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Programmatic identity
The programmed public square has been a terrible place to live our lockdown lives, showing each of us exactly and only what it thinks we want the world to look like.
D&D Live 2021! All the schedule details and how to watch online
This weekend watch comedy greats like Patton Oswalt, Kevin Smith, and Jack Black, wrestlers, actors and more play D&D live online!
Do esports need beer? Are we actually enjoying Loki?
This week's show debates the Gravitas Glory esports beer, the hunt for the white whale PS5, and the big TV shows coming soon.
Want more Aliens? Like Legion? Boy is there a show on its way for you...
How do you make an Alien show that has nothing to do with Ripley but everything to do with what made the first films great? Noah Hawley knows.
Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???
Yes, what we really needed Twitter to do was to make some NFT artworks – and not even make them tradeable for whoever gets them...
Xbox Cloud Gaming: here's the list of countries in today's wider launch
A big update for xCloud gaming today, with Xbox announcing availability across 22 countries for Windows 10 PCs and Apple phones and tablets.
Instagram is ready to make your timeline an even messier hot mess
With a fresh test of Suggested Posts that will appear ahead of actual people you follow, welcome to more algorithm than ever before.
Instagram is finally letting you post via the web from your desktop
All the better to upload that pristinely edited photo (or meme, or ad), Instagram has quietly opened the door to posts from your PC.
Strange Planet coming to Apple TV+ with Dan Harmon's helping hands
Nathan Pyle and Dan Harmon will executive produce an animated series based on Pyle's wonderful Strange Planet comic strips.
Microsoft wants you to know you might never buy another Xbox again
In a pre-E3, pre-main Xbox press conference video, Nadella and Spencer delved into the future of Xbox not needing an Xbox at all.
One set of rules to rule them all
Twitter gives Australia the Blues, COVIDSafe doesn't give anything, plus Facebook, hot sauce, Hearthstone, Valorant and more.
Facebook might finally stop treating politicians as 'more equal than others'
After recent Oversight Board questions, Facebook might be about to stop letting politicans say whatever they like.
Twitter Blue uses Australia as guinnea pig for undercooked subscription
Twitter has made its subscription offer, Twitter Blue, available in Australia and Canada. And you don't get much for your $4.49 / month.
HRC wants big pause on AI
Slowing down facial recognition and AI, CIOs need a better grasp of HR needs, Twitter sub pricing revealed, plus Acer, Zwift and more.
Everyone Is Awesome
LEGO gets Pride, OLED gets rollable, Army of the Dead hits Netflix, and the Mighty Nein campaign is almost done. This and more in your Daily!
Internet Explorer: 1995-2022
Microsoft draws the line, Google Reader is back (kind of), Twitter admits image crops were biased, and lots more in today's news round up.
The Disinformation Dozen
Our top tech, science and digital culture news for Monday, May 17. Includes news from the ASD, eBay, Twitter Blue, FF XIV, and lots more.
The cast of Obi-Wan Kenobi's Disney+ series is looking mighty impressive
With Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen - plus Aussie Joel Edgerton - returning, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series should be a lot of fun.
So polished it's lifeless
The past few weeks watching PM Morrison flounder has been a textbook lesson in how media training has gone so terribly wrong in corporations and politics. The effort to be so good at only ever saying the thing you’re prepared to say – to “never accept the premise of the
Black Widow, Cruella, and Luca shuffled, all get the Disney+ treatment
Black Widow and Cruella will hit cinemas and Disney+ Premier Access simultaneously, while animated film Luca will get the Soul treatment.
