Twitter’s demise might be overstated, but we still can’t unsee what we saw in 2022. The newly Elon Musk-owned social network could continue zombie-shuffling for months or years for all […]
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Back to news homeMastodon creator Eugen Rochko talks funding and how to build the anti-Twitter
Eugen Rochko came up with the idea for and built Mastodon some six years ago during another one of Twitter’s dips. A developer who had already been interested in and […]
Twitter just keeps getting more expensive
That Elon Musk closed his buy of Twitter this week has been wall-to-wall news. With the former executive team out, jokes in and Musk now in control of the social service, […]
How expensive is Elon’s Twitter buy?
News that well-known technology denizen Elon Musk intends to move forward with his proposed and accepted bid to purchase social media company Twitter was surprise news this week; Musk had fought […]
It’s not just you: The freemium bar is shifting
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Disdain for NFTs in video games is part of a slow green revolution
More games, and more NFTs pose questions for the gaming industry Karan Bhasin 7 hours There has been stiff backlash against NFTs in video games since they first started popping […]
Who you gonna call? Good question
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Roblox beefs up its developer tools as it looks to a future beyond games
When I spoke to Roblox in 2020, the company was in the midst of rebuilding its entire underlying infrastructure. It had been running into issues with downtime due to insufficient […]
As regulation heats up, will gaming studios’ gamble on loot boxes pay off?
You’d be hard pressed to find a game that doesn’t include some form of microtransactions these days, especially in mobile games. It just makes sense for gaming companies — an […]
Didi’s delisting now done deal
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi’s shareholders have voted to delist the company from the NYSE. The decision is a long-expected result of the company finding itself in hot water with the […]