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The creators of ‘Silicon Valley’ are making a Match.com origin series

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Written by David Kushner, the book tells the story of how Gary Kremen created what became the first online dating site using a $2,500 loan. It also tackles Kremen’s decade-long battle with Stephen Michael Cohen, who stole the rights to sex.com — a domain he purchased shortly after buying Match.com with the belief that, as the book’s synopsis says, “the combination of love and sex would help propel the internet into the mainstream.”

Kushner, the book’s author, will serve as executive producer for the series. TBS has reportedly ordered a script from the show’s pilot, but it’ll likely take a while before we hear about a release date.

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Decades-old missing person case solved with Google Earth photos

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Moldt was first reported missing on November 8, 1997. According to reports at the time, he was visiting a night club the evening prior and contacted his girlfriend at around 9:30pm to tell her he was on his way home. However, he and his 1994 Saturn SL never made it home. While there was speculation that he may have been drunk that evening, there’s no real way to know what happened that resulted in his death.

The vehicle Moldt was driving was apparently visible on Google Earth since at least 2007, according to the Charley Project. It certainly not the only oddity that can be spotted on Google’s platform. Google Earth and Google Maps have gotten a reputation for occasionally catching unexpected moments on camera. Everything from strange naturally occurring structures to man-made ones have appeared on the platform, but this appears to be the first instance of a missing person case being solved via Google’s images of the earth.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger resigns from Apple board ahead of TV+ launch

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This is what Apple CEO Tim Cook said in 2011, when Iger joined as a board member: “His strategic vision for Disney is based on three fundamentals: generating the best creative content possible, fostering innovation and utilizing the latest technology and expanding into new markets around the world, which makes him a great fit for Apple.” Fast forward to now and, when you consider that Apple and Disney are about to be competitors in the entertainment space, Iger’s move shouldn’t come as a surprise. Still, his departure will be a major loss for the Cupertino company.

“It has been an extraordinary privilege to have served on the Apple board for 8 years, and I have the utmost respect for Tim Cook, his team at Apple and for my fellow board members,” Iger said in a statement today. “Apple is one of the world’s most admired companies, known for the quality and integrity of its products and its people and I am forever grateful to have served as a member of the company’s board.”

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Amazon-owned Whole Foods cuts medical benefits for part-time workers

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When asked for comment, Whole Foods didn’t address a question as to whether or not Amazon played a role in the decision. While Amazon owns Whole Foods and has made a point of integrating the two, it’s not necessarily involved in the cuts.

Whatever the involvement, the benefits reduction isn’t a great look for Amazon. Complaints about working conditions and pay have dogged Amazon for years, particularly among warehouse staff and delivery drivers. It also reflects broader gripes over pay across tech companies (and their acquisitions) — benefits are still hard to come by for many in the rank and file.

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MoviePass is shutting down on September 14th

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MoviePass is shutting down. On Friday, the subscription service announced it will stop offering discounted movie tickets on Saturday, September 14th. In an email to customers, the company said its “efforts to recapitalize MoviePass have not been successful to date.” Moving forward, all options are on the table, with MoviePass saying it’s considering, among other things, selling itself off entirely.

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‘Killer Queen Black’ drops on Switch and PC October 11th

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An Xbox One release is earmarked for next year, and it’ll be available through Xbox Game Pass. Killer Queen Black will support cross-platform play too.

Liquid Bit and BumbleBear have redesigned the game for consoles and PC. It’ll feature multiplayer action for up to eight people across three game modes: quick play, ranked and custom. Along with online multiplayer, you and seven buddies can duke it out in four-on-four LAN play on two Switch consoles. Killer Queen Black will debut with six battlefields (or arenas) with more to follow down the line.

There are three ways to win in Killer Queen Black: take out the enemy queen, collect enough berries or literally ride a snail to the goal. You can choose to play as the queen, a drone or either when you queue up for an online game — a drone can turn into a soldier, which can attack the rival queen. You’ll be able to wield four weapons: a sword, stinger, morning star and laser rifle.

The digital version costs $20 and the physical Switch edition (which comes with themed Joy-Con skins but will be released later) will set you back $30. If you and some friends want to play on PC, you can save with a Steam and Humble deal: they’re offering four copies for the price of three.



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The Witcher Card Game’ comes out on iOS on October 29th

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After it was first announced in March, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is finally making its way to iOS later this month. Starting on October 29th, both iPhone and iPad owners will be able to play the free-to-play collectible card game by Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red. Better yet, if you’ve already been playing the game on PC, all your progress, including any cards you may have collected, will carry over.

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Microsoft is considering foldable devices with liquid-filled hinges

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Notably, the patent comes from Microsoft’s technology licensing team. That suggests this isn’t necessarily reserved for a specific device, or even Microsoft devices in general. Instead, Microsoft might license the technology to other hardware makers as foldable screens become more practical.

You’re unlikely see a foldable Surface tablet at Microsoft’s October 2nd event, if you see one at all. While one rumor hinted that the company was relatively far into development of Centaurus, a large dual-screen PC running a stripped-down Windows Lite, that doesn’t mean it will have a folding display. Consider this more a glimpse of what future Windows-powered foldables could look like.

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Analogue’s DAC lets gamers play their throwback consoles on CRT TVs

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Vintage game enthusiasts have driven the second-hand prices of Sony’s PVM and BVM monitors (which were originally used for security, broadcast and medical purposes) through the roof over the past several years. These high-end monitors are super sharp, color-accurate and RGB-compatible. In other words, they provide the best picture you can get out of a vintage console.

But Analogue doesn’t make vintage consoles; they make modernized, hardware-emulated, HDMI versions of the Nintendo NES and SNES and the Sega Genesis. Analogue’s DAC converts an HDMI feed to RGB, component, S-video and composite (as well as analog audio) signals that are compatible with PVMs and BVMs.

Like the Analogue Super Nt and Mega Sg before it, the DAC uses an FPGA chip, which can be programmed to emulate vintage hardware. The converter works with both PAL and NTSC signals and is compatible with various flavors of RGB, such as composite sync and sync on green.

Analogue’s offering is a little out there: Many gamers who bought the brand’s consoles did so because they simply don’t own bulky CRT TVs or monitors anymore, but are frustrated by the lag and poor signal conversion that occur when playing an older system on a modern TV. Meanwhile, others are perfectly content to rock their 8- and 16-bit consoles on CRTs and never needed an Analogue system to begin with. So the DAC may be a hard sell for Analogue’s existing user base, but the fact that the demand for old monitors is so high does indicate that there’s a market for such a device. You can pre-order the Analogue DAC for $79 and ships in February 2020.

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