cis-heteronormative-etc-male, and I am 97% confident that calling a possibly-straight person a "twink" as a joke is fine.
 
As evidenced by the division in this thread, I don't think think it's a given that using the term in this way, comedically, is widely viewed as derogatory. It's certainly not an insult - just a descriptive term, like "redhead". 
 
BUT - If you don't find this funny, well, that's absolutely fine! Comedy is subjective. 

Just to maintain context, here's the line in question 
 
I review / edit every TL/GL script. Jessica wrote this line, and I approved it. I can understand why someone might take issue with it. It might give someone the impression that Adam D'Angelo is gay. If he's not(after a few minutes looking online I couldn't find any info about this), then it could, potentially, offend Adam himself or other members of the gay community. 
 
But while the word "twink" usually refers to someone who is gay, it's often been used, for comedic purposes, to refer to non-gay-men who would otherwise qualify. I'm definitely more familiar with gay comedy tropes than the average straight-white-cis-heteronormative-etc-male, and I am 97% confident that calling a possibly-straight person a "twink" as a joke is fine.
 
As evidenced by the division in this thread, I don't think think it's a given that using the term in this way, comedically, is widely viewed as derogatory. It's certainly not an insult - just a descriptive term, like "redhead". 
 
BUT - If you don't find this funny, well, that's absolutely fine! Comedy is subjective. 

Just to maintain context, here's the line in question 
 
I review / edit every TL/GL script. Jessica wrote this line, and I approved it. I can understand why someone might take issue with it. It might give someone the impression that Adam D'Angelo is gay. If he's not(after a few minutes looking online I couldn't find any info about this), then it could, potentially, offend Adam himself or other members of the gay community. 
 
But while the word "twink" usually refers to someone who is gay, it's often been used, for comedic purposes, to refer to non-gay-men who would otherwise qualify. I'm definitely more familiar with gay comedy tropes than the average straight-white-cis-heteronormative-etc-male, and I am 97% confident that calling a possibly-straight person a "twink" as a joke is fine.
 
As evidenced by the division in this thread, I don't think think it's a given that using the term in this way, comedically, is widely viewed as derogatory. It's certainly not an insult - just a descriptive term, like "redhead". 
 
BUT - If you don't find this funny, well, that's absolutely fine! Comedy is subjective. 

Just to maintain context, here's the line in question 
 
I review / edit every TL/GL script. Jessica wrote this line, and I approved it. I can understand why someone might take issue with it. It might give someone the impression that Adam D'Angelo is gay. If he's not(after a few minutes looking online I couldn't find any info about this), then it could, potentially, offend Adam himself or other members of the gay community. 
 
But while the word "twink" usually refers to someone who is gay, it's often been used, for comedic purposes, to refer to non-gay-men who would otherwise qualify. I'm definitely more familiar with gay comedy tropes than the average straight-white-cis-heteronormative-etc-male, and I am 97% confident that calling a possibly-straight person a "twink" as a joke is fine.
 
As evidenced by the division in this thread, I don't think think it's a given that using the term in this way, comedically, is widely viewed as derogatory. It's certainly not an insult - just a descriptive term, like "redhead". 
 
BUT - If you don't find this funny, well, that's absolutely fine! Comedy is subjective. 

oh man. That announcement sounds so similar to this week's haha 

Heyyy ya want us to make a laptop bag? Because maybe we are?
 
What do you want to see in a laptop bag? (Besides a LAPTOP, OF COURSE... 😁😁😆😆😂😂🤣🤣🤠)
 
Seriously though tell us your thoughts about laptop bags

Can you add a link to the ifixit petition?
Edit: Found it

sounds like you've encountered some ultra high thread count sweaters, but others may not have that experience. check your privilege

NEWS SOURCES:
 
MAINS
 
AMD FORGETS TO RIP OFF CUSTOMERS
Radeon RX 7700 XT ($449) and 7800 XT ($499) unveiled
https://www.anandtech.com/show/20031/amd-announces-radeon-rx-7800-xt-radeon-rx-7700-xt-enthusiastclass-rdna3-for-1440p-gaming
$450 RX 7800 XT/$500 7700 XT may beat the $600 4070/$400 4060 Ti in rasterized and some ray-traced games (EDITOR: check out the diagrams comparing GPUs, there’s two of them)
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rx-7800-xt-rx-7700-xt-announced
Launching FSR 3.0, which adds frame generation https://lmg.gg/3Ik6I (The Verge)
Nvidia scared, rumored to be planning a 4060 Ti price drop https://www.notebookcheck.net/Imminent-RTX-4060-Ti-price-drop-reported-as-NVIDIA-is-allegedly-adjusting-rates-to-counter-upcoming-RX-7800-XT-and-RX-7700-XT.743401.0.html
AMD says Bethesda can add DLSS to Starfield no problem https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/25/22372077/amd-starfield-dlss-fsr-exclusive-frank-azor
 
IT HAS ONE JOB
Playstation Portal (Project Q) officially unveiled, only supports PS5 Remote Play, not even cloud streaming
https://blog.playstation.com/2023/08/23/playstations-first-remote-play-dedicated-device-playstation-portal-remote-player-to-launch-later-this-year-at-199-99/
Doesn’t even support Bluetooth https://lmg.gg/j0d23 (IGN)
Maybe because Sony just acquired Audeze just after announcing two headsets https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/08/sony-to-acquire-audio-tech-and-headphone-specialist-audeze
Meanwhile Qualcomm introducing gaming chips for future android handhelds that will probably do everything better https://www.androidpolice.com/qualcomm-g-series-new-chipset-handheld-gaming-consoles/
 
MSIDE-EYE
MSI leaks Intel 14th Gen Core specs
https://www.xda-developers.com/intel-14th-gen-core-leak/
Unlisted YouTube video found by DarkmontTech on Xitter https://twitter.com/DarkmontTech/status/1694655880632156228
Seem unimpressed; 3% performance upgrade on average; 17% on i7-14700K b/c 4 more E- cores https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-leaks-intel-14th-gen-core-specs-confirms-its-3-faster-on-average-than-13th-gen
17% already leaked by BiliBili creator https://lmg.gg/IQNgL (Windows Central)
ALT: https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i7-14700k-cpu-up-to-17-percent-faster-13700k-benchmark-leak-overclocked-5-8-ghz/
 
QUICK BITS
 
GET WELL SOON, RAY
New RTX DLSS 3.5 introduces “ray reconstruction” tech, supported on all RTX cards?
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/nvidia-dlss-3-5-ray-reconstruction/
Video of Bryan Catanzaro explaining https://youtu.be/sGKCrcNsVzo?t=326
TL;DW: compute denoisers used to fill in cracks left by ray-tracing being replaced with AI https://lmg.gg/RFMY9 (PCWorld)
Ray Reconstruction works on ALL RTX cards https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidias-dlss-3-5-tackles-ray-tracing-quality-and-is-available-to-all-rtx-cards/1100-6517113/
Table https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U3W8HWvTXUcC_RgSNjZq_spAdDbYeuxN/view?usp=sharing
 
SPEAKING WITH AI
Science uses AI to give woman with Locked-In Syndrome her voice back by reading brain signals
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/ai-powered-brain-implants-help-paralyzed-patients-communicate-faster-than-ever/
Two teams: one at Stanford https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/08/brain-implant-speech-als.html
One at UC San Fransisco https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2023/08/425986/how-artificial-intelligence-gave-paralyzed-woman-her-voice-back
https://youtu.be/iTZ2N-HJbwA
 
YOUTUBE GIVETH…
YouTube testing hum-to-search feature
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23844501/youtube-tests-hum-to-search-feature-android-google
Hum a tune and find relevant content with less hum time than the Assistant’s similar feature https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/23/youtube-tests-search-feature-users-hum-sing-identify-songs/ YouTube Music Live lyrics
https://9to5google.com/2023/08/24/youtube-music-live-lyrics/
YouTube MAY be introducing ads for Premium subscribers https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/160saj3/soo_ill_post_it_again_with_proof/
 
CEO DEVELOPS AMNESIA; FORGETS WHERE HE WORKS
Zoom CEO doesn’t like employees using Zoom
https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-zoom-office-remote-work
Can’t build trust https://gizmodo.com/zoom-ceo-return-to-office-leaked-audio-1850769660
Can’t collaborate; so all employees within 50 miles of an office must be in-person 2x a week https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/zoom_ceo_says_hard_to_build_trust_collaborate_on_zoom/
 
UK JURY GETS FREE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE
British court finds 18 year old involved in Lapsus$ hacks
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66549159
After being RE-arrested for hacking Nvidia and doxed, moved into Travelodge for safety https://lmg.gg/e2KCj (BBC) 
leaked GTA 6 clips “while on bail in a Travelodge Hotel” for hacking Nvidia https://lmg.gg/ly41a (BBC)
…using an Amazon Fire Stick https://kotaku.com/gta-6-rockstar-leak-hacker-amazon-fire-stick-hotel-1850770299
 

YES HELLO IT'S ME GAMELINKED! New channel, similar 'Linked format! For now, at least... We have a gaming channel now. We can do WHATEVER WE WANT! So stay tuned 🙂
 
 
NEWS SOURCES:
 
MAINS
 
CDPR USES GASLIGHTING…IT’S NOT VERY EFFECTIVE
CD Projekt Red says “We need to fix the relationship with our players”
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cd-projekt-we-need-to-fix-the-relationship-with-our-players
Says it “became a cool thing not to like [CyberPunk 2077]” https://lmg.gg/6WAYL
Even though the launch was so bad it was pulled from the PlayStation Store https://www.gamesradar.com/sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-the-playstation-store-until-further-notice/ 
 it made some national tv headlines https://youtu.be/9r65S2oES1s
"Work-life [balance] is really important to us. It always has been but it was hard to maintain the balance.” https://lmg.gg/Z4WYT
Maybe also their employees, since there were accusations they were in crunch for over a year on Witcher 3 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-3-studio-responds-to-crunch-accusations/1100-6422841/
Massive rumours of bad morale and terrible glassdoor reviews led to a public statement https://twitter.com/CDPROJEKTRED/status/919885993171398656
Alt: Promised “more humane” working conditions on CP77 https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-promises-more-humane-cyberpunk-2077-crunch-than-devs-endured-for-the-witcher-3/
Promised it again a month later https://kotaku.com/cd-projekt-red-boss-again-promises-that-cyberpunk-devs-1835518344
Shocker: they didn’t keep the promise https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/29/21494499/cyberpunk-2077-development-crunch-time-cd-projekt-red
Entire team to stop excessive working https://lmg.gg/mIRqx
 
STEP IN FRONT OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN, JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN
RDR Remaster rumours swirl as Korea’s Media Ratings board releases brand new rating
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/06/new-korean-rating-for-red-dead-redemption-has-fans-hoping-for-a-remaster
Actual rating dated this month https://www.grac.or.kr/Statistics/Popup/Pop_ReasonInfo.aspx?f9835d0907c858034d6ce96daaa6a1fda6c813a6a053e8e5ec12581d53453bb0
Media Ratings board has a history of leaking things:
-          Leaked LoL spin-off Mageseeker earlier this year https://www.eurogamer.net/league-of-legends-spin-off-mageseeker-leaked-by-south-korean-rating-board
-          Even leaked Tekken 7 update in 2016 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tekken-7-producer-criticises-korean-ratings-board-/1100-6434542/ (ALT https://kotaku.com/tekken-developer-the-south-korean-review-board-is-awfu-1757276170 )
-          Leaked plot details of Black Mirror’s Bandersnatch back in 2018 https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/42703/1/plot-details-for-the-new-black-mirror-have-leaked
Fan Made RDR Remake Trailer got 1.2 million views https://youtu.be/M92mAlq7_As
 
THE BACHELOR: CORPORATION EDITION
FTC lawsuit stuff
Microsoft considered buying over 100 game developers, including Bungie, CDPR, Square Enix, and Sega
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/92098/microsofts-buyout-consideration-list-included-100-game-devs-bungie-cd-projekt-fromsoftware/index.html
RE: Sega, planned to keep games multiplatform and re-release non-Xbox exclusives on Xbox
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-said-it-would-have-kept-sega-games-multiplatform-after-proposed-buyout
Bethesda Exec “confused” by Microsoft’s multiplatform policy for CoD, first shared by Axios reporter Stephen Totilo https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1673470891433271297
Says it’s the opposite of what Bethesda was “asked (told)” to do https://lmg.gg/EFDHp
Also implied TES6 might be skipping PlayStation https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1673470894595874818
Playstation boss doesn’t like Starfield exclusivity but says it isn’t anti-competitive https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-boss-jim-ryan-doesnt-like-starfield-exclusivity-but-doesnt-deem-it-anti-competitive
Also, while he initially believed ABK acquisition WASN’T about exclusivity, he says opinion changed after correspondence with Phil Spencer in August 2022 https://lmg.gg/2J6V7
 
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BREAKING: COMPANY MAKES VAGUE SEMI-PROMISE
Nintendo discusses Switch successor at investor Q&A
Will carry over current Nintendo Accounts https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-2-nintendo-accounts-carried-over-lite-oled/
Vague about backward compatibility https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/will-nintendos-switch-successor-be-backward-compatible/
Translated Q&A about backward-compatibility https://twitter.com/Cheesemeister3k/status/1673697345693945856
Plan to deal with scalpers: more supply, maybe something else (they’ll get back to us) https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/06/nintendo-aims-to-reduce-scalping-of-new-hardware
 
ACCEPT THE COMING OF YOUR NEW LORD.
Gaming News Conglomerate guts staff, seeks “AI Editor”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/gaming-sites-writers-ai-editor
Laid off over 50 staff 3 months ago https://www.strafe.com/news/read/gamurs-group-layoff-a-large-proportion-of-the-workforce/
Tom Henderson of InsiderGaming estimates this was 40% of workforce https://twitter.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1668711983019950081
Job posting in question that popped up this month https://web.archive.org/web/20230613212914/https:/gamurs.breezy.hr/p/3a291acf07ac-ai-editor
Own sites Dot Esports and Prima Games, acquired Destructoid and The Escapist https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamurs-group-buying-enthusiast-gaming-sites-report
 
HOW TO MAKE LORE DUMPS WORSE
Destiny unveiled one of their most important story cutscenes ever, but with a major issue
https://www.polygon.com/23767367/veil-traveler-gardener-winnower-witness-explained-cutscene-destiny-2
They copied a fan’s artwork https://twitter.com/ELEMENTJ21/status/1671281580831297536  
Bungie says they will compensate and credit artist due to mistake https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-says-it-will-compensate-and-credit-artist-whose-work-was-mistakenly-used-in-this-weeks-major-destiny-2-cutscene/
 
BIOWARE PUTS OLD REPUBLIC INTO CARE HOME
Bioware confirms SWTOR is being handed off to another studio
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/bioware-confirms-developer-change-for-i-star-wars-the-old-republic-i-
Official Statement from Bioware GM Gary McKay https://blog.bioware.com/2023/06/27/bright-future-for-swtor/
Bioware statement says this is to focus on Dragon Age, Mass Effect https://www.pcgamesn.com/dragon-age-4/bioware-update
Makes sense since Mass Effect still in pre-production https://wccftech.com/mass-effect-still-in-pre-production-bioware-passes-star-wars-the-old-republic-new-dev/
Layoffs will occur due to transition https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bioware-confirms-layoffs-as-star-wars-the-old-republic-moves-to-new-developer
Broadsword currently only maintains two older MMORPGs, worries about SWTOR’s future https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-05-mythic-devs-form-new-studio-take-over-daoc-and-ultima-online.html
 
SUS
Among Us is getting an animated TV adaptation…for reasons (money)
https://www.polygon.com/23775521/among-us-tv-show-infinity-train
Also confirmed by developer Innersloth https://www.innersloth.com/among-us-is-getting-an-animated-series/
Not your childrens’ cartoon https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/among-us-animated-series-cbs-studios-owen-dennis-1235655516/
Animation studio is Titmouse https://lmg.gg/uwygF

YES HELLO IT'S ME GAMELINKED! New channel, similar 'Linked format! For now, at least... We have a gaming channel now. We can do WHATEVER WE WANT! So stay tuned 🙂
 
 
NEWS SOURCES:
 
MAINS
 
CDPR USES GASLIGHTING…IT’S NOT VERY EFFECTIVE
CD Projekt Red says “We need to fix the relationship with our players”
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/cd-projekt-we-need-to-fix-the-relationship-with-our-players
Says it “became a cool thing not to like [CyberPunk 2077]” https://lmg.gg/6WAYL
Even though the launch was so bad it was pulled from the PlayStation Store https://www.gamesradar.com/sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-the-playstation-store-until-further-notice/ 
 it made some national tv headlines https://youtu.be/9r65S2oES1s
"Work-life [balance] is really important to us. It always has been but it was hard to maintain the balance.” https://lmg.gg/Z4WYT
Maybe also their employees, since there were accusations they were in crunch for over a year on Witcher 3 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-3-studio-responds-to-crunch-accusations/1100-6422841/
Massive rumours of bad morale and terrible glassdoor reviews led to a public statement https://twitter.com/CDPROJEKTRED/status/919885993171398656
Alt: Promised “more humane” working conditions on CP77 https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-promises-more-humane-cyberpunk-2077-crunch-than-devs-endured-for-the-witcher-3/
Promised it again a month later https://kotaku.com/cd-projekt-red-boss-again-promises-that-cyberpunk-devs-1835518344
Shocker: they didn’t keep the promise https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/29/21494499/cyberpunk-2077-development-crunch-time-cd-projekt-red
Entire team to stop excessive working https://lmg.gg/mIRqx
 
STEP IN FRONT OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN, JUST TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN
RDR Remaster rumours swirl as Korea’s Media Ratings board releases brand new rating
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/06/new-korean-rating-for-red-dead-redemption-has-fans-hoping-for-a-remaster
Actual rating dated this month https://www.grac.or.kr/Statistics/Popup/Pop_ReasonInfo.aspx?f9835d0907c858034d6ce96daaa6a1fda6c813a6a053e8e5ec12581d53453bb0
Media Ratings board has a history of leaking things:
-          Leaked LoL spin-off Mageseeker earlier this year https://www.eurogamer.net/league-of-legends-spin-off-mageseeker-leaked-by-south-korean-rating-board
-          Even leaked Tekken 7 update in 2016 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tekken-7-producer-criticises-korean-ratings-board-/1100-6434542/ (ALT https://kotaku.com/tekken-developer-the-south-korean-review-board-is-awfu-1757276170 )
-          Leaked plot details of Black Mirror’s Bandersnatch back in 2018 https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/42703/1/plot-details-for-the-new-black-mirror-have-leaked
Fan Made RDR Remake Trailer got 1.2 million views https://youtu.be/M92mAlq7_As
 
THE BACHELOR: CORPORATION EDITION
FTC lawsuit stuff
Microsoft considered buying over 100 game developers, including Bungie, CDPR, Square Enix, and Sega
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/92098/microsofts-buyout-consideration-list-included-100-game-devs-bungie-cd-projekt-fromsoftware/index.html
RE: Sega, planned to keep games multiplatform and re-release non-Xbox exclusives on Xbox
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-said-it-would-have-kept-sega-games-multiplatform-after-proposed-buyout
Bethesda Exec “confused” by Microsoft’s multiplatform policy for CoD, first shared by Axios reporter Stephen Totilo https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1673470891433271297
Says it’s the opposite of what Bethesda was “asked (told)” to do https://lmg.gg/EFDHp
Also implied TES6 might be skipping PlayStation https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1673470894595874818
Playstation boss doesn’t like Starfield exclusivity but says it isn’t anti-competitive https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-boss-jim-ryan-doesnt-like-starfield-exclusivity-but-doesnt-deem-it-anti-competitive
Also, while he initially believed ABK acquisition WASN’T about exclusivity, he says opinion changed after correspondence with Phil Spencer in August 2022 https://lmg.gg/2J6V7
 
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BREAKING: COMPANY MAKES VAGUE SEMI-PROMISE
Nintendo discusses Switch successor at investor Q&A
Will carry over current Nintendo Accounts https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-2-nintendo-accounts-carried-over-lite-oled/
Vague about backward compatibility https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/will-nintendos-switch-successor-be-backward-compatible/
Translated Q&A about backward-compatibility https://twitter.com/Cheesemeister3k/status/1673697345693945856
Plan to deal with scalpers: more supply, maybe something else (they’ll get back to us) https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/06/nintendo-aims-to-reduce-scalping-of-new-hardware
 
ACCEPT THE COMING OF YOUR NEW LORD.
Gaming News Conglomerate guts staff, seeks “AI Editor”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/gaming-sites-writers-ai-editor
Laid off over 50 staff 3 months ago https://www.strafe.com/news/read/gamurs-group-layoff-a-large-proportion-of-the-workforce/
Tom Henderson of InsiderGaming estimates this was 40% of workforce https://twitter.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1668711983019950081
Job posting in question that popped up this month https://web.archive.org/web/20230613212914/https:/gamurs.breezy.hr/p/3a291acf07ac-ai-editor
Own sites Dot Esports and Prima Games, acquired Destructoid and The Escapist https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamurs-group-buying-enthusiast-gaming-sites-report
 
HOW TO MAKE LORE DUMPS WORSE
Destiny unveiled one of their most important story cutscenes ever, but with a major issue
https://www.polygon.com/23767367/veil-traveler-gardener-winnower-witness-explained-cutscene-destiny-2
They copied a fan’s artwork https://twitter.com/ELEMENTJ21/status/1671281580831297536  
Bungie says they will compensate and credit artist due to mistake https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-says-it-will-compensate-and-credit-artist-whose-work-was-mistakenly-used-in-this-weeks-major-destiny-2-cutscene/
 
BIOWARE PUTS OLD REPUBLIC INTO CARE HOME
Bioware confirms SWTOR is being handed off to another studio
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/bioware-confirms-developer-change-for-i-star-wars-the-old-republic-i-
Official Statement from Bioware GM Gary McKay https://blog.bioware.com/2023/06/27/bright-future-for-swtor/
Bioware statement says this is to focus on Dragon Age, Mass Effect https://www.pcgamesn.com/dragon-age-4/bioware-update
Makes sense since Mass Effect still in pre-production https://wccftech.com/mass-effect-still-in-pre-production-bioware-passes-star-wars-the-old-republic-new-dev/
Layoffs will occur due to transition https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bioware-confirms-layoffs-as-star-wars-the-old-republic-moves-to-new-developer
Broadsword currently only maintains two older MMORPGs, worries about SWTOR’s future https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-05-mythic-devs-form-new-studio-take-over-daoc-and-ultima-online.html
 
SUS
Among Us is getting an animated TV adaptation…for reasons (money)
https://www.polygon.com/23775521/among-us-tv-show-infinity-train
Also confirmed by developer Innersloth https://www.innersloth.com/among-us-is-getting-an-animated-series/
Not your childrens’ cartoon https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/among-us-animated-series-cbs-studios-owen-dennis-1235655516/
Animation studio is Titmouse https://lmg.gg/uwygF

Thanks Andrei! Your point is a good one - Google is not to be "trusted" any more than OpenAI or the rest. But I think watching I/O, I saw way more talk about things like tagging AI images with metadata to clearly identify them, reducing bias in models, and mentions of "humans still being important" (lol). And it just reminded us that we haven't seen as much talk about that from the other guys, beyond things like "we're going to be really careful, because this could kill us". We could have gone with a more explicit lesser-of-two-evils angle 😕 

NEWS SOURCES:
 
MAIN
 
STRONG, INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Microsoft reportedly developing its own chips for AI projects
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23687912/microsoft-athena-ai-chips-nvidia
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-athena-ai-chip-tsmc
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-own-ai-chips-rival-nvidia/
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/nvidias-h100-ai-processors-are-selling-for-over-40000-on-ebay  
 
K-1000 UNIT
NYPD to add robots dogs
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/nyregion/nypd-digidog-robot-crime.html
https://apnews.com/article/robot-dog-nypd-61bd64c94360e30f110f65626cc1687c
Security Droid: https://www.knightscope.com/products/k5
ASSET FORFEITURE: https://lmg.gg/qHTab  
https://www.wired.com/story/nypd-spot-boston-dynamics-robot-dog/
 
A PRECIOUS REPOSITORY OF KNOWLEDGE (AND SLURS)
https://gizmodo.com/reddit-will-charge-big-companies-for-ai-api-access-1850350291
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/
https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-aims-ipo-second-half-2023-information-2023-02-14/
https://fortune.com/2023/04/19/reddit-charge-api-access-ceo-steve-huffman-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt/
                 
QUICKBITS
 
GAME OF THE YEAR… 1996
Big Proton Update makes 18 Windows games playable on Linux (including Chex Quest HD)
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/proton-80-is-here-and-it-brought-steam-deck-game-fixes
https://wccftech.com/proton-8-lets-linux-users-play-dead-space-remake-forspoken-and-many-more-games/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/proton-update-gets-18-more-windows-games-running-on-linux-including-chex-quest-hd/
 
IT’S NOT A BUG, IT’S A FEATURE
Google employees requested Bard not be launched – called it a “pathological liar”
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-workers-called-chatgpt-ai-rival-bard-cringeworthy-liar-report-2023-4
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689554/google-ai-chatbot-bard-employees-criticism-pathological-liar
https://bard.google.com/  
 
THE TROUBLE WITH “FAIRNESS”
Bungie Anti-Cheat 3rd party peripheral policy tries to balance accessibility needs
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/bungie-takes-aim-at-destiny-2-cheaters-using-third-party-peripherals/
https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/twab-04-13-2023-best-dressed
https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2023/04/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-II-and-warzone-2-0-ricochet-anti-cheat-season-3-update.html 
https://www.gameshub.com/news/opinions-analysis/what-the-vrchat-controversy-teaches-us-about-accessibility-in-games-31936/
 
I CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM HERE
NRO Sensor prototype for spying
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2023/04/19/spy-agency-to-prototype-ground-moving-target-tracking-from-space/
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/04/nro-expects-prototype-moving-target-sensor-on-orbit-in-8-to-12-months-director-says/
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/03/22/us-space-force-kill-chain/
 
NETFLIX IS DEAD, LONG LIVE NETFLIX
https://globalnews.ca/news/9635409/netflix-dvd-by-mail-service-ending/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/netflix-to-bring-down-the-curtain-on-its-dvd-by-mail-service-1.6361968
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/18/netflix-to-end-mailing-of-dvds-of-movies-to-subscribers-after-25-years
 

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