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New Tears of the Kingdom video shows Zelda doubling down on an interactive world
One of Breath of the Wild’s best features is coming back in a big way. In a new preview of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, producer Eiji Aonuma shows off 10 minutes of gameplay from t
TikTok CEO testifies before Congress
As the Biden administration escalates its threats against TikTok, the company’s chief executive made his first appearance before Congress on Thursday. Given the U.S. government’s aggressiv
TikTok CEO says it wasn’t ‘spying’ when ByteDance employees surveilled journalists
At Thursday’s House hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced a barrage of questions over concerns that data collected on U.S. users might be vulnerable to surveillance by China. Chew’s respo
China reminds US that it can and will kill a forced TikTok sale
China pushed back against the U.S. government’s proposal to force a sale of TikTok on Thursday, rejecting the possible solution to ongoing national security concerns around the app. TikTok CEO S
Twitch says it will lay off 400 employees
Twitch announced plans to reduce its workforce on Monday, demonstrating that even the seemingly booming streaming site isn’t immune to the reductions that have swept the tech industry in the las
The Justice Department is investigating TikTok over journalist spying incident
The Biden administration has recently ramped up pressure on TikTok over national security concerns stemming from its ties to China, and apparently the Justice Department and the FBI are also applying
The US government ramps up its pressure campaign against TikTok
The Biden administration is escalating its pressure campaign against TikTok, threatening a U.S. ban against the world’s most popular app if the company doesn’t split with its Chinese owner
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is stepping down
After serving as its chief executive for more than a decade, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will take a step back at the company. Shear is one of the original founders of Justin.tv, the variety livestreaming
The FTC finalizes Epic’s $245 million settlement over sketchy Fortnite purchases
The Federal Trade Commission slammed Epic Games with $245 million in fines this week, ordering the Fortnite developer to compensate consumers who made unwitting purchases in its digital store. The set
Fortnite’s maximalism still works in its new cyberpunk season
After a handful of eclectic recent chapters, Fortnite’s latest is taking a theme and running with it. Chapter Four, Season Two of Fortnite went live over the weekend, revamping the game’s
VSCO is growing into a legit social network for photographers
Four years after the dawn of the VSCO Girl, VSCO wants you to know that it’s still very much alive. Photographers and other aesthetically inclined creators still flock to the app’s suite of to
Twitch’s new experiments hub tells streamers what’s being tested each month
Twitch wants the streamers who spend hours just chatting and gaming on the platform to stay well-informed about the features it’s in the process of test-driving. To that end, the company is laun
Houseparty’s founder launches Towns, an open source group chat web app and protocol
After launching a pair of well-loved but ultimately star-crossed social apps, Ben Rubin is going all-in on decentralization. Rubin previously founded Meerkat and Houseparty — apps that pioneered mob
Supreme Court arguments this week could reshape the future of the internet
The Supreme Court is examining a short but potent law this week that, if altered, could rearrange the modern internet. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields internet companies from lia
Roblox wants to let people build virtual worlds just by typing
AI chatbots can spit out convincing — if at times overconfident — natural language responses, but what if an AI could build custom virtual worlds based on a text description alone? Roblox is explo
LGBTQ organizations report a recent uptick in Twitter hate
Twitter is still in the early days of its Elon Musk era, but the company’s new owner hasn’t hesitated in leaving his mark on the social network. According to a new survey from GLAAD, Amnes
Epic Games launches Postparty, an app for sharing Fortnite clips
Modern gaming now boasts persistent online worlds and graphics that rival reality, but sharing gameplay videos or even screenshots is still a bear for some reason. Aware of that pain point and ever ea
Twitter is telling users that they’re over the daily tweet limit
Twitter users have seen their fair share of erratic policy changes and weird bugs lately, but today they can’t even tweet through it. Many users reported that they were suddenly unable to tweet
Elon Musk says that Twitter will start sharing ad revenue with creators ‘today’
Twitter’s new owner is making moves to build in more revenue streams for creators — or at least he’s tweeting about it. Elon Musk announced Friday that the company would soon begin shari