As the EU inches closer to a vote on the Copyright Directive European Wikipedia sites have gone dark in protest, Facebook confirmed it kept logins and passwords for hundreds of millions users in plain text in some cases for almost seven years, and the NYT reports Apple has made a deal with the WSJ for its news and services.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young and Roger Chang.
We unpack all the details from Epic Games’s announcements on Day 2 of GDC.
Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang
Google unveiled Stadia its streaming game service at GDC. This adds another player to the increasingly crowded and competitive game as a streaming service marketplace. How does it stack up to the competition?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja
Patreon Founder and CEO Jack Conte talks with Tom Merritt about why Patreon is changing its creator plans. Patreon will be hosting live Q&As throughout the week. The schedule can be found at https://specialeditionhangtime.splashthat.com/
Apple updates iPads, MySpace loses your media, and where your online money really goes.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang.
After a tragic mass shooting in Christchurch NZ questions are raised about social media’s ability and responsibility to curtail the spread of disturbing livestream video.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, and Patrick Norton.
Wired posts an article where the author argues Amazon isn’t anti-competitive because its a monopoly but because its a monopsony. What does that mean and what can regulators do about it?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young.
An NBC report reveals IBM used images from Flickr tagged with Creative Commons license to train its AI on facial recognition. Is this in keeping with the spirit of Creative Commons or an abuse of it?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson.
On the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, published an open letter identifying three current problems of web misuse and how to fix them.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.
UK drone laws change, Nvidia acquires Mellanox, and Tesla takes a retail turn.
Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.
