Google Changes The Game - June 21, 2023

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

MAIN

 

E-WASTE PREMIUM

Chromebook X

https://www.androidpolice.com/chromebook-x-google-high-quality-laptop-initiative/

https://9to5google.com/2023/06/20/chromebook-x/

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chromebook-x-program-3337595/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjv8mw/chromebooks-are-trash-literally

 

STILL TWITCHIN’

Twitch adds new labels for streams with mature content

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/20/23767736/twitch-mature-content-classification-labels-streams

https://www.eurogamer.net/twitch-introduces-new-labels-to-classify-mature-content

Loses another major streamer

https://www.pcgamer.com/amouranth-gives-twitch-the-boot-as-kick-steals-second-streaming-star-in-under-2-days/

TFue Retires

https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamer-tfue-fortnite-faze-clan-retirement-1850557985

 

A MOD’S PROPOSAL

Reddit removed moderators behind the latest protests before restoring a few of them

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/20/23767848/reddit-blackout-api-protest-moderators-suspended-nsfw

Subreddits continue to protest by switching to NSFW and posting porn

https://kotaku.com/reddit-mods-steve-huffman-protest-nsfw-blackout-api-ios-1850558712

Steam subreddit filled with trains

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-steam-subreddit-has-suddenly-become-all-about-actual-steam-and-steam-trains/

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/21/reddit-experiments-with-removing-mods-blocking-attempts-to-switch-subs-to-nsfw/

so far the two subreddits that have made all members moderators are r/MarchAgainstNazis and r/PoliticalHumor, they did it as a tongue-in-cheek response to Huffman calling moderators "landed gentry"

 

QUICK BITS

 

AMAZON CRIME

FTC Sues Amazon for Tricking people into buying Prime

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/technology/ftc-amazon-prime-lawsuit.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bbmb/ftc-sues-amazon-over-tricking-users-into-signing-up-for-prime

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/06/21/amazon-sued-by-ftc-for-enrolling-customers-in-prime-without-consent/?sh=4da00dee5ca2

 

TWO HALFS OF A WHOLE BABY

EA Sports / EA Games split up

https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-king-solomons-itself-and-weirdly-for-a-games-publisher-ea-games-no-longer-exists/

https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-sports-and-ea-games-splitting-apart-in-internal-shakeup

EA Sports lawsuit

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-is-being-sued-over-its-new-college-football-game/1100-6515359/

 

DP REVIVED

DPReview gets buyer

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/camera-review-site-dpreview-finds-a-buyer-avoids-shutdown-by-amazon/

https://www.gearpatrol.com/about/a44214660/gear-patrol-dpreview-acquisition/

https://petapixel.com/2023/06/20/dpreview-saved-gear-patrol-acquires-the-publication-from-amazon/

 

ARTIFICIAL INTRODUCTION

AI Intro for Secret Invasion

https://www.polygon.com/23767640/ai-mcu-secret-invasion-opening-credits

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/06/21/artists-are-mad-about-marvels-secret-invasion-ai-generated-opening-credits/?sh=5066c459e6a4

https://deadline.com/2023/06/secret-invasion-opening-credits-ai-backlash-marvel-mcu-disney-1235421667/

 

EXCELENT

EVE Online becomes the first videogame with Microsoft Excel integration

https://www.mmorpg.com/news/microsoft-excel-is-now-available-for-all-your-data-needs-in-eve-online-2000128240

https://twitter.com/EveOnline/status/1671221402832076821

https://www.pcgamer.com/they-actually-did-it-eve-online-becomes-the-first-videogame-with-microsoft-excel-integration/