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GAMES

1. Report: Talks of developer walkouts prompt conversation inside Riot Games
2. Citing arbitration clauses, Riot Games moves to block employee lawsuits
3. Riot Files Motions To Block Current Employees From Taking Legal Action
4. Riot employees threaten walkout over forced arbitration: League of Legends developer’s attempt to keep workers’ gender discrimination claims out of court draws backlash
5. Riot says women waived right to sue when they were hired: League of Legends maker wants to enforce private arbitration clauses for gender discrimination claims
6. The heavy toll of making games in the San Francisco Bay Area
7. Swery’s White Owls is building a better work culture for Japan: Hidetaka Suehiro says his new studio’s treatment of employees is, “inspired by foreign game companies”
8. New York Saxophonist Latest To Sue Fortnite Developers For Supposedly Ripping Off His… ‘Likeness’
9. Musician Leo Pellegrino sues Epic Games over alleged misappropriation of his identity: Pellegrino’s “trademark moves have become inseparable from his persona and his life story” argues filing
10. Epic Games acquires Rocket League dev Psyonix
11. Epic acquires Rocket League studio, bringing game to Epic’s store this year: Steam sales will continue for now; Steam “support” will continue indefinitely.
12. If Epic Vs Steam Is To Be A PR War, Epic’s Boss Just Issued A Brilliant Retaliatory Strike
13. Steam crosses 1 billion registered accounts
14. NCSoft Has A Great Opportunity To Be Awesome And Human To ‘City Of Heroes’ Enthusiasts
15. The streaming service that wants to save the retro gaming biz from piracy
16. Cox Internet now charges $15 extra for faster access to online game servers
17. Google removes Do Global Games from Play Store: Developer with over 100 apps and 600m installs banned following reports of concealing ownership info, ad fraud
18. Google CEO: Publishers “want to see our commitment” to Stadia – But Sundar Pichai says giving games execs hands on time with streaming service “completely wins people over”
19. Publishers see Stadia as an ‘opportunity for a shift,’ says Google CEO
20. Google Stadia will support “a variety of business models”
21. Coming Facebook Gaming features focus on discovery and engagement
22. Banned Republican politician restored to EVE Online council following investigation: “We made a mistake here and we offer our formal apologies,” says CCP Games
23. EA lays out Apex Legends community tournament guidelines: This is what you need to know if you want to hold a local tournament without fear of EA’s legal department.
24. Apex Legends updates less to maintain dev quality of life: Respawn’s Vince Zampella says studio is wary of overworking the team and reducing quality of work in the process
25. BioWare delays multiple Anthem features: “There is a long way to go before Anthem becomes the game we all want it to be,” says BioWare
26. Epic Removed A Popular Fortnite Mechanic Because It Made People Play Less
27. Epic Games Boss Says They’ll Stop Doing Exclusives If Steam Gives Developers More Money
28. Tim Sweeney: Epic would stop pursuing exclusives if Steam improved its revenue share – Epic CEO says Steam committing to permanent 88% revenue share would be “a glorious moment in the history of PC gaming”
29. Phoenix Labs’ undaunted quest for cross-platform play: Founder Jesse Houston on choosing the Epic Games store over Steam, and how that choice is helping to realise its cross-platform vision for Dauntless
30. Epic Games acquires Psyonix: Epic seems to leave door open for game to continue to be sold on Steam after Epic Games store release
31. Snap’s big plan to turn Snapchat into a gaming platform
32. Watch the Borderlands 3 gameplay reveal streams and you might win in-game loot: A new Echocast plugin will also enable viewers to look at streamers’ loadouts, inventories, and skill trees.
33. Borderlands 3 is about more bullets, not new bullet points: Gearbox developers say the latest entry was about broadening the familiar, share thoughts on collaboration, crassness, and crunch
34. Adult gaming portal Nutaku launches Android storefront: Restrictions on Google Play and App Store demanded new measures to “improve accessibility” for mobile users
35. In-depth: Portfolio-scale machine learning at Zynga
36. Zynga’s Q1 revenues, losses top expectations: Publisher credits “outstanding performances” from Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons for helping top line and hurting bottom line
37. Record-breaking year for Jagex with revenues of £92.8m: Launch of Old School RuneScape on mobile drives fourth consecutive year of growth
38. Original Earthworm Jim team reunites for new, Intellivision Amico-exclusive entry: Ten of the game’s original developers participating in creation of new title for upcoming, exclusive-heavy console
39. There’s a 1 percent chance Valve announces a Half-Life VR game this week
40. Valve Index is a 120Hz-plus ‘fidelity first’ VR headset, and it isn’t cheap
41. Valve Index VR headset ships June 28 for $499-$999
42. Hands-on: Valve’s Index Headset Sets an Impressive New Bar for VR Fidelity
43. Oculus Rift S and Oculus Quest launch May 21 for $399 each  
44. Oculus Quest Review – The First Great Standalone VR Headset
45. A VR game is helping researchers learn about and potentially detect Alzheimer’s
46. Japanese mobile operator Docomo sinks $280 million into Magic Leap
47. Magic Leap gets $280m investment from Docomo: Japanese telecomms deal pushes lifetime funding above $2.6 billion
48. ‘Super Mario Odyssey’ & ‘Zelda Breath of the Wild’ Updated with Switch VR Support
49. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate driving new Switch sales for Nintendo
50. Nintendo Slays The Threat From Modded Nintendo Games For The Commodore 64
51. Over 9.8 million people are using Nintendo’s premium Switch Online service
52. Nintendo saw over $1 billion in digital sales this year, a company first
53. Game with hidden Ruby interpreter pulled from Nintendo Switch eShop
54. Nintendo’s VR Upgrade for Zelda Messed Me Up
55. The Switch is closing in on 35 million lifetime sales
56. Software driving growth at Nintendo as Switch falls just short of sales goal
57. Nintendo remains the industry’s best long-term bet | Opinion: With Switch soaring and clear space ahead as competitors prepare next-gen offerings, Nintendo is back on top – and the long-term outlook is even more rosy
58. Nintendo Switch had 23 million-selling games in the last fiscal year: Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa says there will be no new hardware announcement at E3 this year
59. Nintendo Switch Online reaches 9.8m subscribers in six months: Just under one third of Switch owners are paid members of the online service
60. Nintendo pulls A Dark Room from eShop over secret code editor
61. Nintendo shares drop 5% after conservative Switch forecasts: But platform holder’s share price has still risen 29% since the start of the year
62. A Dark Room pulled from Switch eShop for including code editor: Developer added Ruby editor at the “last second” without publisher’s knowledge
63. Mario Kart Tour steps closer to launch with closed beta test: Nintendo’s upcoming mobile game was delayed from March 2019 launch due to concerns over its quality
64. Xbox should absolutely team up with Nintendo at E3 | Opinion: This could be the quietest E3 yet, making it the ideal time for Microsoft and Nintendo to call a truce
65. Microsoft is using the Xbox Adaptive Controller to support U.S. veterans
66. Sega keen to improve profitability of digital titles after disappointing year
67. Don’t Miss: A postmortem of the original Sonic the Hedgehog
68. Mojang has released the ‘biggest Minecraft update yet’
69. Microsoft continues to distance itself from Minecraft creator: Citing “his comments and opinions,” Mojang parent explains why Marcus “Notch” Persson won’t be involved in anniversary event
70. Minecraft creator Notch unwelcome at 10th anniversary due to online conduct: Transphobia, homophobia, and racism aren’t Microsoft’s core values.
71. Mojang donates $100k to water charity after Minecraftplayers rally to the cause
72. PlayStation Now has 700,000 subscribers
73. PlayStation Now downloads get double the play time of streamed games: Sony’s on-demand service has 700k subscribers, and many of them are choosing downloads over streams
74. Rising PS4 game sales drive Sony to $78.1bn full-year revenues: Game segment’s operating income to take a $278.3 million hit as investment increases in PlayStation 5
75. PS4 software sales up at Sony as hardware decline continues
76. UK Charts: Days Gone defeats Mortal Kombat 11 to claim No.1 – PS4 exclusive scores decent debut in UK Top 40
77. Slightly Mad Studios withdraws trademark for Mad Box console: Withdrawal follows opposition from French casual games firm called Madbox
78. Project Cars dev fails to secure ‘Mad Box’ trademark for new console
79. St. Jude’s PLAY LIVE Gamer Fundraising Summit Kicks Off In Memphis With Tons Of Twitch Stars
80. Fans Can Now Buy Their Own Ninja Headbands For $22, Exclusively At Walmart
81. Capcom restructures esports and media licensing business units: Company forms Capcom Media Ventures to manage global esports projects
82. Denmark creates ‘national esports strategy’ to nurture competitive gaming
83. Fnatic Secures $19m Funding, Announces Management Changes
84. YouTube Millionaires: ProPepper’s YouTube Channel Is All ‘Fortnite,’ All The Time — And That’s What Drives His 10+ Million Monthly Views
85. The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The slow journey to killing crunch
86. Ex-NetherRealm devs: crunch and exploiting contractors was the studio norm
87. Codemasters moves F1 team into new Birmingham studio: Studio head Ian Flatt says new premises allows developer to “recruit even further to expand the franchise”
88. Starbreeze sells 10 Crowns publishing rights back to developer Mohawk Games
89. Starbreeze sells publishing rights for 10 Crowns back to developer: Marks third such deal in just over a year, but still holds on to Psychonauts 2
90. Snapchat is launching an SDK to let devs use Bitmoji avatars in their own games
91. Four years after launch, Angry Birds 2 is still Rovio’s top-earning game
92. Dino Patti: “If you get what you expected, it always gets boring”
93. Blog: Approaching player choice in video games
94. Blizzard will skip Gamescom this year to ‘focus on development’
95. Bloodborne board game adaptation raises $1.6m in two days: Tabletop adaptation of FromSoftware’s nightmarish monster-fest breaks funding goal in 17 minutes
96. AbleGamers reveals plan to get accessibility experts into AAA studios: “We’ve found that once we embed champions within the studio space, accessibility becomes a really cheap thing to add,” says CEO
97. This Video Game Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier Than Lab Tests
98. Ubisoft is rewarding players for reporting reproducible bugs in Rainbow Six Siege
99. Mobile VR game Sea Hero Quest generates 1,700 hours of research into Alzheimer’s: Researchers claim every two minutes of gameplay is equal to five hours of lab-based studies
100. Valve Index reveal: The best of VR’s first generation—but is it worth $999?
101. Valve has a ‘flagship’ game headed to SteamVR headsets
102. Oculus Quest review: 2019’s best new gaming system is wireless, affordable VR
103. UK government awards £12m funding for innovation projects based on homegrown IP: Augmented and virtual reality games in development for Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit, and BAFTA-winning Peaky Blinders
104. Mass Effect-inspired porn game is now one of the biggest gaming Kickstarters of all time: Subverse, a “kinky sci-fi RPG,” will likely break $2 million, putting it in an exclusive crowdfunding club.
105. The Indie Guide To Marketing: Freelance marketer Bee Wakefield offers devs advice on how to promote their game – and why it takes more than just social media
106. Understanding Inkle’s approach to making unique game settings
107. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Vault: How Inkle designed its first 3D game
108. A brief history of 3D texturing in video games
109. Don’t Miss: The making of the N64 classic, GoldenEye 007
110. Deux Ex: The game you can’t win – Why I Love – Bow to Blood developer Matthew Hoesterey says the immersive sim was everything he hoped for, but not what he expected
111. Did a vigilante ROM leaker go too far to “preserve” a lost Atari ROM?
112. Don’t Miss: How the developer of Dig Dog learned to make games without using his hands
113. Coding without a keystroke: The hands-free creation of a full video game

DIGITAL

1. Can we ever regulate online spaces? (Andres Guadamuz)
2. Inside the Team at Facebook That Dealt with the Christchurch Shooting
3. PewDiePie Addresses Christchurch Massacre, Urges Fans To Stop Using “Subscribe To PewDiePie”
4. Facebook Files Questionable Lawsuit Over Fake Followers And Likes
5. Austrian Government Wants To Outlaw Online Anonymity
6. Smoking, depression apps sell your data to Google and Facebook, study finds
7. How a Google Street View image of your house predicts your risk of a car accident
8. Behind The Scenes Look At How Facebook Dealt With Christchurch Shooting Demonstrates The Impossible Task Of Content Moderation
9. Regulating Facebook will be one of the greatest challenges in human history
10. Facebook’s Zuckerberg announces privacy overhaul: ‘We don’t have the strongest reputation’
11. Insights: Will We Still Like Instagram If We Don’t Know Who Likes What?
12. Instagram Enlists Kim Kardashian, Kathleen Lights, And More To Roll Out Shoppable Posts
13. Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Some Republican Politicians Are Indistinguishable From Neo Nazis
14. Impossible Content Moderation Dilemmas: Talking About Racism Blocked As Hate Speech
15. Samsung Made A Vertical TV To Display Instagram Stories, TikToks, And Snapchats
16. The Wisconsin Supreme Court Gets Section 230 Right
17. Ninth Circuit Chunks Another Section 230 Ruling – HomeAway v. Santa Monica
18. Supreme Court Asks White House To Weigh In On Copyrightability Of APIs
19. As Brand Safety Concerns Mount, Vice Denounces Keyword Blacklists For Restricting Diversity
20. Vodafone Found Hidden Backdoors in Huawei Equipment
21. Bloomberg alleges Huawei routers and network gear are backdoored
22. Bloomberg Appears To Flub Another China Story, Insists Telnet Is A Nefarious Huawei Backdoor
23. Silicon Valley is awash in Chinese and Saudi cash — and no one is paying attention (except Trump): A tough, new enforcement regime is becoming a geopolitical minefield for venture capitalists and startups.
24. Judge blasts Assange for jumping bail, sentences him to almost one year
25. Putin signs law to create an independent Russian internet
26. Why Won’t Twitter Treat White Supremacy Like ISIS? Because It Would Mean Banning Some Republican Politicians Too.: A proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians.
27. How The Alt-Right Infiltrated Architecture Twitter – And Turned Notre-Dame Into A Political Lightning Rod: Why are online white nationalists obsessed with modern architecture? It’s all a cover to push a racist agenda
28. After White House stop, Twitter CEO calls congresswoman about death threats
29. Texas Senator Pushing A Bill That Would Allow The State To Sue Twitter For Banning Conservatives
30. Why Your Holiday Photos And Videos Of The Restored Notre Dame Cathedral Could Be Blocked By The EU’s Upload Filters
31. Elon Musk reaches settlement in SEC tweet battle
32. Disinformation Threatens 2020 Election
33. Was Russia’s 2016 intervention for Trump a strategic failure?: Putin won the political battle, but the war’s outcome is still uncertain.
34. HootSuite cuts jobs in reorganization at social media management business
35. At NewFronts, Twitter Pitches Programming Pacts With Wall Street Journal, Live Nation, Univision
36. Twitter Expands Live-Streaming Video Lineup, Sets Content Deals With Viacom, ESPN, Live Nation, Univision, and More
37. YouTube Is Communicating Directly With Creators And Viewers More Than Ever – Through Its Twitter Account
38. YouTube CEO addresses top creator issues including copyright claims and trending section
39. YouTube Swings For The Fences In First-Ever Exclusive Deal With Major League Baseball
40. YouTube Scores MLB 13-Game Package With Exclusive Rights in U.S., Canada
41. Following Shane Dawson Summit, YouTube’s Tweaking Its ‘Trending’ Tab To Be 50% Native Creators
42. Taylor Swift’s “Me!” Shatters YouTube Record For Most-Viewed Solo Female Debut
43. Microsoft is now a $1 trillion company: Strong earnings push Microsoft toward a new milestone
44. Microsoft market cap reaches $1 trillion: Company value edges over milestone this morning for the first time, making it most valuable US publicly traded company
45. Apple sets sights on services as iPhone revenue continues to fall
46. iPad and services on the rise at Apple as iPhone sales continue to fall
47. Robotics company Anki lays off entire workforce ahead of closure
48. Security Experts Unite Over the Right to Repair
49. Minnesota May Be First State To Pass A Right To Repair Law
50. SiriusXM financials reveal continued decline in Pandora users
51. Post-Ticketfly, Pandora Integrates Ticketmaster Shows Into Its Artist Streams
52. The Next Step In The Podcast Wars: Two Companies Looking To Be The Netflix Of Podcasts Start Fighting
53. Despite Spielberg’s ‘Get Off My Lawn’ Moment, The Oscars Won’t Ban Netflix
54. Now more expensive to sue multiple online infringers 
55. Don’t let industry write the rules for AI: Technology companies are running a campaign to bend research and regulation for their benefit; society must fight back (Yochai Benkler)
56. World Economic Forum’s AI head on how to protect human rights without stifling innovation 
57. Is Artificial Intelligence Good for Our Health?
58. Can algorithms themselves be biased?
59. Google’s poetry algorithm automates teen angst: Give it a word and it’ll give you a masterpiece (of sorts). 
60. Why Congress Needs The Office Of Technology Assessment More Than Ever 
61. Google’s VP Of Agency And Brand Solutions Wants Facebook Watch To Get Bigger
62. GroupM’s Global Head Of Social Says Marketers Must Practice Non-Linear Storytelling
63. The Age Of The Influencer Has Peaked. It’s Time For The Slacker To Rise Again 
64. Amazon Posts Record Profit in Q1 of $3.6 Billion, Plans to Upgrade Prime to Free One-Day Shipping
65. How Amazon automatically tracks and fires warehouse workers for ‘productivity’: Documents show how the company tracks and terminates workers
66. A doorbell company owned by Amazon wants to start producing “crime news” 
67. Amazon Spent $1.7 Billion on Content in Q1, but Original Video Investments Still Unknown
68. Amazon plans to make Prime shipping one-day by default
69. Amazon Takes Direct Aim At Jay-Z’s Tidal
70. BBC Expanding News Coverage With Interactive Video, Audio Articles, And New Verticals
71. Hulu Greenlights Two New Marvel Series, Inks Two-Year Programming Pact With Chrissy Teigen
72. Hulu tops 28 million customers, unveils new shows and a ‘binge watch’ ad experience
73. Vudu Announces ‘Blue’s Clues’ Remake, Studio71 Film ‘Adventure Force 5’
74. Technological Warnings from the Inside
75. MIT finally gives a name to the sum of all AI fears
76. The AI Group Elon Musk Quit Just Released An Amazing Music AI
77. Spotify Now Has Over 100 Million Subscribers, Narrows Q1 Losses
78. Layer and Nio’s intelligent Pal scooter learns your favourite routes
79. The Vast Majority of All Futures Trading Is Now Automated
80. Amazing AI Generates Entire Bodies of People Who Don’t Exist: The algorithm whips up photorealistic models and outfits from scratch.
81. The Role of Professional Norms in AI Governance: Some Observations and Outline of a Framework (Urs Gasser)
82. Beyond Bias: Re-imagining the Terms of “Ethical AI” in Criminal Law (Chelsea Barabas)
83. Do You Know the Origin of your Website Content? . . . and Why You Should. 
84. Condé Nast Entertainment Says It Has 100 Pilots In The Works
85. Condé Nast Taps Joe Sugg For New YouTube Series, To Launch Sports-Themed ‘GQ’ Channel
86. Vice to Relaunch Main Site, Bring Noisey Under Flagship Umbrella: Exclusive
87. Viacom’s Kelly Day Wants To ‘Build Digital Worlds’ Around Its Biggest TV Hits
88. Viacom is launching Pluto TV channels for Comedy Central, MTV and more
89. Viacom Taps Eva Gutowski, Tana Mongeau, And Jason Nash For Latest YouTube Series Slate
90. Billboard Music Awards Pacts With Nascent Stories-Editing App ‘Unfold’
91. Slack plans to go public after hitting 10 million daily users
92. Shoddy Software Is Eating The World, And People Are Dying As A Result
93. In Its Race to Be First, Samsung Screwed Itself
94. Samsung puts the screws to iFixit, makes it remove the Galaxy Fold teardown
95. UWinnipeg receives $2.4 million to grow digital agriculture
96. The leading “stablecoin” is no longer backed by $1 for every coin

COMMUNICATIONS

1.  SCC decision could focus on CRTC’s reach
2. Anti-spam laws are overreaching, say lawyers 
3. Of Course Wireless Carriers Are Fighting a Bill That Stops Them From Throttling Firefighters’ Data 
4. Verizon Media Unveils Augmented Reality News Partner Program, 5G Tech At NewFronts
5. AT&T Settles Lawsuit Over ‘Fake 5G,’ Won’t Change A Thing
6. Ajit Pai-proposed upgrade to 25Mbps starts paying off for rural ISPs
7. Ajit Pai says he’s fixed giant FCC error that exaggerated broadband growth
8. Comcast usage soars 34% to 200GB a month, pushing users closer to data cap
9. Charter Spectrum Won’t Get Kicked Out Of New York State After ISP Promises To Suck Less
10. Charter data use “rising rapidly” as cord cutters average 400GB a month

PRIVACY

1. Canada Says Facebook Broke Privacy Laws With ‘Superficial’ Safeguards
2. Facebook data leak: Province-by-province breakdown of affected Canadians
3. Zero-day attackers deliver a double dose of ransomware – no clicking required: High-severity hole in Oracle WebLogic under active exploit for 9 days.
4. At Long Last, NSA Finally Recommends Its Bulk Phone Collection Program Be Put Out Of Its Misery
5. Vulture with GPS tracker held in Yemen on suspicion it was used for spying
6. Probable Russian Navy covert camera whale discovered by Norwegians
7. Massachusetts’ Top Court Says Warrants Are Needed For Real-Time Cell Site Location Info
8. Coercive and Non-Coercive Surveillance Authorities
9. Fear the Man in the Middle? This company wants to sell quantum key distribution
10. Appeals Court: Chalking Tires For Parking Enforcement Violates The Fourth Amendment

CREATIVITY

1. Myths and Reality About Canadian Copyright Law, Fair Dealing and Educational Copying (Michael Geist)
2. The Copyright Board’s “New Leaf”? Not So Much and Not at All (Howard Knopf)
3. The Toronto Real Estate Board is Back in the Copyright News (Howard Knopf)
4. Can the taste of a cheese be copyrighted? (Eleonora Rosati)
5. Today In Bananas Copyright Law: Court Urged To Rule That A Banana Costume Is Not Infringing
6. Second Circuit Judges Brawl Over the Meaning of “Volition” in Copyright Cases–BWP v. Polyvore
7. Announcing: The Public Domain Song Anthology
8. Watch: The Latest Avengers Movie Is Already On Torrent Sites, But That Won’t Stop A Torrent Of Sold Theater Tickets
9. Picture this: no direct infringement but no fair use either
10. FanX, Previously Salt Lake Comic Con, Ordered To Pay $4 Million For San Diego’s Con’s Attorney’s Fees, Barred From Calling Itself A Comic-Con
11. How Queer Is Star Trek?
12. First teaser for Veronica Mars revival is everything we loved about the series
13. Encyclopedia Brown And The Case Of The Mysterious Author: Donald J. Sobol created a mystery icon and sold millions of books. But who was he?
14. Oxford Professor Argues Invisible Aliens Are Interbreeding With Humans
15. The world is sadder and angrier than ever, major study finds
16. A theory of style: We can analyse how fashion works by breaking it down into networks of style elements. What role, then, for human creativity?

Jon

GAMES

1. ISFE calls on European gambling authorities to tackle online skin betting: Comments come following move by Danish Gambling Authority to block 15 skin betting websites
2. Rocket League halts loot box use in Belgium and the Netherlands  
3. The Native American Quinault Nation has filed a lawsuit against Valve over gambling
4. Native American nation files lawsuit against Valve over skins gambling: “Valve has profited handsomely for years from illegal online gambling, and has made only token efforts to stop it,” says Quinault Nation
5. Game Exclusivity Wars Are Upon Us And Valve’s Anti-Review-Bombing Process Is Without A Rip-Cord
6. The legal dispute between Take-Two, Rockstar, and Pinkerton has ended
7. Take-Two, Rockstar complaint against Pinkerton dismissed: Suit dropped as defendant withdraws cease and desist claim against Red Dead Redemption 2 publisher and developer
8. Take-Two Dismisses Its Lawsuit Against Pinkerton Agency As The Latter Runs From Its Own Cease And Desist
9. Nepal bans PUBG over addiction concerns in children
10. Nepal bans PUBG: Battle royale shooter prohibited over concerns about violence, addiction, and distraction from school work
11. AbleGamers opens Accessible.Games, a dev portal for accessibility info
12. Sony Reveals PlayStation 5 Details
13. Sony teases next-gen PlayStation specs in new interview
14. Sony Teases the World With First Details About the PS5, and The Wait Is Going to Be Excruciating
15. Sony’s PS4 successor sports 3D audio tech, faster SSD storage
16. Exclusive: What To Expect From Sony’s Next-Gen PlayStation
17. Sony Reveals First PlayStation 5 Details
18. Next PlayStation will have discs, backward compatibility: System won’t launch until 2020 at the earliest, will feature a solid-state hard drive, PSVR compatibility, 8K support
19. PS5 Price Will Be ‘Appealing To Gamers In Light Of Its Advanced Feature Set’: A little hint, but not much more.
20. Sony will start replacing offensive PSN IDs with temporary placeholders
21. Sony is now auto-changing offensive PlayStation Network IDs: User IDs found to be offensive will be switched to a placeholder
22. Sony has internal policies in place to reduce sexual content in PS4 games
23. A now-fixed Origin vulnerability potentially opened the client to hackers  
24. The Sims 4 is getting mouse and keyboard support on consoles
25. Capcom debuts its own classic system, a $260 plug-n-play home arcade
26. Capcom rolling out its own retro system: Capcom Home Arcade dual joystick set-up launches in October with 16 built-in games, €230 price tag
27. Report: Apple willing to spend over $500 million bringing games to Arcade
28. Apple invested a reported $500 million in Arcade partnerships: Financial Times’ sources reveal the high price of Apple Arcade subscription service
29. Becoming part of the furniture: eSports in the mainstream
30. Football clubs and eSports: A natural pairing? 
31. Esports teams and players to get revenue from new Rocket League Esports Shop
32. OpenAI’s machine learning bots defeat Dota 2 champion team
33. Machine learning bots beat DOTA 2 world champions in best-of-three: After millions of learning matches, OpenAI Five readily best world champs
34. OpenAI bot crushes Dota 2 champions, and now anyone can play against it
35. Ninja named to Time 100: Popular streamer represents gaming on magazine’s annual list of influential people
36. Epic can’t stop pissing off Fortnite pros
37. In lieu of Store-hosted forums, Epic wants devs to link to external communities
38. Hajime Tabata’s first post-Square Enix project is a licensed Paralympics game
39. Hajime Tabata to lead development of first ever Paralympics game: Final Fantasy XV director’s new studio will help to build a young audience for the 2020 Paralympic Games
40. Red Dead Redemption 2 named Game of the Year at Italian Video Game Awards
41. Ubisoft pledges over $500,000 to Notre-Dame restoration efforts
42. Ubisoft donates €500K to help restore Notre-Dame, gives away Assassin’s Creed Unity for free
43. Ubisoft Pledges More Than $500,000 To The Notre-Dame Cathedral Restoration Effort
44. Video: Creating a living open world for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
45. Ubisoft patches art containing homophobic slur out of The Division 2
46. Ubisoft removes slur from The Division 2: Publisher apologizes for in-game street art image depicting police officer with a slur in ‘leetspeak’
47. YouTube, Facebook put up ad roadblocks for Weedcraft, Inc.business sim
48. Weedcraft Inc meets advertising, video blocks: Tycoon game about growing and selling marijuana has Facebook page restricted, YouTube videos demonetized
49. Devolver: Publishing Weedcraft Inc “has been a nightmare” – Co-founder Mike Wilson says US marijuana tycoon title has been the hardest to bring to market due to industry resistance
50. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sold 2 million copies in under 2 weeks
51. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sells 2m in less than ten days
52. “Accessibility” and “difficulty” aren’t the same thing | Opinion: The debate about Sekiro rapidly descended into straw-man bashing over “easy modes” – differently abled gamers’ needs are being lost in this mess
53. Don’t Miss: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and finding the fun in physics engines
54. Google opens its Indie Games Accelerator to mobile devs across 37 countries
55. Amy Hennig thinks game streaming could spark a creative revolution
56. Xbox exec: Game streaming competitors like Stadia lack content
57. Xbox: Stadia has the infrastructure, but doesn’t have the content – Platform holder suggests recently announced streaming service will struggle without more leading developers and publishers on board
58. Aiming for affordability, Xbox announces the Xbox One S All Digital Edition
59. Report: Fresh disc-less Xbox One S leaks suggests pricing shake up
60. Student sues CEO of Minecraft Education Edition’s Chinese publisher: Minneapolis woman claims Richard Liu forced himself on a woman at her apartment following a company-funded networking event
61. Xbox merges Live Gold and Game Pass under Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
62. How a mobile game is reopening a hidden chapter in Taiwan’s history
63. Disc-less Xbox One leaks ahead of expected reveal
64. Digital-only console will be priced at €229.99, comes bundled with Minecraft, Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon 3
65. Xbox One S All-Digital Edition Console Reveal Trailer
66. Report: “All Digital” Xbox One coming May 7, for €229 in Europe
67. Why $249 is an unsustainable price for the first all-digital Xbox [Updated]
68. Everything we know about the first discless Xbox One, coming May 7 for $249
69. Forza goes free-to-play with Forza Street: Microsoft rebrands and reboots Miami Street, out now for Windows with mobile versions to follow
70. The Nintendo Switch’s Labo VR Kit Is Cheap VR That Doesn’t Suck
71. Nintendo Labo VR Kit Review: Well, would you look at that.
72. Nintendo Labo VR review: There’s no “Nintendo magic” inside these lenses
73. HD emulation mod makes “Mode 7” SNES games look like new
74. Clash of Clans season pass drives 145% revenue spike
75. What the Breakout Success of ‘Apex Legends’ Could Mean for Respawn’s Upcoming VR Game
76. Apex Legends patch nerfs Wingman, gives Gibraltar and Caustic damage reduction: Gibraltar and Caustic are too easy to hit, so Respawn is making them a little tougher instead.
77. Dark Slope thinking bigger with warehouse-scale VR
78. Superhot VR has out-earned the original Superhot
79. Superhot VR sells 800k: Superhot Team’s FPS has now made more in revenue across VR releases than it has in non-VR
80. Telltale’s The Walking Dead “made Skybound what it is”: Skybound Stories CEO Dan Murray says episodic game had more impact on the company than the TV show
81. How Clone Wars and Rebels influenced Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
82. Animoca Brands acquires majority stake in Trilliona dev Skytree for $850k
83. Revealed: The most successful UK game developers
84. Here is every boxed game to sell over 1m copies in the UK
85. UK Charts: The Division 2 holds No. 1 in another week without big releases – Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, God of War, Spider-Man see increases due to spring, Easter sales
86. CCP: China will be EVE Online’s biggest market in two years – At Reboot Develop, CCP’s Hilmar Petursson discussed the importance of China and Korea to the future of EVE Online
87. Twitch launches first game, Twitch Sings: Free karaoke game developed in conjunction with Harmonix, designed for streaming
88. Gayming Magazine to launch in June: New online gaming magazine to present LGBTQ+-focused news, reviews, features
89. The Witcher Netflix series is coming in late 2019
90. Halo Tv Series Casts Pablo Schreiber As Master Chief
91. Activision Blizzard pays employees for health tracking
92. NetEase investment is bringing indies East
93. Kickstarter’s games category surpasses $1 billion in pledges
94. Miyazaki vs Ueda: The path to compelling fantasy – Renowned Japanese developers discussed their differences at Reboot Develop, including opposing philosophies on animation and setting
95. Amy Hennig: AAA industry is at “an interesting crossroads” with storytelling – At Reboot Develop, the revered creator confessed to feeling “overwhelmed” by the scale of AAA games, which are now too big for their own stories
96. How Inkle developed its own ancient language forHeaven’s Vault
97. Don’t Miss: Alien: Isolation and the evolution of horror sims
98. Blog: How punishment systems can hurt gameplay
99. Blog: Motivating players for better engagement and retention
100. Blog: Some thoughts on difficulty in games  
101. Blog: Turning your community into an extension of your team  
102. Video: Steps for building a game’s community from scratch
103. Blog: Orchestrating game worlds using Event SuperVision
104. Blog: Exploring the ‘what’ of bittersweet game design
105. The source code for Infocom’s classic text adventures is now on Github
106. “The bankers are actually much more metal than publishers”: Headbang Club’s David Elahee talks about Double Kick Heroes’ path from Ludum Dare prototype to multiplatform launch
107. Trion Worlds is shutting down Atlas Reactor this summer
108. Gamigo shuts down Atlas Reactor: Trion Worlds’ F2P tactics title closes after two years, “can no longer sustain itself”
109. Even Konami Code Couldn’t Rescue Its Slot-machine Game-related Patents from being Invalidated under Alice
110. U.S. Patent No. 9,687,733: Game apparatus, storage medium, game controlling method and game system 
111. Managing your game dev career, from early to late stages
112. Video: Practical advice for saving video game history before it’s too late
113. The new grammar of television (and games): Lessons from an avocado

DIGITAL

1.  Facebook’s role in Brexit – and the threat to democracy
2. Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show: Facebook’s leaders seriously discussed selling access to user data – and privacy was an afterthought. 
3. 15 Months Of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook
4. Facebook v. Sullivan: Building Constitutional Law for Online Speech (Thomas Kadri & Kate Klonick)
5. TED offers Mark Zuckerberg a stage to explain himself once and for all
6. British investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr sticks it to the gods of Silicon Valley in Vancouver TED talk
7. Carole Cadwalladr blasts tech titans at TED: Your technology is “a crime scene”
8. Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Tech
9. Grandstanding GOP Senators Continue To Mislead About Social Media Bias, Demand A ‘Fairness Doctrine’ For The Internet 
10. No, Section 230 Does Not Require Platforms to Be “Neutral”
11. Platform Liability Doesn’t — And Shouldn’t — Depend On Content Moderation Practices
12. Nancy Pelosi Joins Ted Cruz And Louis Gohmert In Attacking CDA 230
13. Section 230 Applies to ADA Closed Captioning Claims–National Federation of the Deaf v. Harvard (Eric Goldman)
14. Stop Saying That Section 230 Was A ‘Gift To Internet Companies’
15. Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA
16. Apple and Qualcomm settle patent fight after one day in court
17. Intel quits 5G modem business hours after Apple settles with Qualcomm
18. New laws to block election meddling miss the mark, claims journalist who uncovered Facebook’s role in Brexit
19. Another Government Impermissibly Censors Constituents on Facebook–Robinson v. Hunt County
20. Facebook’s reckoning? The global battle to regulate social media: After fake news scandals, suicides and the Christchurch massacre, internet groups face a profound change in mood
21. No, YouTube Cannot Reasonably Moderate All Content On Its Platform
22. AI Won’t Save Us From Fake News: YouTube’s Fact Checking Tool Thinks Notre Dame Fire Is About 9/11
23. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back up after widespread outages
24. A cognitive scientist explains why humans are so susceptible to fake news and misinformation: “We might like to think of our memory as an archivist that carefully preserves events, but sometimes it’s more like a storyteller.”
25. EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is ‘Terrorist Content’
26. EU Parliament Takes Up Its Next Attempt To Wipe Out An Open Internet: Terrorist Content Regulation Vote On Wednesday 
27. EU Parliament Votes To Require Internet Sites To Delete ‘Terrorist Content’ In One Hour (By 3 Votes) 
28. What Will Happen When Governments Disagree Over Who Is A Terrorist Organization… And Who Needs To Be Blocked Online?
29. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings To Leave Facebook Board In May
30. DOJ to academy: don’t cancel Netflix
31. Netflix’s Next Bid To Charm Awards Voters Is Its Own Magazine, Coming In June
32. Netflix Is Close To Buying Hollywood’s Historic Egyptian Theatre — But Won’t Use It To Lure Film Awards
33. Foxconn’s Wisconsin ‘Factory’ Is An Even Bigger Joke Than Everybody Thought
34. Film, TV studios filing lawsuits against Canadian BitTorrent users
35. T-Series Court Order Sees “Abusive, Vulgar, Racist” PewDiePie Diss Tracks Blocked In India
36. Porn sites must age-verify British users starting July 15: Sites that don’t verify age could get blocked by British ISPs.
37. Online harms white paper misses the mark (Andres Guadamuz)
38. UK: online harms white paper – potential new regulatory framework for social media 
39. UK Seeks to Establish Internet Watchdog 
40. An Internet Regulator For The UK: 10 Things You Need To Know
41. The future of free speech: The panic button and social media regulation – The special internet standard and its independent arbitration system
42. German competition authority pushes the boundaries of abuse of dominance with infringement finding on online data collection 
43. EU Council Officially Approves European Copyright Law Reforms: A New Digital Age Is Born 
44. European Parliament Approves Controversial EU Copyright Directive
45. The EU Copyright Directive – Filtering the Internet
46. As Expected, EU Nations Rubber Stamp EU Copyright Directive
47. As the EU Copyright Directive was approved, Germany admitted it requires copyright filters, putting it on a collision course with the EU-Canada trade deal
48. DSM Directive Series #4: Article 17 obligations … in a chart (Eleonora Rosati)
49. The Phantom Menace: Office Depot Settles with FTC Over Fake Virus Scans 
50. COPPA Safe Harbor Hit by Storm 
51. N.D. California Straightens Out Competitor’s Use of Infringing Hashtags: #newdevelopments in Using Trademarks as Hashtags
52. An Email Inbox Isn’t a “Place” for Purposes of Florida Privacy Law–Hall v. Sargeant (Eric Goldman)
53. Ian McEwan: ‘Who’s going to write the algorithm for the little white lie?’
54. AI Robot paints its own moonscapes in traditional Chinese style
55. AKQA says it used AI to invent a new sport called Speedgate
56. Notes on AI Bias
57. AI’s white guy problem isn’t going away: A new report says current initiatives to fix the field’s diversity crisis are too narrow and shallow to be effective.
58. We’ve Been Warned About AI And Music For Over 50 Years, But No One’s Prepared
59. People Are Horrified When They Have to Torture a Virtual Person: Even in a VR simulation, the Milgram Shock Experiment continues to traumatize.
60. Participant concerns for the Learner in a Virtual Reality replication of the Milgram obedience study (Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Mel Slater, Megan E. Birney, David Swapp, S. Alexander Haslam & Stephen D. Reicher)
61. Microsoft overhauling HR complaint process: After employees trade harassment stories, CEO Satya Nadella promises consistent, transparent enforcement of company policy
62. HQ Trivia replaces Quiz Daddy Scott Rogowsky
63. Longtime HQ Trivia Host Scott Rogowsky Exits Company
64. Over half of HQ Trivia staff tried to oust CEO: Co-founder Rus Yusupov survived demands for his removal, but the search for a replacement chief has begun
65. Another Appellate Court Rejects “Material Support for Terrorist” Claims Against Social Media Platforms–Crosby v. Twitter (Eric Goldman)
66. Marvel Set to Launch Live-Streaming Twitter Fan Show, Hosted by ‘Agent M’ and Angélique Roché
67. Twitter Doesn’t Want You Sharing This Link About TV Piracy
68. Twitter blocks EFF tweet that criticized bogus takedown of a previous tweet
69. How Jack Dorsey plans to change Twitter
70. A healthier Twitter: Progress and more to do
71. Nichification
72. AMC Networks boss Josh Sapan wants the people who make TV to look at the data – but not too much: There’s no algorithm for creativity yet, Sapan says on the latest Recode Media.
73. Vimeo Breaks Into Shortform Space With Acquisition Of Video Creation Service Magisto
74. Girls Who Code Helps Draft ‘Landmark’ Legislation Aimed at Closing the Gender Gap
75. Google+ is back! Meet the enterprise-focused “Google Currents”
76. Susan Wojcicki On YouTube’s Fight Against Grotesque Content: “I Own This Problem, And I’m Going To Fix It”
77. YouTube tries a new metric to answer critics: Responsibility
78. YouTube Is Plotting A New Metric That Would Reward ‘Quality Watch Time’ 
79. YouTube Axes Four More Series As It Overhauls Original Programming Strategy
80. YouTube Millionaires: Top ‘Madden NFL’ Gamer YoBoy Pizza Takes On Real-Life NFL Stars In New YouTube Series
81. YouTube Teams Up With Enterprise For ‘Cobra Kai’ Campaign
82. Horror Vloggers Sam And Colby Sign With CAA Amid YouTube Hiatus Announcement
83. Korean Boy Band BTS Annihilates Record For Biggest 24-Hour YouTube Debut
84. Clevver News, Style Channels Return To YouTube With Original Hosts After Defy’s Collapse
85. YouTube Names New Head Of Unscripted; Says Upcoming Originals Slate Will Center On Music, Education, And Creators
86. YouTube TV adds channels and raises price—you can’t opt out of either change
87. Awesomeness Co-Heads Elucidate Vision For Gen Z Purveyor After Viacom Acquisition
88. Top Scandinavian MCN ‘United Screens’, Which RTL Bought For $15 Million, Names New CEO
89. Logan Paul’s Latest Podcast Guest Is Banned Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones
90. Here’s Why Simply Nailogical, With 7 Million Subscribers, Still Maintains Day Job At Canadian Government
91. Gaining Followers: Use of social media by Canadian public companies while navigating Canadian securities laws 
92. Viceland To End Nightly Series ‘Vice Live’ Weeks After Show’s Premiere
93. Creator Of Silk Road 2.0 Did Double The Business, Sentenced To Only Five Years In Prison
94. Bendgate 2.0: Samsung’s $2,000 foldable phone is already breaking [Update]
95. AT&T is selling its stake in Hulu
96. AT&T Sells Back Its 10% Stake In Hulu, Valuing Streamer At $15 Billion
97. Hulu, Netflix May Face Subpoena Over Fyre Documentaries
98. Starz Really, Really Doesn’t Want You To Know That TorrentFreak Wrote About Leaked Shows, Or That Anyone Tweeted About It
99. Starz Issues Laughably Unbelievable Excuse And Apology For Taking Down Tweets
100. Legacy Music Industry Shouldn’t Get To Watch Over The Royalties Of Independent Songwriters
101. Insights: As Video Streamers Turn Over Some Cards, Can They Avoid The Real Flop?
102. Apple News+ Is a Total Mess
103. Here’s the Weirdest Apple Bug I’ve Ever Heard Of
104. The Incredible Old-School iTunes Feature I Hope Apple Doesn’t Kill
105. Amazon reportedly set to launch a free music streaming tier: It could be available as soon as this week
106. Another Federal Court Ruling Strengthens Brands’ Approach to Reduce Gray Market Sales on Amazon 
107. TikTok Hiring “Talent Ambassadors” At 17 Colleges To Help Rake In Older Users
108. Insights: Snap Reaction To New Initiatives Is Great, But Can Spiegel Sustain This Win Streak?
109. Peyton Manning Hosting NFL History Docu-Series for ESPN+ Streaming Service
110. Conde Nast now has 28 shows on Snapchat, with plans for more
111. Instagram Launches Moody Camera Effects For Coachella, Billie Eilish
112. Disney Streaming Service To Launch In November At $6.99 Per Month
113. Disney+ launches on November 12 for $6.99/mo, plus new Marvel, Star Wars series
114. Disney confirms it will ‘likely’ bundle Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu for one price
115. How Vevo Is Boosting Views by Optimizing Video Thumbnails 
116. DVD and Blu-ray sales nearly halved over five years, MPAA report says
117. Leaked Avengers: Endgame Footage Has Hit the Internet
118. In A First, VidCon Will Host Panels, Meet-And-Greets With Internet-Famous Pets
119. New York State Department of Financial Services Revokes Crypto Exchange’s Safe Harbor to Operate Without BitLicense
120. How Far We Haven’t Come: SEC Resistance to Blockchain Securities Continues?
121. Keeping it real: Implications of blockchain technology on privacy obligations
122. Strong corporate desktop sales limit the decline of the PC market
123. Fortunately, There Are Incredible 3D Scans of Notre Dame – The good news: we have a highly-detailed digital template for how to rebuild.
124. The Images That Could Help Rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral: And the young, brilliant professor who made them before he died

COMMUNICATIONS

1. Wind, Sleet, and Dead Zones: My Quest to Map Chicago’s Spotty 5G
2. What will journalism do with 5G’s speed and capacity? Here are some ideas, from ‘The New York Times’ and elsewhere
3. T-Mobile/Sprint merger is in danger of being rejected by DOJ
4. T-Mobile’s ‘Revolutionary’ New TV Service Looks Like The Same Old Crap 
5. FCC Seeks Comments on Proposal to Allow All-Digital AM Radio Transmission 
6. FCC Releases Notices on Radio License Renewal Process – New Form, New Database and More Scrutiny of the Public File 
7. FCC “consumer advisory” panel includes ALEC, big foe of municipal broadband
8. Very Little In Trump’s ‘Bold’ New Rural Broadband Plan Is Actually New
9. FCC Warns Marketers of Video Streaming Devices to Comply with Device Authorization Rules 
10. Telecoms: clarification on neighbouring landowners’ rights to require removal of apparatus 
11. Landlord owners vs telecoms operators – The cat has got the cream
12. Google Fiber exits Louisville, pays city $3.8M to clean up the mess it left
13. Google Pays $3.8 Million To Clean Up Its Fiber Mess In Louisville 
14. House Passes Net Neutrality Bill, McConnell Promises It Won’t Survive Senate
15. Investor Lawsuit Accuses AT&T Of Downplaying Streaming Video Losses 

PRIVACY

1. Julian Assange arrested, charged with conspiracy to hack US computers
2. Julian Assange Arrested On Behalf Of The US, For Trying To Help Manning Crack CIA Password 
3. There Are Many Reasons To Be Concerned About The Impact On Press Freedoms In The Assange Indictment
4. Federal Privacy Commissioner Proposes A Complete Reversal Of Its Longstanding Approach To Data Transfers, Including Cross-Border Transfers
5. Rewriting Canadian Privacy Law: Commissioner Signals Major Change on Cross-Border Data Transfers (Michael Geist)
6. UK Government Issues Report on Huawei Vulnerabilities
7. An Email Inbox Isn’t a “Place” for Purposes of Florida Privacy Law–Hall v. Sargeant (Eric Goldman)
8. The FBI Wanted A Backdoor To The iPhone. Tim Cook Said No
9. Motel 6 To Pay Out Another $12 Million For Handing Guest Info To ICE
10. Court Says Headphone App Not Eavesdropping, But May Be Deceptive
11. Why the US still won’t require SS7 fixes that could secure your phone
12. Illinois bill banning eavesdropping by IoT devices defanged by tech lobby
13. 5 Times Jeff Bezos Tried to Warn Us Amazon Is Listening
14. Virtual Cupids Hit With $3 Million CAN SPAM Judgment
15. The many lessons of the Equifax data breach
16. The California Consumer Privacy Act
17. The ePrivacy Regulation: The Next European Initiative in Data Protection
18. Cops Are Trying to Stop San Francisco From Banning Face Recognition Surveillance
19. FBI Cyber Crimes Division Not So Great About Passing Info To Victims Of Cyberattacks
20. Why You Can No Longer Get Lost in the Crowd: Once, it was easy to be obscure. Technology has ended that. (Woodrow Hartzog & Evan Selinger)
21. A security researcher with a grudge is dropping Web 0days on innocent users
22. Hackers could read non-corporate Outlook.com, Hotmail for six months
23. The wave of domain hijackings besetting the Internet is worse than we thought
24. An Oxford philosopher who’s inspired Elon Musk thinks mass surveillance might be the only way to save humanity from doom
25. The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (Nick Bostrom)

CREATIVITY

1. My ADA Keynote: What the Canadian Experience Teaches About the Future of Copyright Reform (Michael Geist)
2. Access Copyright Proposed Tariffs: Is the Copyright Board Turning Over New Leaves? (Howard Knopf)
3. Trump Campaign Uses ‘Dark Knight’ Music In Campaign Ad, Warner Bros. Says It’s Looking At Legal Options
4. Devin Nunes Admits That His Bogus Defamation Lawsuits Are Really About Phishing For Journalists’ Sources
5. U.S. copyright: numerous works enter public domain for First Time in over two decades
6. Changing the Cycle: Peloton Removes Songs at Heart of Copyright Infringement Suit
7. Conan O’Brien joke-theft trial begins next month with testimony from Patton Oswalt
8. How Private Equity Ate Hollywood – and Why Writers Are Fighting Back: Now largely owned by private equity firms, the big talent agencies have turned to producing films and shows—both representing and employing writers. That, say the writers, doesn’t work.
9. The End Of The Absurdity: Iceland, The Country, Successfully Invalidates The Trademark Of Iceland Foods, The Grocerer
10. AB/InBev, Jealous Protectors Of Trademark, Pretty Blatantly Committing Trademark Infringement
11. Pepsi Moves for Summary Judgement in 2016 Super Bowl Ad Suit
12. F.A. Panel Says Wayne Hennessey Is Too Stupid To Have Done Nazi Salute
13. False Advertising: The Theory of Necessary Implication and the Presumption that Runs with It 
14. How Kevin Feige Super-Charged Marvel Studios Into Hollywood’s Biggest Hit Machine
15. In China, tattoos border on illegal – and they’re his life’s work
16. Parody and abuse

Jon

GAMES

1. MIT Prof: It’s More Likely We’re Living In A Simulation Than Not
2. Are we living in a computer simulation? I don’t know. Probably.: Why this computer scientist thinks reality might be a video game.
3. Are we living in a simulation? This MIT scientist says it’s more likely than not
4. Google Could Learn a Lot About You From Its New Gaming Platform: Stadia sounds great, but don’t forget that Google is a research company
5. Google Play hosting inappropriate games with kid-friendly ratings: Free-to-play games featuring violent content and gambling routinely hit the platform thanks to reliance on developers to rate their own titles
6. Snap Inc announces Snap Games, launching with six titles
7. Snapchat Unveils Gaming Platform, New User Features, 10 Upcoming Originals At First Partner Summit
8. Snapchat’s new Snap Games platform includes games from Zynga, Spry Fox
9. Snapchat Unveils Gaming Platform, New User Features, 10 Upcoming Originals At First Partner Summit
10. EU Commission accuses six game companies of illegal geo-blocking
11. EU investigating Valve and 5 major publishers for illegal geo-blocking
12. Valve argues it should be excluded from EU geo-blocking accusations
13. PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch online services face UK investigation
14. Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo under investigation for consumer rights violation
15. PSN name change feature goes into effect today
16. PSN name changes launch today
17. Starting Today, You Can Finally Change Your PSN Name
18. PlayStation launches PSN ID change option, though not all games are supported
19. You Can Now Change Your PSN Online ID—But There Are a Few Things You Need to Know
20. BioWare Boss Addresses Studio Issues, Vows To ‘Continue Working To Solve Them’
21. Charting the missteps that led to the decline of Telltale Games
22. IGDA executive director Jen MacLean has stepped down
23. FTC Loot Box Workshop Announced 
24. FTC to Hold Public Workshop on Video Game Loot Boxes
25. The FTC is holding a public workshop in August to discuss loot boxes
26. What’s In the Box? FTC Solicits Public Comments Regarding Video Game Loot Boxes Amidst Uncertainty 
27. FTC sets date for loot box workshop: Date set for August 7 on gathering of stakeholders, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and others to discuss consumer concerns
28. The failure of the Russian global license proposal and the future of alternative remuneration systems (Gaetano Dimita & Ruslan Nurullaev)
29. Fallout 76 Repair Kits raise new “pay-to-win” concerns
30. How Fallout almost didn’t ship with its key SPECIAL system 
31. The complicated process of making licensed video games
32. Pre-order refunds could force publishers to shift priorities | Opinion
33. Survey: More teenagers are getting into video games because of Fortnite
34. Prince Harry Wants ‘Fortnite’ Banned
35. Prince Harry Says Fortnite “Shouldn’t Be Allowed,” Calls Social Media “More Addictive Than Alcohol”
36. Fortnite un-features community build containing inappropriate imagery
37. Google Play is still struggling with inappropriate children’s games
38. Why Valve actually gets less than 30 percent of Steam game sales
39. Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney addresses Chinese spyware rumor
40. Epic to continue signing exclusivity deals regardless of Steam plans
41. Valve silences Borderlands review bombers with ‘off-topic’ fix
42. Borderlands review bomb triggers Steam’s “off topic” fix [Updated]
43. Steam users review bomb Borderlands in response to Epic exclusivity deal
44. Valve finally tackles review bombing as Borderlands 2 attacked over Epic exclusivity: Last week’s work of user scores discounted under Steam’s new ‘off-topic review activity’ system
45. A deep dive into Steam’s discovery queue
46. Sold Out and Epic offering up to $500,000 in The Unreal Box Offer: UK publisher seeking games that “feel fresh in a genre that isn’t overcrowded” as it teams up with engine provider
47. Retro streaming platform picks up Arc System Works, SNK, others
48. Tencent launches early access WeGame X storefront internationally 
49. Tencent stealth launches international version of WeGame storefront: WeGame X platform is available but still in “testing” phase, the Chinese publisher confirmed
50. Tencent raises nearly $6bn in bond sale: Funds marked for general corporate use despite having $20 billion cash on hand
51. Weaker currency could encourage foreign investment post-Brexit: Tencent Europe’s senior manager Li Ma also says Brexit will be damaging, but Britain will bounce back
52. Microsoft increases Xbox Live Gold price in the UK: 12-month subscription goes from £39.99 to £49.99 to “address changing market conditions”
53. Game Pass “Ultimate” and Game Pass for PC rumored to be coming soon
54. The difficulties of researching gaming disorder and addiction: Dr Pete Etchells says there is an endemic problem with psychological research, as confirmation bias shapes the literature
55. Battlefield V: Firestorm Review – A solid battle royale that doesn’t pack quite enough punch to get to the final circle.
56. Gender pay gap widens in UK games industry: Women increase their representation throughout gaming, but median wages losing ground
57. Meet 100 of the most influential women working in the UK games industry
58. Brenda Romero’s guide to becoming a game designer
59. Gaming is not a meritocracy: Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail pokes holes in the notion of cream rising to the top, explains why devs and platforms may believe in it anyway
60. John Romero: “There are always people who question games that push the boundaries”
61. “Games that have succeeded in Turkey are all localised — that’s hands down”: Vardiya co-founder Meriç Eryürek on the untapped opportunity in Turkey’s population of 30 million gamers
62. Black Desert franchise tops $1 billion in revenues: Pearl Abyss says multiplatform MMORPG franchise has reached milestone in less than four years
63. The second launch of Sea of Thieves: Rare on sustainable working ahead of its biggest game update so far
64. Breach developer QC Games has shut down
65. Daybreak Game Company back in control of H1Z1 battle royale spin-off
66. How When Ski Lifts Go Wrong hits the right mix of blood and physics puzzles
67. Buy-one-get-one-free sale helps Risk of Rain 2 attract 650,000 players in first week
68. What makes a good Kickstarter campaign?: Anya Combs talks about ideal video length, the right number of .gifs, and one mistake that will keep any project from being featured
69. 60% of Greater Southeast Asia gamers are “strongly drawn to esports”: New Niko Partners report finds 42% of players from the region prefer competitive arena titles, spend the most on games
70. The concept of eDoping in eSports – cyber security as a safety measure, enforcement and sanctions in case of non-compliance 
71. Loaded, A Talent Firm For Top Gaming Stars, Signs Dakotaz, Skadoodle, and Sjokz
72. Sonic The Hedgehog Footage Reveals Plot Details, Setting And Jim Carrey’s Robotnik: The adaptation of the Sega game is (largely) set in our world.
73. How Lockwood pulled off giving 4.5 million festive gifts to over a million players: Sponsored article: Lockwood Leamington’s Studio Director Oliver Clarke on the seasonal gifting feature created for virtual world Avakin Life
74. Ubisoft ends production of Starlink toys following poor sales
75. Ubisoft cancels Starlink physical toys following game’s under performance: Development team plans to “do right by our passionate fans” with biggest update so far
76. Ubisoft CEO: Live games give devs a chance to refine rather than start from scratch
77. BioWare GM (internally) addresses complaints fromAnthem devs
78. BioWare admits workplace, production issues: “These problems are real and it’s our top priority to continue working to solve them,” says general manager Casey Hudson
79. Super Meat Boy Forever delayed, will miss April launch
80. Team Meat delays Super Meat Boy Forever to maintain “healthy and sustainable pace”: Studio opts not to “run ourselves into the ground” to finish game by previously announced April release
81. Nintendo adding VR modes to Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey
82. VR modes coming to Super Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wildon Nintendo Switch
83. Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit Trailer
84. Black Desert franchise has crossed $1 billion in gross sales
85. Roblox now has over 90 million monthly active users
86. Moonlighter sells 500,000 copies in less than a year
87. Good Shepherd picks up majority stake in new studio, Artificer
88. Disruptor Beam plans to offer a mobile live ops platform to other devs
89. European gamers shows progressive streak on diversity: Ipsos MORI survey shows there is growing demand for a wider array of characters in games, although industry still faces apathy
90. Future recognizes staff union: Publisher voluntarily recognizes organized employees of PC Gamer, GamesRadar and nine other publications
91. How to effectively use procedural generation in games
92. Don’t Miss: How devs deal with making enemies that feel ‘okay’ to kill
93. Don’t Miss: A 2008 analysis of branching dialogue, fromMass Effect to Facade and beyond
94. How playgrounds can inform multiplayer level design in video games
95. Avalanche: “The industry is going to calm down on tech and focus on creativity”
96. CVG team reunite for new games media website: Video Games Chronicle launches this month
97. Video blog: Historians discuss Return of the Obra Dinn
98. Watch Falcon Age’s lead dev dive into the making of this bird-tastic tale
99. God of War wins big at BAFTA Game Awards 2019
100. God of War takes home five BAFTAs
101. God of War director: accessibility isn’t at odds with creative vision
102. “Accessibility has never and will never be a compromise to my vision”: God of War director Cory Barlog’s statement becomes a rallying cry for developers in support of more accessibility options in games

DIGITAL

1. The Sky Is Rising: The Entertainment Industry Is Thriving, Almost Entirely Because Of The Internet
2. The UK Has Released Its Plan for Cracking Down on Social Media Content
3. UK government proposes sweeping new regulations of online content
4. Online Harms
5. UK Now Proposes Ridiculous Plan To Fine Internet Companies For Vaguely Defined ‘Harmful Content’
6. Aussie Senate Rushes Thru Bill That Would Fine Social Media Companies For Not Taking Down ‘Abhorrent’ Content Fast Enough
7. European Parliament Adopts the Copyright Directive 
8. Techdirt Podcast Episode 207: MEP Julia Reda Explains What’s Next With The EU Copyright Directive
9. Canadian ISPs Call For Standardization And Fines For Copyright Trolls Ignoring Changes To Copyright Law
10. Copyright Enforcement Service Claims $600 Billion-Worth Of Images Are ‘Stolen’ Every Day
11. Include a ‘Creative Commons’ Argument in Your IP Defense 
12. The death of Section 230
13. Singapore Government Pushes Fake News Law Which Will Give It More Options To Shut Down Critics
14. German Publishing Giant Claims Blocking Ads Is Copyright Infringement, In Yet Another Lawsuit Against The Industry Leader
15. German Government’s Bullying Of FOI Group Provides A Warning Of How EU’s New Upload Filters Will Be Used For Censorship
16. UK Government Misses Another Ship Date On Its Porn Filter
17. Be Cautious About Big Internet Platforms Bearing Plans For Global Censorship
18. Devin Nunes Has Filed A Second B.S. Defamation Lawsuit Telling You All About A News Article He Doesn’t Want You To Read
19. It’s Fun To Laugh About Congressional Reps Suing A Satirical Internet Cow, But It’s A Real Attack On Free Speech
20. Email chain prompts Microsoft to investigate reports of sexual harassment ignored by HR
21. Leaked Microsoft Email Chain Reportedly Describes Hellish Workplace for Women
22. Microsoft investigating more sexual harassment claims
23. Microsoft responds to sexual harassment allegations within company
24. Microsoft’s eBook store: When this closes, your books disappear too
25. Amazon will launch thousands of satellites to provide internet around the world: 3,236 satellites will provide internet from low Earth orbit
26. Amazon plans satellite broadband for “tens of millions” of people
27. Amazon admits that employees review “small sample” of Alexa audio
28. Yahoo tries to settle 3-billion-account data breach with $118 million payout
29. Researchers unearth 74 Facebook cybercrime groups with 385,000 members
30. Facebook Will Stop Suggesting You Invite Dead People to Events
31. I Can’t Believe This Dopey, Busted-Ass Website Is What Messed Up Our Lives
32. Where to Find Evidence on Facebook
33. Facebook Issues Additional Transparency Rules for Political Advertising
34. Facebook’s AI Helps Block Or Remove 1 Million Accounts Each Day
35. China is reportedly trialing attention-detecting bands in schools
36. Chinese government proposes ban on bitcoin mining
37. Teens ‘not damaged by screen time’, study finds 
38. Canada may regulate social media companies to avoid election meddling: Firms are not doing enough to combat potential interference, minister said after report found foreign meddling is ‘very likely’
39. DOJ Warns Academy That Being An Anti-Streaming Luddite Could Violate Antitrust
40. Marketers see progress in Twitter’s efforts to stamp out hate
41. Twitter blocks Trump 2020 video over Dark Knight Risesmusic
42. Be Careful What You Wish For: Twitter Temporarily Bans ‘Get Out The Vote’ Ads To Comply With ‘Fake News’ Law
43. Children’s Advertising Review Unit Findings Should Not Be Ignored by App Developers 
44. The rise of the killer robots – and the two women fighting back
45. You call that EDM? Moritz Simon Geist’s robots make the most technical techno
46. The basics of modern AI—how does it work and will it destroy society this year?
47. AI pioneer: ‘The dangers of abuse are very real’ – Yoshua Bengio, winner of the prestigious Turing award for his work on deep learning, is establishing international guidelines for the ethical use of AI.
48. Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI (European Commission)
49. Google Gives Up on AI Ethics (Board)
50. Exclusive: Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry – The controversial panel lasted just a little over a week. 
51. Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council, so we made one for you
52. Watch Google’s AI Make Trump Sing Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams”
53. Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-dollar Sony Smart TVs [Update]
54. Netflix: Coming Up Next… Emerging competitors and legal implications of the changing TV and film industry 
55. Netflix ends AirPlay support on iOS in an ongoing souring of its Apple relationship
56. Ironically, Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy
57. YouTube to develop interactive content like Netflix’s Bandersnatch
58. YouTube wants to make choose-your-own-adventure shows
59. YouTube creating interactive narratives: Video service establishes new unit to produce original Bandersnatch-style content
60. YouTube is planning its own interactive Choose Your Own Adventure-style content: It’s looking to compete with Netflix
61. YouTube Exec Ben Relles Named Head Of Innovation, Will Lead Platform’s Push Into Interactive Content
62. YouTube Forced To Disable Comments On Livestreams Of White Nationalism Hearing In Congress
63. YouTube TV Hikes Monthly Price To $50 As It Strikes Carriage Deal With Discovery 
64. YouTube Millionaires: Danielle Cohn Got Her Start On Musical.ly — Now, Her YouTube Music Videos Are Viewed By Millions 
65. Jennifer Lopez Revamps Her YouTube Channel To Give Viewers More Personal Content 
66. YouTuber Charlie Ross Arrested For Impersonating Police Officer In April Fools’ Prank
67. K-Pop Phenoms Blackpink Snatch Biggest YouTube Music Video Premiere Of All Time 
68. YouTube Will Livestream Blackpink’s Coachella Performance In Times Square 
69. YouTube Photographer Peter McKinnon Gets Photo Minted On Canadian Currency 
70. PewDiePie Signs Deal To Livestream Exclusively On Blockchain-Based Platform DLive
71. Brittany Furlan Launches ‘Worst Firsts’ Podcast With Studio71
72. The LaBrants Apologize For Prank On 6-Year-Old Daughter: “We Think We’re Awesome Parents” 
73. Disclosing Endorsements on Social Media: General Considerations for FTC Compliance by Brands and Influencers
74. Why influencers need to use the right #hashtag
75. Jeffree Star Says “Major Player” Was Arrested After $2.5 Million Makeup Burglary
76. Cyber Group, YoBoHo team up on co-pro deal
77. FTC Emphasizes that Providing Free Products Can Bias Reviews 
78. Shiseido is increasing its influencer marketing spending by 50% in 2019
79. Here’s How The Warp Zone Survived Defy Media’s Collapse — And Regained Control Of Its Content
80. Snacks for Props: FTC Says No
81. Fullscreen Signs 10 Clients to Talent Management Roster, Including Mikaela Hoover 
82. Fullscreen’s Talent Unit Signs 10 Creators, Including Sierra Schultzzie, Josh Ovalle
83. Digital Vets Launch ‘UNCMMN’ Talent Management Upstart, Repping Jay Versace, Jc Caylen
84. Someone Hacks Defy Media’s Twitter Account, Promptly Uses It To Troll Everyone (Including Defy)
85. Research analyst predicts Snapchat’s user base in the US will decrease in 2019
86. Snapchat Announces 10 New Originals From BuzzFeed, New Form and Others 
87. Beyoncé Is Dropping A Netflix Documentary Next Week (Trailer)
88. Netflix in Italy: Emerging competitors and legal implications of the changing TV and film industry 
89. Netflix’s DVD Rental Service Brought In $212 Million Last Year From 2.7 Million Subscribers
90. Movie Theaters Don’t Like Netflix. Netflix’s Solution: Buy Its Own Movie Theater Chain.
91. ‘Netflix Is a Joke’ Comedy Channel Sets SiriusXM Launch 
92. MicTurn takes the idea of open-mic concerts online
93. More people pay for Apple Music than Spotify in the US now
94. Will Apple Just Kill iTunes Already?
95. Why Would Anyone Buy an iPad Mini in 2019?
96. Apple slashes HomePod price and introduces Powerbeats Pro 
97. 3-year-old locks parents out of iPad for 25,536,442 minutes
98. Hello world: Shining a light onto the culture of computer programmers
99. Shani Hilton Departs BuzzFeed To Take Over As The Los Angeles Times’ Deputy Managing Editor Of News
100. I Was Ready to Dunk on the Bose Frames… But I Actually Like Them?
101. How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? (Spoiler: Not Well) (Eric Goldman)
102. Online Marketplace Defeats Trademark Suit Because It’s Not the “Seller”–OSU v. Redbubble (Eric Goldman)
103. Somebody forgot to upgrade: Flights delayed, cancelled by GPS rollover
104. Area Man Takes Over the Onion and Gizmodo Group in Private Equity Deal 
105. Is It Time for a Blockchain Brexit?
106. New Quantum Device Can “Generate All Possible Futures”
107. Interfering trajectories in experimental quantum-enhanced stochastic simulation (Farzad Ghafari, Nora Tischler, Carlo Di Franco, Jayne Thompson, Mile Gu & Geoff J. Pryde)
108. When Twitter Fingers Turn to Trigger Fingers: A Qualitative Study of Social Media-Related Gang Violence (Desmond U. Patton, David Pryooz, Scott Decker, William R. Frey & Patrick Leonard) 

CREATIVITY

1. A Thousand Words: Getty Images Trigger Class Action
2. Former Intelligence Officials Sue The Government Over Its Unconstitutional Pre-Publication Review Process
3. Horse Race Announcer Sues Over Bill Murray Film That Included His Trademarked Tagline
4. Kobe Bryant Every Bit As Useless As His Lawyers Predicted In Trademark Opposition
5. Tennessee Senate Unanimously Passes Actual Anti-SLAPP Bill
6. Battle of the Beers—Can Anheuser’s Bud Light Ads Be Literally True but Legally False?
7. Are Vulgar Trademarks Protected Free Speech? Recent First Amendment Cases are Changing the Contours of Trademark Law
8. The Emmys Are Still Going After A Pet Products Company Despite All The Concessions They’ve Been Given
9. Legislator Irritated By A Journalist Decides State’s Government Should Start Regulating Journalism
10. News organizations have all but abandoned their archives
11. Alex Jones switches up defense in Sandy hook case
12. When Asked About Marvel LGBTQ Heroes, Kevin Feige Says He Wants All Fans to ‘See Themselves Reflected’
13. Viacom Prepares for Content Arms Race: ‘We’re Looking Beyond Our Own Networks’
14. 20 years on, The Matrix remains influential

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY

1. Supporting a More Competitive Canadian Wireless Market: Speak Out on Navdeep Bains’ Proposed CRTC Policy Direction (Michael Geist) 
2. FCC Proposes Protections for 5G Infrastructure Hub and Relay Antennas to Spur Deployment 
3. In Verizon 5G launch city, reviewers have trouble even finding a signal
4. Verizon’s ‘World First’ 5G Launch Was A Bit of a Dud
5. New FCC Commissioner: Hey, Maybe Somebody In Government Could Address These Wireless Location Data Scandals?
6. Just $6,790 Of $208 Million In Robocall Fines Have Been Collected By The FCC
7. Not All Customers Are the Same: Top Court Rules Business Customers Cannot Join Consumer Class Action
8. House Democrats Pass Bill to Restore Net Neutrality
9. House Democrats refuse to weaken net neutrality bill, defeat GOP amendments
10. House votes to restore net neutrality as White House threatens Trump veto
11. Colorado Net Neutrality Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk For Signing
12. Telecom Lobbyists Crushed San Francisco’s Quest For Better Broadband
13. Pai FCC Tours The Country Promising Better Rural Broadband, But His Policies Routinely Undermine That Goal
14. Lawsuit: AT&T’s DirecTV Now is a flop and AT&T lied to investors about it
15. The robocall crisis will never totally be fixed
16. More jails replace in-person visits with awful video chat products
17. Rupert Murdoch, the NFL, and the Negotiation That Remade TV

 SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

1. Canadian Privacy Commissioner Signals Major Shift in Approach on Cross-Border Data Transfers (Michael Geist)
2. Court Says Government Can Continue To Withhold Six ‘Significant’ FISA Court Opinions In Their Entirety
3. Polish Supervisory Authority issues GDPR fine for data scraping without informing individuals
4. Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor defeated by a $450 3D printer
5. Ongoing DNS hijackings target Gmail, PayPal, Netflix, banks and more [Updated]
6. ACLU Asks CBP Why It’s Threatening US Citizens With Arrest For Refusing Invasive Device Searches
7. Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa: A global team reviews audio clips in an effort to help the voice-activated assistant respond to commands. 
8. Oversight Report Says DEA Ran Multiple Bulk Data Collection Programs With Zero Legal Clearance
9. Chicago’s Ankle Monitors Can Call and Record Kids Without Their Consent
10. Well-funded surveillance operation infected both iOS and Android devices
11. Counting the Countless: Why data science is a profound threat for queer people
12. Yahoo tries to settle 3-billion-account data breach with $118 million payout
13. Thumb drive carried by Mar-a-Lago intruder immediately installed files on a PC
14. USB Drive Found on Jailed Mar-a-Lago Party-Crasher Contained Self-Executing Code
15. Chapter 19: Glossary – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation
16. Court Says California’s Anti-Spam Statute Doesn’t Regulate Affiliate Networks–Bank v. Hydra
17. Airbnb guest found hidden surveillance camera by scanning Wi-Fi network
18. Court Says Virginia PD’s Use Of Automatic Plate Readers Violates State’s Data Privacy Law
19. New variants of Mirai botnet detected, targeting more IoT devices
20. Mysterious safety-tampering malware infects a second critical infrastructure site
21. DHS, FBI say election systems in all 50 states were targeted in 2016

Jon

GAMES

1. Blog: How games software and hardware could top $200 billion by 2023
2. Opinion: After Christchurch – What we owe our game communities
3. “If we make room for them, then there is no room for anyone else”: IGF Award host Meg Jayanth calls for devs to reject fascists, demand better treatment for themselves and their colleagues
4. #1ReasonToBe: “Inclusivity is a battle we can win”: Rami Ismail’s final stint hosting the panel shares the stories of a refugee turns games developer, an Egyptian woman who refused to let a visa rejection silence her, and more
5. Overwatch saw 40% less disruptive behavior with the endorsement system
6. PUBG Corp and NetEase settle Battlegrounds lawsuit
7. PUBG Corp, NetEase settle copyright lawsuit: After suit alleging Knives Out, Rules of Survival copied PUBG and countersuit against “shameless attempt” at genre monopoly, companies now dismissing cases
8. Madden Litigation Sputters Out With Settlement
9. EA Lays Off 350 People In Marketing, Publishing, And More
10. EA lays off 350 staff in marketing, publishing, and operations 
11. EA closes Japan and Russia offices amid mass layoffs
12. EA lays off 350 amid major organizational changes: Company reorganizing marketing, publishing, operations teams, decreases presence in Japan and Russia
13. Electronic Arts closes Japan office as part of mass layoffs: Russian division also appears to be shuttering with operations moving to larger, regional office
14. EA signs publishing deal with Vicarious Visions founders
15. Sega removing actor from Western version of Judgmentafter drug scandal
16. Judgment has sold through 97% of stock following controversy
17. “Hard Rock” Hamilton Says Microsoft Can’t Leave Gears of War Lawsuit
18. Judgement sales surge following voice actor drug charge controversy: There was “no correct way to deal with the situation,” says Sega chief creative officer
19. Labor organizers share insight and tips on unionizing the game industry
20. Roblox on creating kinder communities
21. Game source code is a teaching tool, not a trade secret, argues VGHF founder
22. Apple Finally Jumps Into Games with Subscription Service Featuring 100+ Exclusives
23. Apple announces its own game subscription service, Apple Arcade
24. Apple unveils Apple Arcade subscription service for iOS, Mac, Apple TV games
25. Apple Arcade Games Subscription Service Announced
26. Apple reveals game subscription service Apple Arcade: Program to launch this fall with focus on new, premium titles
27. KO_OP, ustwo games announce Apple Arcade exclusives
28. Opinion: A closer look at the strategy behind Apple Arcade
29. Google Stadia Streaming Platform Launch, Game, And Feature Details Revealed
30. Google Exec On Stadia’s Internet Speed Requirements
31. Hands-On With Google Stadia
32. Google Claims Stadia Is More Powerful Than PS4 And Xbox One Combined – GDC 2019
33. Google’s Stadia Could Take Video Games Out of Your Hands: The new streaming service could make owning a video game a thing of the past
34. In Wake Of Google Stadia, Reports Suggest Walmart Is Exploring A Game Streaming Service
35. Report: Walmart is looking to enter the game streaming business
36. Walmart exploring its own game streaming service – Report: Retail giant began talking to developers and publishers about its plans earlier this year
37. Phil Spencer Reportedly Says Stadia Announcement Had ‘No Big Surprises’, Says Xbox Will ‘Go Big’ At E3
38. Xbox will reportedly “go big” on streaming at E3 2019: Internal email from Phil Spencer says Google Stadia is a “validation” and notes “no big surprises” in Google reveal
39. Report: Microsoft’s disc-less Xbox One S gets name and launch date
40. Microsoft unveils new indie game showcase calledID@Xbox Game Pass
41. Another World designer Eric Chahi sets up indie studio Pixel Reef
42. Blog: My full time indie developer life – Year 2
43. Blog: The colonial, non-colonial, and decolonial in video games
44. All the Game Streaming Services Google Stadia Is Up Against
45. Would a Google Stadia subscription service be bad news for the industry?: Analysts discuss Stadia’s potential to drive “a major downward trend” on prices, and what subscriptions mean for developers and diversity of games
46. Google Stadia will support the Xbox Adaptive Controller: Microsoft’s accessible device included among third-party controllers Google’s platform will support
47. Google tries to reassure gamers about Stadia speed and latency concerns
48. How id Software went from skeptical to excited about Google Stadia streaming
49. Slow Broadband, Usage Caps Could Mar Google Stadia’s Game Streaming Ambitions
50. Google Stadia can succeed if it follows Fortnite’s footsteps | Opinion
51. Nav promoted his new album in Fortnite stream with Ninja
52. In-venue streaming and broadcasting of live sporting events – key legal issues for sports clubs and leagues
53. Valve stays the course despite intensifying competition
54. Valve Software dreams of analyzing your brainwaves to tailor in-game rewards: “We can figure out what kinds of rewards you like, and the kinds you don’t.”
55. Valve is pushing new social features for Steam later this year 
56. Standalone Vive Focus Plus will cost $799 when it arrives in April
57. Valve Psychologist: Brain-computer Interfaces Are Coming & Could Be Built into VR Headsets
58. PlayStation VR headset sales have topped 4.2 million
59. ‘No Man’s Sky’ is Getting Full VR Support for PSVR, Rift, and Vive
60. Sony Announces 4.2 Million PlayStation VR Units Sold
61. Putting Sony’s 4.2 million PSVR sales in context
62. Sony is pulling digital PS4 games from sale at GameStop, other retailers
63. Sony stops selling digital game codes at physical retailers
64. Sony pulls full game download codes from all stores: PlayStation confirms to GamesIndustry.biz new strategy starts April 1, cards for DLC and virtual currency will still be available
65. Devil May Cry 5 shipped 2m units in two weeks
66. Devil May Cry 5 has sold 2 million copies in first two weeks
67. 6 years in, Warframe nears 50 million lifetime players
68. Fallout 76 and a handful of upcoming Bethesda titles now headed for Steam
69. Metro Exodus on Epic Store outsells its predecessor on Steam — but what does that tell us?: “It’s about the game, and not the store you sell on,” suggests Epic
70. Observation will be an Epic Games Store exclusive, Steam page pulled
71. Epic offers support for third-party key sales — but not for exclusives
72. Sweeney commits to human moderators & quality filters for Epic’s Games Store
73. Epic Games Store is making the industry better but “gamers don’t see that”: CEO Tim Sweeney addresses backlash against exclusivity deals, promises human curation to block “shock controversy games” like Rape Day
74. Report: Nintendo Is Releasing Two New Switch Models
75. Report: Nintendo planning two new Switch models
76. Nintendo Allegedly Set To Release Two New Switch Models
77. Report: Nintendo to release two new Switch models in 2019
78. Stardew Valley is the best-selling indie game on Nintendo Switch
79. Dead Cells has passed 1 million sales, and Switch leads the way on consoles
80. Nintendo’s Labo VR Kit Is Its Wildest Cardboard Adventure Yet
81. This Might Be the Least Fun Switch Accessory
82. Oculus Founder: Rift S Suitable for Only About 70% of Population Due to IPD
83. eSports and Copyright between choreographies and UGC 
84. GameStop moving into esports with new events venue 
85. GameStop partners with three esports organisations: Games retailer signs deals with Houston Outlaws, Envy Gaming, and OpTic Gaming
86. Comcast plans to build a $50 million esports arena in Philadelphia
87. SuperData: Apex Legends’ $92m launch month the best ever for a free-to-play game
88. Mobile strength pushed Tencent past $19bn games revenue in 2018
89. WarDucks raises $3.8 million to expand studio and create location-based AR game
90. WarDucks raises €3.3 million for location-based AR mobile game
91. I played 11 Assassin’s Creed games in 11 years, and Odyssey made them all worth it
92. UK Charts: Sekiro Shadows Die Twice is the seventh new No.1 of the year – Activision and From Software title narrowly beats The Division 2
93. Kabam acquires Montreal-based mobile studio Riposte Games & Co
94. GAME revenue dips but profits jump on ‘relentless’ cost savings
95. Indies clean up at GDC Awards 2019: God of War takes home yet another Game of the Year gong, and Return of the Obra Dinn wins $33,000 in IGF prizes
96. GDC 2019 attendance sets new record at 29,000
97. GDC celebrates record-breaking attendance and locks in 2020 dates!
98. Blog: The best slides I saw at GDC 2019
99. GDC 2019, as told through livetweets 
100. Video Game Deep Cuts: The Game Developers Conference Aftermath
101. A dev trained robots to generate “garbage” slot machine games—and made $50K
102. Intel and Spirit AI are working on machine learning-powered voice chat moderation
103. Video: Systemic AI design in Just Cause 3
104. Get a job: DeepMind is hiring a Games Designer
105. Deep Dive: Flexiscope, the play-time aware dungeon generator in Book of Demons
106. Don’t Miss: Devs weigh in on the best ways to write and design characters
107. Relinquishing Control: Remedy’s paradigm shift – Game director on leaving behind the tightly controlled experiences of Alan Wake and Quantum Break for, “a world that can support many stories, not just one story”
108. Daedalic: “If we do this right, no one else will be able to make a Gollum game” – CEO discusses plans for the iconic character, who will star in the first of many Lord of the Rings games
109. Critical Consensus: Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 –  Critics lament the lack of political heft in its story, but The Division 2 gets much right that BioWare’s Anthem got wrong
110. ‘Buddy pass’ will let Wolfenstein: Youngblood players share with friends
111. Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt spent heavily on R&D in 2018
112. Boyfriend Dungeon dev examines why game fashion sucks, and what to do about it
113. First-person digger: Stanley Black & Decker’s game controller for excavators
114. The next generation starts with you | Opinion: Game Dragons’ Philip Oliver offers advice on how to better work with academia to improve the quality of graduates
115. Twitch Launches ‘Squad Stream’ Feature, Enabling Four-Person Multiplay
116. Ninja Is Getting His Face On A Red Bull Can
117. Building a ‘homebrew’ video game console
118. Niantic announces second Pokémon GO Earth Day event
119. Obituary: Take-Two founder Ryan Brant has passed away
120. Take-Two founder Ryan Brant dies: Publisher expresses condolences, gratitude to Brant for his vision and contributions

DIGITAL

1. Muslim Advocacy Group Files Suit Against YouTube, Facebook For Hosting Christchurch Shooting Videos
2. Microsoft calls for ‘industrywide’ moderation plan after New Zealand shooting: The company’s president calls for more coordination
3. New Zealand Censors Declare Christchurch Shooting Footage Illegal; Start Rounding Up Violators
4. Brutal Startup Is Using Eye Tracking to Force You to Watch Ads: It’s basically like “A Clockwork Orange.”
5. Social media platforms under increasing pressure to protect users from harm
6. Facebook and Instagram Finally Ban White Nationalism and White Separatism
7. Facebook’s new rules come down against white nationalism, separatism
8. Will Facebook’s New Ban On White Nationalist Content Work?
9. Facebook Settles Claims Alleging Discriminatory Ad Targeting 
10. Vice Media to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle Pay Discrimination Case
11. Music labels sue Charter, complain that high Internet speeds fuel piracy
12. RIAA Continues Its Legal War To Turn ISPs Into The Copyright Police: Sues Charter Communications
13. The Latest Pro-PewDiePie Hackers Locked Users’ Files Until They Subscribed
14. New Virus Steals Your Files Until PewDiePie Gets 100M Subscribers: Another ransomware variant encrypts your files unless you subscribe to PewDiePie – but even if you do, it deletes them anyway.
15. PewDiePie fans keep making junk ransomware: Please, YouTube! Just hide PewDiePie and T-Series’ followers count and put this competition to bed.
16. How Microsoft found a Huawei driver that opened systems to attack
17. New Huawei phone has a 5x optical zoom, thanks to a periscope lens
18. US Is Forcing A Chinese Firm To Sell Gay Dating App Grindr
19. HMD admits the Nokia 7 Plus was sending personal data to China
20. How Internet Mercenaries Do Battle for Authoritarian Governments
21. HTML email reborn, as Google brings AMP to your inbox
22. Google regrets ‘minor glitch’ that sent Ghanaian currency plummeting
23. U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Search Google Settlement Agreement for Fairness  
24. SCOTUS Remands Google Case to the Ninth Circuit for Spokeo Standing Analysis 
25. Tenth Lawsuit Against Social Media Providers for “Materially Supporting Terrorists” Fails–Sinclair v. Twitter (Eric Goldman)
26. The echo of American Fair Use and of its boundaries, in the EU and Italian System. A comparative analysis in the wake of the Fox News victory over TVEyes
27. Nevada Judge Says Online News Publications Aren’t Protected By The State’s Journalist Shield Law 
28. Talking Cat App Should Keep Quiet on Advertising, CARU Recommends
29. A ‘Dark Day’: Copyright Law That Threatens the Internet as We Know It Passes Final EU Vote
30. EU parliament passes controversial copyright overhaul [Updated]
31. EU Puts An End To The Open Internet: Link Taxes And Filters Approved By Just 5 Votes
32. The European Parliament has voted in favour of Article 13: Critics argued that Article 13, and related legislation passed today by MEPs, risked infringing on freedom of speech
33. Article 13 – MEME Law is coming…
34. “Memes banned” – the European Parliament votes in the EU Copyright Directive including controversial Articles 11 and 13 
35. EU Parliament Passes Controversial “Meme Ban”: It’s a “dark day for internet freedom.”
36. Swedish MEPs Announce Support For Article 13, Demonstrate Near Total Ignorance Of What It Actually Entails
37. New Report: Germany Caved To France On Copyright In A Deal For Russian Gas
38. Enough MEPs Say They Mistakenly Voted For Articles 11 & 13 That The Vote Should Have Flipped; EU Parliament Says Too Bad
39. Tell The EU Not To Wreck The Internet
40. A Century Ago We Killed The Radio Commons; Don’t Let The EU Do That To The Internet
41. EU Commission Refuses To Explain Why It Published Medium Article Mocking The Public’s Concerns Over Article 13
42. EU Internet Companies Warn EU Parliament Not To Vote For Articles 11 & 13; Say They’ll Hand The Internet To Google 
43. MEPs Realizing How Bad Article 13 Could Be, Begin To Back Away From EU Copyright Directive
44. Independent Musician Dan Bull’s New Song, Robocopyright, Warns Of The Dangers Of Article 13
45. Sites Warn EU Users Of Just How Bad Article 13 Will Be
46. Huge Protests Across Europe Protest Article 13; Politician Lies And Claims They Were Paid To Be There
47. Supporters Of Article 13, After Denying It’s About Filters, Now Say It’s About Regulating Filters Which They Admit Don’t Work
48. After EU Copyright Reform Passes, Susan Wojcicki Says “This Is The Beginning” Of YouTube’s Fight
49. Most Advertisers Have Returned To YouTube After Comments Scandal, Google Exec Says 
50. YouTube Usage Comprises 37% Of All Mobile Web Traffic, Study Finds
51. YouTube Facing Lawsuit That Alleges Toy Unboxing Videos Are “Abusive Advertising Practices” Aimed At Children 
52. YouTube Disabled Comments On Thousands Of Creators’ Channels To Prevent Child Predation. Tech Startup Respondology Thinks It Has A Solution. 
53. YouTube Shutters ‘Fantastic Adventures’ Channel After Proprietor’s Arrest For Child Abuse
54. YouTube Millionaires: AR12Gaming Started Sharing His Love For Racecar Games On YouTube In 2012. Now, His Company Sponsors Real-Life Racers.
55. How YouTube is changing toys
56. YouTube cancels two original series but denies moving away from original content
57. YouTube Content Head Susanne Daniels Denies Eyeing Exit Amid High-End Series Cancellations
58. Kim Kardashian’s Daughter North West Entering YouTube Fray In Collab With JoJo Siwa
59. Influencers Allegedly Run Roughshod Over FTC Warnings
60. Influencer Law 101: influencer exclusivity
61. Law School Exam Part 5: Am I An Influencer?
62. #InfluencerMarketing: What advertisers need to know about disclosure
63. Lil Miquela, Shudu, Bermuda and Sophia The Robot: CGI and Robot IT Girls Who Will Become the Influencers of the Future 
64. Studio71 Launches Weekly Reaction Series With Tal Fishman, Caylus Cunningham On ‘Caffeine’
65. Ryan ToysReview’s Nickelodeon Series To Premiere On April 19
66. YouTube’s FaZe Clan Inks Sponsorship, Content Pact With Automaker Nissan
67. Liza Koshy Will Return To Her YouTube Channel After Yearlong Absence
68. Liza Koshy Returns To YouTube With A Glitzy Musical For Her Dollar Store Shenanigans
69. Creators Going Pro: Elle Mills’ YouTube Channel Is Becoming A Diary About The Raw, Vulnerable Parts Of Her Life
70. Priyanka Chopra Launches YouTube-Funded Inspirational Special ‘If I Could Tell You Just One Thing’
71. Admitted Meme Thief F-Jerry Sued for Allegedly Stealing a Meme 
72. Popular Meme Account Sued For Copyright Infringement and Other Claims
73. Expansion of the Madrid System 
74. Ruling in Emoji Beach Ball IP Case Left Me Confused: Kangaroo v. Amazon (Eric Goldman)
75. March Madness! Court Dismisses Lawsuit Over Massive Cyberattack After Basketball Game Loss–Higgins v. Kentucky Sports Radio (Eric Goldman)
76. Amazon Will Soon Launch Mobile Ads In Search Results
77. To rival Amazon, UPS enters healthcare—with doorstep nurse delivery
78. StyleHaul Notifies Employees Of Layoffs, Shutdown Of U.S. Operations (Exclusive) 
79. Here’s Why Netflix Launched ‘Love, Death & Robots’ With A Different Episode Order For Certain Users
80. Netflix Reaches Tipping Point As Originals Now Outpace Acquired Titles – Study
81. Netflix Asks Court To Dismiss Chooseco’s Lawsuit For All The Obvious Reasons
82. Here’s How Apple’s Spending Its Massive $1 Billion Original Content Budget Ahead Of Streaming Service Launch
83. Here’s the Full Rundown on Apple TV and the New Apple TV+
84. Apple finally enters TV streaming space with new Apple TV+ service
85. Here’s all the TV+ shows Apple flew out celebrities for
86. Apple’s New Genre Shows Are Still Mysterious, But Here’s What We Learned Today
87. Apple’s Streaming Service Apple TV+ To Launch This Fall, Will Have Zero Third-Party Content — But Plenty Of Add-Ons
88. Liveblog: Apple unveils its TV service and more at the March 25 “It’s show time” event
89. Apple promises its new credit card is a privacy-protecting beast
90. Apple debuts its own credit card with a physical version to complement the app
91. The Apple Card Is Great at Privacy but Mediocre Overall
92. Everything that’s happening with Apple’s News+ subscription service
93. Apple News+: A newsstand of 300 glossy magazines for $9.99/month
94. Apple Used Its Oprah Moment to Pull One Over on Us
95. Apple Designates Amazon As an Authorized Reseller of Apple – Highlighting the Importance of Online Sales Control for Even the World’s Most Powerful Brand
96. Clippy briefly resurrected as Teams add-on, brutally taken down by brand police
97. Microsoft ships antivirus for macOS as Windows Defender becomes Microsoft Defender
98. Microsoft exec bans company from pulling any dumb April Fools’ pranks 
99. Streaming Powers U.S. Latin Music Market to 18% Growth
100. eMarketer claims Spotify US will overtake Pandora by 2021
101. AI-music startup Endel to release albums through Warner Music
102. A Survey Of The EU’s AI Ecosystem
103. Expert views on the frontiers of AI and conflict  
104. How to develop a successful IP strategy for AI
105. Can AI Be A Fair Judge In Court? Estonia Thinks So
106. How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science
107. Artificial Intelligence: A Potential Cybersecurity Safeguard or Viable Threat to the Healthcare Industry? 
108. Algorithmic Accountability: A Primer
109. Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program
110. Study shows complexity and uncertainty of IoT regulation in Europe 
111. New York City Apartment Residents Sue Landlord Over New Smart Locks [Updated]
112. US computer science grads outperforming those in other key nations
113. Rethinking the rights of children for the internet age
114. Disruptive Developments @20EssexStreet: What is the difference between a cryptocurrency trading platform and a kitchen blender? 
115. What’s in a (User)Name? 
116. Freetown Man Arrested for Keeping Flat-Screen TV Delivered to Him by Accident With Amazon Order 
117. This Truck Spilled 40,000 Pounds of Printer Ink In a Crash That Probably Cost a Gazillion Dollars
118. Man Steals $122 Million From Google And Facebook By Just Asking Them For Money
119. Digital Business in Canada
120. Internet Platform Governance, Part 1: What’s the Problem?
121. Cloud computing in the United States
122. Federal Prosecutors Recommend Paul Hansmeier Spend The Next 12 Years In Prison

CREATIVITY

1. Photographer loses lawsuit over use of her photo in political mailer
2. $35 billion in research funding “now at stake” after Trump executive order
3. New waves in the battle against piracy of sports rights
4. Copyright Ownership DJ Claim Must Plead Disputed Ownership 
5. What do Bruce Springsteen and Venus and Serena Williams all have in common?
6. Counterfeiting and the importance of brand protection in beauty
7. Fashion and cultural expressions
8. Dutch Golden Age painting returned to heirs of Nazi Spoliation victims
9. Intellectual Property Law Year in Review – March 2019

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY

1. Cable Industry Embarrassed By The Word ‘Cable,’ Stops Using It
2. FCC has to pay journalist $43,000 after hiding net neutrality records
3. FCC (Read: Taxpayers) Forced To Pay Journalist’s Legal Bills After Tap Dancing Around FOIA Requests
4. T-Mobile’s $50 home Internet service has no data cap, but plenty of limits
5. AT&T’s “5G E” is actually slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, study finds
6. Another Study Finds Verizon’s 5G Is Barely Available, Not Scaleable
7. Current Telecom Developments
8. Bill To Restore Net Neutrality Moves Forward, And The Public Is Still Angry
9. The regulators are coming: New EU online Platforms Regulation
10. Five Minutes On… The EU Electronic Communications Code
11. Comcast’s New Rented Streaming Box Is A Flimsy Attempt To Remain Relevant

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

1. Facebook apps logged users’ passwords in plaintext, because why not
2. Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords in plain text
3. Facebook Screws Up Again
4. Vigilant And Its Customers Are Lying About ICE’s Access To Plate Records
5. Thomas Goolnik Again Convinces Google To Forget Our Story About Thomas Goolnik Getting Google To Forget Our Story About Thomas Goolnik
6. Illinois Appeals Court Says Fifth Amendment Protections Apply To Cellphone Passwords
7. California and European Privacy FAQs: Does the GDPR require that a company obtain consent from a website user before placing cookies on its browser?
8. The privacy risks of unchecked facial-recognition technology
9. The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software
10. Having Privacy in Public: Limits to Unwanted Surveillance in Public Spaces
11. Hijacked ASUS software updates installed backdoor on at least 0.5 million PCs
12. Asus Goes Mute As Hackers Covertly Install Backdoors Using Company Software Update
13. Reckless VII: Wife of Journalist Slain in Cartel-Linked Killing Targeted with NSO Group’s Spyware
14. Critical flaw lets hackers control lifesaving devices implanted inside patients
15. A rogue’s gallery of bad actors is exploiting that critical WinRAR flaw
16. Telegram Goes Nuclear With New Message Deletion Feature
17. Preparing for Compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act 
18. Casino Screwup Royale: A tale of “ethical hacking” gone awry

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GAMES

1. Take-Two settles copyright case with another GTA V cheat creator: Defendant Erik Cameron acknowledges violations, pays undisclosed settlement
2. Take-Two Interactive shares jump after Sony acquisition rumors
3. About those rumors Sony is buying Take-Two…: How “purely unconfirmed market speculation” turns into headlines around the industry
4. Sega pulls Judgment from sale in Japan following drug arrest
5. Sega pulls Judgment from sale in Japan after actor arrested for alleged cocaine use: Publisher is considering next move after Pierre Taki admits to violating nation’s drug laws
6. Anita Sarkeesian talks about exposing gaming’s most toxic trends with sheer data
7. Inclusion in games a pressing concern for players, according to survey
8. Spyro Reignited Trilogy now features subtitles in cutscenes
9. Activision adds classic Spyro subtitles months after fan outcry [Updated]
10. War Child UK’s Armistice fundraiser raised $380k in 2018
11. The ‘equal pay and equal say’ structure of the game dev studio KO_OP
12. Don’t Miss: Dealing with the scourge of burnout in game dev
13. EA says it failed in response to Sims influencer’s alleged sexual harassment
14. EA apologises for delay in dealing with Sims community sexual predator: “We are disappointed in how events have unfolded and we own our responsibility to that,” says The Sims general manager
15. Respawn has banned 355,000 in ‘ongoing war’ againstApex Legends cheaters  
16. Respawn has banned over 355,000 Apex Legends cheaters since launch: “We take cheating very seriously and care deeply about the health of Apex Legends for all players,” says developer
17. MrBeast Drops Video Of Real Life, EA-Sponsored ‘Apex Legends’ Battle Starring 39 YouTubers Competing For $200,000
18. App Annie: Tencent retains spot as top revenue-earning publisher for third year – NetEase takes second once more, Activision Blizzard rises to No. 3
19. NetEase and Tencent included in latest round of China game approvals
20. Ninja reportedly earned $1m for promotion of Apex Legends: Top streamer Tyler Blevins one of the few paid for promotion of EA and Respawn’s surprise release battle royale
21. Celebrities drop Fortnite dance lawsuits, but only temporarily
22. Fortnite adjusts cross-platform play to separate out Switch and mobile users: Xbox One and PS4 players will be together by default with Switch and mobile in their own pool
23. ‘The Carlton’ Dances Its Way Out of Copyright Protection
24. 2 Milly, Alfonso Ribeiro, others drop lawsuits against Epic Games over dances: Supreme Court ruling on copyright law forces plaintiffs to wait for dances to be granted copyright registration 
25. Valve removes rape fantasy game from Steam: “We think ‘Rape Day’ poses unknown costs and risks and therefore won’t be on Steam”
26. With Rape Day ban, Steam shows it’s not as “hands off” as it claims
27. UK politician calls for review of Steam, sexually violent content  
28. Rape Day prompts call for UK government review: British MP questions how Valve is “able to get away with this kind of stupidity” 
29. When good monetization meets bad ethics: Riot Games’ Leanne Loombe says the industry needs to be driven by more than revenue to avoid regulation
30. Building a better world through games: Riot’s Soha El-Sabaawi, Microsoft’s Gabi Michel, Tru Luv’s Brie Code, and Ubisoft’s Kaitlin Tremblay discuss challenges and strategies for making the industry and the world beyond it a better place
31. New Microsoft app lets users stream PC games to an Xbox One 
32. PS4 Remote Play is now possible on iPhones and iPads
33. Newest PS4 Update Lets You Stream Your PS4 Screen To iOS Devices
34. You can now play PlayStation 4 games on your iPhone
35. Sony launches PS4 Remote Play for iOS: App allows users to play PS4 games on mobile device, but sans DualShock 4 controllers
36. PlayStation Now launches in 7 more countries
37. Google patent application describes notification system for multi-device controller: Filing unearthed ahead of big GDC reveal next week
38. Jade Raymond appointed new VP at Google: EA Motive founder joins company just ahead of teased GDC reveal
39. Game industry vet Jade Raymond signs on as a Google VP
40. Jade Raymond Named Vice President of Google
41. All signs point to a Google game console announcement at GDC
42. Google Play apps with 150 million installs contain aggressive adware
43. Hennig: “Things are clearly not working the way they used to” – Uncharted creative director says mass layoffs a red flag that AAA development must change, shift to outsourcing “feels inevitable”
44. 209 were laid off from Blizzard as part of earlier Activision Blizzard cuts
45. Blizzard cuts more than 200 US jobs as part of Activision restructure: IT and marketing sees most layoffs, Overwatch firm’s cuts account for more than a quarter of planned 800 redundancies 
46. Blizzard brings original Diablo to GOG: Game is available now DRM-free, Warcraft and Warcraft II planned as well
47. Devil May Cry 5 is Capcom’s second UK No.1 of 2019
48. Anthem tumbles to No.4
49. Brawl Stars made $150m in its first three months: Supercell’s newest game has also passed 75 million installs, biggest audience is US
50. Marvel Strike Force first-year revenue topped $150 million
51. Octopath Traveler shipped 1.5 million copies, has a mobile prequel on the way
52. The Division 2 won’t be sold on digital third-party stores following its launch 
53. EA isn’t hosting a press conference at E3 2019  
54. EA foregoes EA Play press conference for E3: EA Play will begin the Friday before E3 and focus on hands-on demos, livestreams
55. Anthem’s launch and the power of the sunk-cost fallacy | Opinion: Bioware’s latest is one of the most egregiously unfinished and broken launches in many years, but these games often get free pass – for now
56. Halo: Master Chief Collection is finally confirmed for PC, will include Reach
57. Game studio funding: The right investor at the right stage
58. “Our whole world fell apart”: The fall of Splendy Games – Simon Sparks offers a cautionary tale of how an ambitious indie collapsed, and the toll it took on his mental health
59. Don’t let your first game be your last | Opinion: Game Dragons’ Philip Oliver advises indies on how to select a project that will set up the future of their studio
60. Evolving the way we think about community | Opinion: Abusive influencers show companies need to reconsider who they lend their legitimacy to, and how 
61. SpatialOS dev Improbable is setting up its own game development studios
62. Improbable opens first development studios in London and Edmonton: Former BioWare GM Aaryn Flyn to lead Canadian team, while UK will be headed by former DICE producer John Wasilczyk 
63. Tim Sweeney: Storefront battle will be won with developer support – Epic Games CEO says PC digital storefronts are “nearly perfect” for consumers already
64. Epic plans to add an undo button to Fortnite’s in-game store
65. Phoenix Point will be an Epic Games Store exclusive for a year  
66. Konami building esports centre to help Japan catch up with Western ‘pioneers’
67. Konami building esports centre in downtown Tokyo: 12-storey building will open doors this November, will offers classes to help grow Japan’s esports scene
68. How do you spell e-Stadium? 
69. Gaming Luminaries Ninja, DrLupo, And CouRage Sign With Talent Management Firm ‘Loaded’
70. Valve laid off 13 staff and terminated ‘a portion’ of contracted devs last month
71. Valve lays off 13, some involved with VR: Company says layoffs “do not represent any major changes”
72. Valve Laid Off Contractors and 13 Employees, Some Working on VR
73. Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield is no longer working on Valve’s Artifact
74. Valve terminates contract with Artifact designer: “We weren’t surprised by the layoff considering how rocky the launch was,” says Richard Garfield
75. GameByte: Parents’ increase game spending for their kids by 34% in 2018 – Nintendo Switch is the console children request to spend money on the most
76. Nintendo reportedly asks mobile partners to stop players from spending so much: Company concerned with being perceived as greedy, requests third party developers adjust microtransactions
77. Nintendo introduces Nintendo Labo VR Kit: Fourth Labo series kit includes six creations, including VR goggles for “shareable, simple VR gaming experiences”
78. Brand new Nintendo Labo kits will turn your Switch into a VR headset
79. Nintendo veterans reflect on the risks and rewards of hardware development
80. Nintendo Jumps into VR (Again) With Switch VR ‘Labo’ Kit Coming in April
81. How VR brought me inside a scary-real radioactive Fukushima reactor: Here’s what it’s like inside the melted down reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
82. CAA Continues Foray Into Gaming Creator Space With ‘Criken’, Elspeth Eastman (Exclusive)
83. Cloud games tech firm Hadean raises £7m
84. Black jackets, sunglasses, and radical accountability as a worker co-op: Scott Benson and Bethany Hockenberry explain why and how The Glory Society follows a “no bosses needed” model
85. U.S. Patent No. 6,231,444: Operating device for game machine 
86. Don’t Miss: A water interaction model for great video game boat physics
87. Video: Creating the unique visuals of Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
88. Video: Recreating a classic era in automotive history inMafia III
89. Netflix is turning Dragon’s Dogma into an anime series
90. Dwarf Fortress is headed to Steam and itch.io, 17 years into its development
91. Unknown NES wrestling game discovered, beaten 30 years later
92. The death of Flash is exaggerated, argues one Flash developer
93. The eyes have it: Creating believable digital humans
94. Blog: The psychology of matchmaking
95. Blog: The two philosophies of gameplay
96. Blog: How music enhances virtual presence

DIGITAL

1. Elizabeth Warren Proposes Plan to Break Up Big Tech
2. Elizabeth Warren proposes breaking up Amazon, Google, and Facebook
3. Here’s how we can break up Big Tech
4. How To Actually Break Up Big Tech
5. SXSWarren: A day later, Elizabeth Warren defends her Big Tech breakup proposal
6. Elizabeth Warren Wants To Break Up Amazon, Google And Facebook; But Does Her Plan Make Any Sense?
7. Everyone’s Overreacting To The Wrong Thing About Facebook (Briefly) Blocking Elizabeth Warren’s Ads 
8. It Sure Sounds Like Elizabeth Warren Wants To Bring The EU Copyright Directive Stateside 
9. House of Lords calls for new Digital Authority to regulate tech giants: New authority would oversee regulation to “facilitate the urgent change that is needed” 
10. Seeking the “right regulation” of digital services: Lords’ Communications Committee articulates its vision 
11. UK lords call for central ‘Digital Authority’ to help regulate internet: They want government to take a more aggressive approach.
12. Regulating in a digital world (House of Lords) 
13. FTC Launches a New Task Force Dedicated to Monitoring the Tech Industry for Anti-Competitive Practices 
14. Tim Berners-Lee on 30 years of the world wide web: ‘We can get the web we want’
15. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says democracy ‘has a Facebook problem’: The comments came after the platform took down ads criticizing its power
16. Facebook and Google to be fined for harmful content, Margot James says
17. As anti-vax movement gets weirder—and dumber—Facebook announces crackdown
18. Anti-vaxx ‘mobs’: doctors face harassment campaigns on Facebook
19. Zuckerberg: Facebook will shift focus to private networks instead of open ones
20. Why Facebook’s pivot to privacy could backfire: If all this is a PR stunt, it would be a very bad bargain
21. Facebook Watch Sets New 24-Hour Viewing Record With Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’
22. Facebook Watch’s New Video Incubator To Act As Matchmaker For Publishers, Influencers
23. Zuckerberg: Facebook is Building a Machine to Read Your Thoughts
24. Facebook’s Privacy Cake
25. A Trip Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprawling, Embattled Compound in Hawaii
26. Yes, Actually, There Is A Lot Of Good News In Zuckerberg’s New Plans For Facebook
27. Facebook is testing ‘Watch Party’ features on Instagram, too
28. Facebook Watch’s New Video Incubator To Act As Matchmaker For Publishers, Influencers
29. When Facebook Goes Down, Don’t Blame Hackers
30. Instagram founders on Snapchat and breaking up Facebook
31. Do People Want A Better Facebook, Or A Dead Facebook?
32. How Two Years Of Instagram Stories Has Altered The Way We Love, Act And Play
33. Dangerous Speech and Misinformation Fans India – Pakistan War
34. GOP funds messaging sites that look remarkably like trusted local news
35. The Company That Owns MrBeast And Jake Paul’s YouTube MCN Just Lost Its Network Status For “Egregious and Repeated” Policy Violations
36. YouTube Terminated Yeah1’s MCN Status, So It’s Selling ScaleLab Back To Original Owners For $12 Million
37. YouTube Terminates All ‘SevenAwesomeKids’ Channels After Owner Ian Rylett Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse
38. YouTube Star Olivia Jade Emerges As Beneficiary In College Bribery Scandal
39. YouTube Continues Conspiracy Crackdown With Fact-Checking Cards On Search Results
40. Here’s How YouTube Fought ‘Captain Marvel’ Trolls 
41. YouTube fought Brie Larson trolls by changing its search algorithm 
42. Father Of Alison Parker Accuses YouTube Of Promoting Conspiracy Theories About His Daughter’s Murder
43. Youtube’s Family Vloggers Worry About Their Future Amid Comment Section Crackdown: Without comments, YouTube is just ‘short films’ 
44. YouTube, Louis Vuitton Host Emma Chamberlain At Paris Fashion Week
45. Disaster In The Making: Article 13 Puts User Rights At A Disadvantage To Corporate Greed
46. Major Labels Split On Support For Article 13; As Music Publishers Whine That They Can’t Make Money From Parodies
47. UN Human Rights Expert Warns EU Not To Pass Article 13
48. German Government Confirms That Article 13 Does Mean Upload Filters, Destroying Claims To The Contrary Once And For All
49. 170 Years Of German Publishers Demanding Special Copyrights For The Press Because Of New Technology
50. YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Roll Out To Critical Indian Market
51. Logan Paul Investigates One Of YouTube’s Top Conspiracies In ‘Flat Earth: To The Edge And Back’
52. Man Arrested After Driving Across U.S. To Confront Google Employees He Suspected Shut Down His YouTube Channel
53. Google Hardware makes cuts to laptop and tablet development, cancels products
54. Identifying and acting on fake advertorial content
55. Court Ruling Provides Help to Brands Struggling with Grey Market Sales on Online Marketplaces
56. Elon Musk’s late-night announcement to raise prices and reopen some stores
57. Musk lawyers accuse SEC of “unconstitutional power grab”
58. EU Parliament Paid News Publisher AFP To Create Bogus Propaganda Video In Favor Of EU Copyright Directive
59. Beyond Hybrid War: How China Exploits Social Media to Sway American Opinion
60. Netflix “Doubling Down” On Interactive Content After Success Of ‘Bandersnatch’
61. Bandersnatch was a hit, so Netflix plans to make more interactive shows like it 
62. Netflix wants to make more interactive shows after the success of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch: Wacky comedies or romantic Choose Your Own Adventure-style stories are possibilities 
63. Netflix And ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Producer Team On Scripted Thai Cave Rescue Series
64. Netflix’s Formula 1: Drive to Survive finds pressure at the core of F1
65. Disney to close “vault” for good as it moves film library to streaming service
66. With Fox, Disney will have an even bigger footprint in Hollywood
67. Amazon to close all its pop-up shops: Company said Wednesday it will focus on opening more bookstores instead
68. Sorry Amazon: Philadelphia bans cashless stores
69. Hearst Opens L.A. Production Studio Ahead Of Clevver Relaunch In Coming Weeks 
70. BuzzFeed CEO Says Company Is Generating Over $200: Million Annually From Businesses That Didn’t Exist Two Years Ago
71. Microsoft proves the critics right: We’re heading toward a Chrome-only Web
72. Nvidia to acquire high performance computing company Mellanox for $6.9 billion
73. Allo Could Have Been Great. Google Blew It.
74. Do You Really Need Disclosures in Google Ads?
75. Google to Ban Political Ads in Canadian Election
76. Boeing Promises Software Update For Plane That Crashed
77. eCommerce Executive Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing on Online Marketplace
78. N.Y. Court of Appeals: No Difference Between “Private” and “Public” Posts in Discovery 
79. Windows 10 passes 800 million devices
80. Why I Regret Upgrading to an iPhone XS
81. A “serious” Windows 0-day is being actively exploited in the wild
82. Competition Bureau chief expected to continue focus on Big Data
83. Artificial Intelligence: Canadian and International Trends 
84. AI & Global Governance: The Advantages of Applying the International Human Rights Framework to Artificial Intelligence (Centre for Policy Research at United Nations University)
85. Laws should monitor bias in AI, experts say
86. U.S. Army Assures Public That Robot Tank System Adheres to AI Murder Policy
87. Could On-Demand Artificial Intelligence-based Authentication End The Fake News Menace?
88. Why Inclusion Matters for the Future of Artificial Intelligence
89. “What can artificial intelligence teach us about fairness?”
90. Patch is using AI to write 3,000 articles a week
91. Degenerate Feedback Loops in Recommender Systems (Ray Jiang, Silvia Chiappa, Tor Lattimore, Andras Agyorgy, Pushmeet Kohli)
92. This Site Detects Whether Text Was Written by a Bot
93. Tech That Can “Detect Emotion” Could Keep You From Getting A Job 
94. See The Robot Head That Might Interview You For Your Next Job
95. You’re Hired! This Site Generates Random Neural Network Résumés: These gibberish résumés show that HR might still require a human touch.
96. Facial recognition’s ‘dirty little secret’: Millions of online photos scraped without consent – People’s faces are being used without their permission, in order to power technology that could eventually be used to surveil them, legal experts say. 
97. Using Creative Commons images to train artificial intelligence (Andres Guadamuz)
98. Why IBM Thinks Quantum Computers Will Boost Machine Learning
99. Data mining, AI and Media: A brave new world? 
100. Why Self-Checkout Is and Has Always Been the Worst
101. Failure to Launch – OSC Director Determines That Bitcoin Fund is Not Ready for the Retail Spotlight
102. The ability to say NO on the Internet
103. Reclaiming the Data Commons
104. Twitter Defeats Yet Another Lawsuit from a Suspended User–Cox v. Twitter (Eric Goldman)
105. Section 230 Preempts Unfair Competition Law Claim–Taylor v. Twitter (Eric Goldman)
106. Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal Of Defamation Lawsuit Against Actor James Woods
107. Tweet Containing Question Mark Isn’t Defamatory–Boulger v. Woods 
108. “We’re killing our capacity for creativity”: Twitter VP Bruce Daisley explains why checking emails outside of work and the misuse of open plan offices is creating so much stress
109. Twitter Debuts An In-App Camera Function
110. Twitter Launches Improved In-App Camera With 280-Second Video Limit
111. Filtering Software Defeats Another Lawsuit–PC Drivers v. Malwarebytes (Eric Goldman)
112. Vice May Be Looking to Raise Another $200 Million (Report)
113. After Laying Off 250 Staffers, Vice Is Now Looking To Raise $200 Million (Report)
114. Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Link Tax
115. Empowering the Marginalized: Tales of the Digital Good Life
116. You are seeing this because you are…:  Targeted advertisements are getting so specific they’ll choose the color of your next panties before you even knew you wanted them.
117. Design Justice, A.I., and Escape from the Design Justice, A.I., and Escape from the Matrix of Domination
118. Calling Doctor Google? Technology Adoption and Health Information Seeking among Low-income African-American Older Adults (Hyunjin Seo, Joseph Erba, Mugur Geana, Crystal Lumpkins)
119. Cookie Policy
120. Website Law Alert – A Website’s Non-Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Copyright Act Can be Expensive
121. Is It Actually Okay To Touch Your Computer Screen? 
122. Who are the next billion users and what do they want?
123. A Book Review Of Code And Other Laws Of Cyberspace
124. Thoughtful design as the gateway to ethical data processing
125. ­­­
126. The Web’s Dad Isn’t Angry, Just Disappointed  
127. German Football League To Try Novel Antipiracy Strategy Of Actually Having Legal Alternatives For Its Content
128. The Trouble With Emojis
129. ‘Sealioning’ Is A Common Trolling Tactic On Social Media–What Is It?
130. Even the Queen Needs a Social Media Policy
131. Delete Never: The Digital Hoarders Who Collect Tumblrs, Medieval Manuscripts, and Terabytes of Text Files

CREATIVITY

1. Supreme Court Says Of Course You Need To Register Your Copyright Before You Can Sue; Copyright Trolls & Hollywood Freak Out
2. SCOTUS issues ruling in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC 
3. Supreme Court Requires Completed Copyright Registration Before Filing Suit–Fourth Estate Public Benefit v. Wall-Street
4. Application Rejected: Supreme Court Requires Registration to Commence Copyright Infringement Suit 
5. More Copyright Policy Should Be As Boring As This Supreme Court Decision
6. Banksy wins pivotal case against museum for trademark infringement
7. Court Rules “Transformed” Photo of Candidate is Fair Use, Not Infringement
8. Big Fair Use Win For Mashups: ‘Oh, The Places You’ll Boldly Go!’ Deemed To Be Fair Use
9. NYTimes Reporter Gets Bogus Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed As Judge Philosophizes About SLAPP Suits
10. Adverts must avoid harmful gender stereotypes 
11. Race and Resistance Amid Feminism, Priming, and Capitalism: The (surprisingly-globalized) Visual of an Asian American Woman Activist
12. Captain Marvel review: The hero we, and Marvel Studios, need right now
13. Captain Marvel is kicking the box office’s ass
14. Captain Marvel’s Box Office Success Defies Trolls: In spite of the haters and the controversy, Captain Marvel prevailed at the box office this weekend.
15. Why It’s Actually Great That ‘Captain Marvel’ Is Just Fine 
16. Captain Marvel’s Directors Discuss the Importance of the Women in Carol Danvers’ Life
17. calc.exe is now open source; there’s surprising depth in its ancient code
18. 5 Reasons You Really Need To Go See ‘Captain Marvel’
19. Stan Lee’s Captain Marvel cameo raises a lot of questions
20. Man angry his photo was used to prove all hipsters look alike — then learns it wasn’t him
21. Supreme Court Issues Two Important Decisions Tackling Copyright Registration and Litigation Costs
22. DuBay v. King
23. Denver Club “Stripped” Carmen Electra and Others of Compensation, Suit Says 
24. How generational attitudes towards IP are impacting the law
25. Was La Toya Jackson Right About Her Family All Along? 
26. Music Writer From 1999 Predicts What Bands Will Still Be Around in 2019

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY 

1. I feel cheated’: Big telcos hike prices for $60 plans with 10 GB, sparking complaints
2. The Federal Government Signals a New Policy Approach for the CRTC in the Telecom Sector (Stephen Zolf)
3. Net Neutrality Update: House Hearing and Proposed Legislation
4. New Bill Would Enshrine The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Into Standalone Federal Law
5. John Oliver Robocalls Ajit Pai For Not Doing More To Thwart Robocalls
6. John Oliver fights robocalls… by robocalling Ajit Pai and the FCC
7. Combatting Illegal Robocalls: FCC’s “Top Consumer Protection Priority” 
8. T-Mobile Still Pretending That Staying At Trump’s DC Hotel Isn’t An Obvious Ploy To Gain Merger Approval
9. Report Claims Trump Pushed For AT&T Time Warner DOJ Lawsuit To Hurt CNN, Help Rupert Murdoch 
10. AT&T CFO Says Growing WarnerMedia, Reducing Debt Are Key Priorities
11. AT&T raises DirecTV Now price—again—after promising lower post-merger bills
12. Sprint steps up fight against AT&T’s “fake 5G” with full-page Sunday NYT ad
13. Yes, 5G will cost you more—Verizon plans $10 add-on charge for 5G access
14. Russian Telecom Giant Agrees to Pay $850 Million in Penalties to Resolve Alleged Involvement in FCPA Bribery Scheme 
15. Tucker Carlson’s war on the ruling class is a master class of misdirection
16. DramaFever’s Former Finance VP Sues Warner Bros., Alleging Anti-Asian Bias
17. Do TV Program Ratings Do a Good Job Telling Families Which Programs are Appropriate for Kids to Watch? Congress Wants to Know, So the FCC is Asking 
18. Cable and satellite TV sinks again as online streaming soars
19. Ajit Pai’s rosy broadband deployment claim may be based on gigantic error
20. Much Of The Broadband Growth Ajit Pai Credits To Killing Net Neutrality Was Actually Due To A Clerical Error
21. New York hasn’t followed through on order to kick Charter out of state
22. Portland Lawmakers Want to Block 5G Rollout, Citing Shaky Health Risks
23. A Call to Regulate E-Cig Advertising – What is the FCC’s Role in Regulating Advertising For the Vices? 
24. Researchers Tune In To Smallest Radio Frequency In Quantum Mechanics 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

1. Redefining our privacy expectations: The SCC’s recent Jarvis ruling will have broad effects, particularly in the grey areas, on the use of surveillance technology.
2. Be Careful What You Wish For: ‘Privacy Protection’ Now Used As An Excuse To Cut Off Investigative Journalists From Key Database
3. New Florida Bill Seeks To Bury Recordings Of Mass Shootings
4. A world of hurt after GoDaddy, Apple, and Google misissue >1 million certificates
5. Appeals Court Doesn’t Buy Government’s National Security Assertions; Says Lawsuit Against FBI Can Continue
6. OSFI Provides New Guidance on Technology and Cybersecurity
7. United States Federal Trade Commission strikes one for children’s privacy
8. FTC Not Kidding Around with TikTok’s Record-Setting COPPA Fine – Five Steps to Reduce Your Risk Now
9. Data Privacy Alert: TikTok to Pay $5.7 Million for Violating COPPA
10. FTC Enters Consent Decree with TikTok and Issues Largest-Ever Fine Under COPPA 
11. JavaScript infinite alert prank lands 13-year-old Japanese girl in hot water
12. Citrix says its network was breached by international criminals
13. Three men cop to $21 million vishing and smishing scheme: Phone-based scam may be low-tech, but it netted big bucks, prosecutors say.
14. An email marketing company left 809 million records exposed online
15. A brief history of Wi-Fi security protocols from “oh my, that’s bad” to WPA3
16. CBP Put A Bunch Of Journalists, Immigration Lawyers, And Activists On A Secret Watchlist
17. Clapper Continues To Pretend He Didn’t Lie To Congress About Domestic Surveillance Programs
18. Owner of MAGA-Friendly Yelp Knockoff Threatens to Call FBI After Researcher Exposes Security Holes
19. “Yelp, but for MAGA” turns red over security disclosure, threatens researcher
20. Major Data Privacy Changes at Tech Companies Are a Sign of the Times 
21. The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings
22. Why people think their phones are listening to them
23. It’s Apparently Easy To Pretend To Be A Cop, Grab Location Data From Cellular Carriers
24. FOIA Documents Detail DHS/CBP’s Rules-Free Rollout Of Biometric Scanning Program
25. Thailand Decides To Make Its Terrible Cybersecurity Law Even Worse

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