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2023

Twitter/X Now Lets You Restrict Replies To X Premium Subscribers

Twitter/X will now let users stop unverified accounts from replying to their posts, in case that was something you wanted to do. If it is, you’re probably in the minority, Mashable reported. The official X account announced the change on Wednesday by posting an image of the platform’s updated reply limitation menu. Now, instead of just being able to restrict

Unity Announces Leadership Transition

A press release on BusinessWire, titled: “Unity Announces Leadership Transition” was posted today. From the press release:

Amazon Luna Subscribers Can Now Buy Individual Ubisoft Games

Late last year, Amazon Luna and Ubisoft deepened their partnership by allowing subscribers to stream the developer’s games that they already own on PC. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that Amazon has chosen to team up with Ubisoft to debut a new feature on its cloud gaming service: The capability to buy games from the platform and not

UK Data Watchdog Issues Snapchat Enforcement Notice Over AI Chatbot

Snapchat could face a fine of millions of pounds after the UK data watchdog issued it with a preliminary enforcement notice over the alleged failure to assess privacy risks its artificial intelligence chatbot may pose to users and particularly children, The Guardian reported. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it had provisionally found that the social media app’s owner failed

X Appears To Be Rolling Out Ads That Can’t Be Reported Or Blocked

X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, has begun serving its users with a weird new ad format and it’s one of the company’s least transparent products yet, Mashable reported. The rollout of these ads also provides the public with a hint regarding just how much the company is struggling to attract advertisers. Multiple X users have reached

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Creator Yuga Labs Confirms Layoffs

Yuga Labs, the $4 billion startup behind the Bored Apes Yacht Club and other prominent NFT projects, announced Friday that it has restructured the company and eliminated certain roles as a result, leading to layoffs, Decrypt reported. In a team email that was also shared publicly, Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre wrote that he believed the startup had taken on