A federal judge yesterday ordered the Biden administration to halt a wide range of communications with social media companies, siding with Missouri and Louisiana in a lawsuit that alleges Biden and his administration violated the First Amendment by colluding with social networks "to suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and...
On KBin we have the ability to add tags to posts. These can either be directly added using the “pound” sign octothorpe, as in #KbinMeta. You can also add tags using the “Tags” field when creating an article, link, or photo. The second method will append the tags to the end of the post when the post is federated....
Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who routinely digs into app code to expose unreleased features, tweeted early this morning that Meta’s Twitter clone, Thread, had been released into the Google Play store. It appears as though that was a mistake, however, because the app is nowhere to be found now.
The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge's ruling that ordered the government to halt a wide range of communications with social media companies. President Biden and the other federal defendants in the case "hereby appeal" the ruling to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, according to a notice filed in US...
NixOS is a Linux distribution that is completely and entirely reproducible. Everything you use is defined in a configuration file that is used to build your system. All the services, packages, options, partition layout, hardware, everything, is in this config file....
How can you block a whole domain? I’m seeing a lot of NSFW posts from one Lemmy instance that aren’t being flagged as such. I could block the Magazine, but I would like to block the whole instance outright.
Side note, it is kinda annoying that you have to go inside the Magazine to block it.
MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jeff Marchiafava take calls and suggestions from the MinnMax community to highlight indie games shown during a summer stream but need some more attention.
As the social media landscape ebbs and flows, the team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the distributed collection of social networks known as the Fediverse, a collection of social media applications...
Nearly three years after the initial launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony has revealed a redesign. Both the disc drive model and the digital model will be updated, but these two models aren't…
Niantic is making some major organizational changes, including layoffs, game shutdowns, and the closure of its Los Angeles studio, according to an email from Niantic CEO John Hanke shared on the company’s website. The changes are designed to narrow the company’s focus, especially on developing and maintaining its cash cow,...
I’ve been using computers for about two decades. I still have some of my oldest files; the earliest I can definitively date are from 2003, but I’m sure they aren’t the first things I made on a…
Microsoft has shortened its $1 Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass trials to just 14 days instead of a month, just weeks before the release of Starfield. After running for years, the $1 trial for new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers stopped in March before returning last month after Microsoft adjusted its Xbox…
Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “suppress free speech” (arstechnica.com)
A federal judge yesterday ordered the Biden administration to halt a wide range of communications with social media companies, siding with Missouri and Louisiana in a lawsuit that alleges Biden and his administration violated the First Amendment by colluding with social networks "to suppress disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and...
FTC: Xbox-exclusive Starfield is “powerful evidence” against Activision deal (arstechnica.com)
"Microsoft's actions following... acquisition of ZeniMax speak louder than... words."
YSK adding tags will make your posts more discoverable on the wider Fediverse
On KBin we have the ability to add tags to posts. These can either be directly added using the “pound” sign octothorpe, as in #KbinMeta. You can also add tags using the “Tags” field when creating an article, link, or photo. The second method will append the tags to the end of the post when the post is federated....
Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, briefly showed up on Google Play (www.theverge.com)
Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who routinely digs into app code to expose unreleased features, tweeted early this morning that Meta’s Twitter clone, Thread, had been released into the Google Play store. It appears as though that was a mistake, however, because the app is nowhere to be found now.
Discord plans to let creators sell downloadable products (www.theverge.com)
Discord wants to help you monetize your server.
Rainbow Six Siege cheater sentenced for swatting Ubisoft Montreal offices (www.polygon.com)
French gamer gets three years of community service from Paris court...
State Dept. cancels election meetings with Facebook after “free speech” ruling (arstechnica.com)
The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge's ruling that ordered the government to halt a wide range of communications with social media companies. President Biden and the other federal defendants in the case "hereby appeal" the ruling to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, according to a notice filed in US...
NIX OS: the BEST package manager on the MOST SOLID Linux distribution (www.youtube.com)
NixOS is a Linux distribution that is completely and entirely reproducible. Everything you use is defined in a configuration file that is used to build your system. All the services, packages, options, partition layout, hardware, everything, is in this config file....
28 Hidden Gems Of Summer Game Fest (m.youtube.com)
MinnMax's Ben Hanson and Jeff Marchiafava take calls and suggestions from the MinnMax community to highlight indie games shown during a summer stream but need some more attention.
Former Riot, Blizzard Devs Reveal Teaser For Competitive Shooter Inspired By Anime And Comics (www.gameinformer.com)
Mountaintop Studios has released the first teaser for its in-development competitive shooter inspired by anime, manga, and comics....
Is Coffee Good for You? (www.youtube.com)
The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media (www.bbc.co.uk)
As the social media landscape ebbs and flows, the team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the distributed collection of social networks known as the Fediverse, a collection of social media applications...
FTC sues Amazon for tricking customers into signing up for Prime (www.theverge.com)
The agency also claims Amazon made it difficult to unsubscribe.
Sony Announces New Slim PlayStation 5 Models With Removable Disc Drives (www.gameinformer.com)
Nearly three years after the initial launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony has revealed a redesign. Both the disc drive model and the digital model will be updated, but these two models aren't…
Niantic lays off staff and shuts down games as it focuses on Pokémon Go (www.theverge.com)
Niantic is making some major organizational changes, including layoffs, game shutdowns, and the closure of its Los Angeles studio, according to an email from Niantic CEO John Hanke shared on the company’s website. The changes are designed to narrow the company’s focus, especially on developing and maintaining its cash cow,...
How do you change your title?
I keep getting new title pop ups but I can’t for the life of my find where to change them. Where’d they hide that feature?
Facebook, Fosstodon & The Fediverse (hub.fosstodon.org)
This is Fosstodon's official stance on the whole Facebook joining the Fediverse debacle.
[SPOILER] How old are the skin-jobs anyways?
Slight spoilers ahead....
Battlestar Galactica (2004) viewing order
Recommended viewing order of the Battlestar Galactica franchise!...
Rockstar Games Co-founder Dan Houser Reveals New Studio, Absurd Ventures (www.gameinformer.com)
The studio wants to create stories for all kinds of mediums, including games, movies, and more.
Blizzard Releases Episode 1 Of Genesis, A New Overwatch 2 Anime Series (www.gameinformer.com)
Blizzard has released the first episode of its new Overwatch 2 miniseries, Genesis....
Sonic The Hedgehog Co-Creator Yuji Naka Gets Suspended Prison Sentence For Insider Trading (www.gameinformer.com)
Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka has been given a suspended prison sentence for insider trading....
You should take more screenshots (alexwlchan.net)
I’ve been using computers for about two decades. I still have some of my oldest files; the earliest I can definitively date are from 2003, but I’m sure they aren’t the first things I made on a…
Microsoft shortens its Xbox Game Pass trials just before Starfield’s release (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft has shortened its $1 Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass trials to just 14 days instead of a month, just weeks before the release of Starfield. After running for years, the $1 trial for new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers stopped in March before returning last month after Microsoft adjusted its Xbox…