General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja on AI, LPs, and raising around $8 billion The news broke yesterday that General Catalyst had raised about $8 billion in new funds. Fortune · Oct 25, 2024
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Releases & Bluesky Users Surge: Tech & Gaming News This Week Everything from the brand new Call of Duty, to Bluesky user count soaring and more covered in this week's recap of tech and gaming news. Pedestrian.tv · Oct 25, 2024
Baldur's Gate 3 publishing chief calls out Ubisoft's 'broken strategy': If gamers need to get used to not owning games, 'developers must get used to not having jobs' Prince of Persia: The Lost Throne was a critical hit but didn't sell very well, and Michael Douse thinks that's entirely Ubisoft's fault. PC Gamer · Oct 24, 2024
Schupak: Ten years (to the day) after his social media blunder cost him the presidency of the PGA, Ted Bishop deserves reinstatement "There is not a single day that goes by that I don't think about that and I don't regret it." USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 24, 2024
James May gives update after being injured in bike accident Injury has affected filming for his new show The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024
Colbert on early voting: ‘Same people who have already done their Christmas shopping’ Late-night hosts discuss high turnout for early voting ahead of the election, Harris’s impressive fundraising and Musk stumping for Trump The Guardian - US · Oct 23, 2024
Former prison officer tells jury he had no intention of stirring up hatred on X Mark Heath, 45, is accused of stirring up racial hatred before and after the July 29 stabbings in Southport. Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2024
As Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally nears release and Mass Effect 5 rumbles on in the background, BioWare project director pops up to tease "We like multiple endings" No way, so do we GamesRadar · Oct 23, 2024
The Day Before studio falters once more as it delays a new co-op game after a failed Kickstarter to work on a prop hunt game that "many of you have been waiting for" It will "require significant resources" to develop GamesRadar · Oct 23, 2024
Elon Musk’s pro-Trump Pac pouring millions into Facebook ads instead of X America Pac is targeting users interested in the Boy Scouts of America, Kelsey Grammer, Kid Rock and Joe Rogan The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2024
Ohio man charged with bringing massive 'Trump' sign to Capitol for rioters to use as a weapon An Ohio man has been arrested on charges that he brought a massive “Trump” sign to the U.S. Capitol and joined other rioters in using it as a weapon against police officers during a mob attack The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024
Twitter brain drain: Elon Musk’s takeover caused academic exodus, study shows ‘Twitter has been an important platform for academic communication and networking, especially among social scientists,’ researchers say The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024
X admits ‘error’ led to reinstatement of key suspect in Jamal Khashoggi murder Saud al-Qahtani was first suspended before Elon Musk took over what was then Twitter, and was suspended again today after Guardian report The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2024
Fifth Circuit Stays Broad Discovery Regarding Media Matters Donors in X v. Media Matters The court concludes that X's requested discovery is broader than necessary, though it leaves open the door to some considerably narrower discovery. Reason · Oct 22, 2024
International Business Times UK · Oct 22, 2024 'Wasn't This Guy Supposed To Be A Genius?': X Employees Recount Confusing First Meeting With Elon Musk X employees found their first meeting with Elon Musk chaotic and underwhelming, casting doubt on his abilities despite his reputation as a tech genius.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 21, 2024 Chiefs DB makes cryptic post on Twitter after injury vs. 49ers #Chiefs DB Jaylen Watson made a cryptic post on Twitter after he was injured in Kansas City's Week 7 win over the San Francisco #49ers.
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024 Social media user ‘incited race hate’ before and after Southport attacks Prosecutors claim Mark Heath, 45, ‘crossed the line’ on X, formerly Twitter, to stir up hatred against others between July 22 and August 6.
GamesRadar · Oct 21, 2024 After reports that an Xbox exec said "nobody cares about Banjo-Kazooie," he's correcting the record: "I absolutely know how much Banjo-Kazooie means to our fans" The 26-year-old platformer franchise matters
Al Jazeera · Oct 21, 2024 Does Musk’s daily $1m giveaway constitute US election interference? Elon Musk is giving money to registered voters who sign a petition created by his pro-Trump America PAC.
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024 Why X users leaving the social media platform as new 'block' rules come into force Changes to Elon Musk’s platform are driving users to the likes of Bluesky instead
GamesRadar · Oct 21, 2024 After Zelda fans theorized wildly on the source of this Breath of the Wild Nintendo DS demake, the original creator has come forward: "it's so funny seeing people speculate about this" "It's simply just something we made several years ago"
Pedestrian.tv · Oct 21, 2024 Donald Trump’s McDonald’s Stunt Cops A McRibbing For Being Entirely Fake: ‘The Place Was Closed’ Donald Trump clocked on at a McDonald's today, marking the first time he's ever done a hard day's work. Chas Licciardello explains why.
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2024 Is Threads a non-toxic social media haven or a rage-baiting hellscape? Darren, 43, was sitting on the 149 bus scrolling through Instagram when something unusual caught his eye. There, among the aspirational patisserie and retro football reels, was a little portal into Threads, the social media network launched by Instagram’s parent company Meta in July 2023.
Tom’s Hardware · Oct 19, 2024 Server dealer keeps hitting at Elon Musk for $61 million bill — Wiwynn sues X for unpaid IT infrastructure products Taiwanese server dealer Wiwynn alleges that X failed to pay for custom IT infrastructure hardware worth about $61 million.
Fortune · Oct 18, 2024 Twitter/X will now allow third parties to train AI models with people's data—and any disputes must be heard in a Trump-friendly court Privacy policy update brings big changes.