[ad_1] Now, the Arcade has reached a milestone of 100 games available to play. The six new games added today include Sociable Soccer, sequel to the beloved Sensible Soccer which was popular during the early ’90s. The new game, in which you collect player cards and represent your favorite club, struggled to build up interest […]
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Microsoft brings its old OneNote app back from the dead
[ad_1] According to The Verge, the features coming to the app include @mentions for OneNote inside of Microsoft Teams, search integration to make it easier to find stuff inside notes, Tasks and To Do integration, as well as some accessibility features. Those will make their way to the desktop application over the next year-and-a-half, with […]
OpenAI published the tool that writes disturbingly believable fake news
[ad_1] The AI, GPT-2, was originally designed to answer questions, summarize stories and translate texts. But researchers came to fear that it could be used to pump out large volumes of misinformation. Instead, we mostly just saw it used for things like training text adventure games and writing stories about unicorns. Because the scaled back […]
China to curb gaming addiction by imposing time limits on younger players
[ad_1] China’s National Press and Publication Administration announced the regulations, which forbid those under 18 from playing games between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. They also limit play time to 90 minutes per day during the week and three hours per day at weekends and holidays. Other rules include obliging young players to use their […]
Facebook subpoena refusal forces California to make its privacy probe public
[ad_1] The filing says Facebook “refused to conduct a complete search for responsive documents.” It also noted that the company was similarly uncooperative throughout the FTC’s probe, which eventually led to a $5 billion settlement. Becerra said at a press conference that his office now has to disclose the probe, because it’s taking legal action […]
Adobe’s experimental ‘sneaks’ could make editing so much easier
[ad_1] Sure, you can also do that with the lasso tool in Photoshop, but All in would make the process so much easier. It could make awkwardly posing like you have your arms around your significant other for cut-and-paste couple photos almost bearable. Another interesting sneak that’s powered by Adobe Sensei is Project Sound Seek. […]
Former Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudi Arabia
[ad_1] A third man charged at the same time, Ahmed Almutairi, is also facing spying charges but didn’t work at Twitter. Instead, he allegedly served as a go-between for the Saudi government and the Twitter staffers. According to both clues in the indictment and a Washington Post source, the trio supposedly partnered with Bader Al […]
Uber faces lawsuit for allegedly underpaying New York drivers
[ad_1] The lawsuit also claims that Uber’s upfront pricing (implemented in 2016) violated contracts by presenting customers and drivers with two different fares. Passengers would sometimes pay higher fares than what drivers saw, and Uber reportedly “pocket[ed] the difference.” On top of this, the lawsuit represents a challenge to Uber agreements forcing drivers to take […]
Airbnb will verify every listing in the name of safety
[ad_1] The company had already promised close reviews of high-risk rentals, such as people renting giant homes when they live in the area. The Halloween shooting occurred at an estate that was ostensibly rented for a family gathering, but was really used to host a party with more than 100 guests. To back up the […]
Twitter now lets you follow topics, not just accounts
[ad_1] Future updates will add more topics, Twitter’s Rob Bishop told The Verge. The company has also teased the possibility of “narrow cast[ing]” your tweets to people who follow a particular subject, although we suspect that might take some work. You don’t want your feed to be cluttered with Topics spam. The addition joins a […]