Twitter has rolled out its new video player to iOS users, which lets you scroll through a feed of videos, very similar to TikTok. It announced the feature last week, and now it’s here.
I tested it out on a cat video I found on the explore page, and it gave me a stream of adorable cat videos like this one. A-plus effort, no notes.
After an investigation, Chess.com has put together a 72-page report (PDF) backing world chess champion Magnus Carlsen’s explosive allegation of cheating by 19-year-old grandmaster Hans Niemann.
Niemann publicly admitted to cheating on a couple of occasions years ago, but the report claims he’s cheated over 100 times, more recently than he admitted, and in tournaments with money on the line.
[Chess.com]
Many months after launching its app for iOS and even a desktop RSS reader, Substack has an app to keep all your newsletters in one place on your Android device. Apparently, the company was just waiting for Meta to pull the plug on its mimic before launching something for the Android side of the aisle.
The masked YouTuber finally revealed what he looks like last night, putting a face to the biggest creator in the Minecraft world. Dream’s in-game exploits have been a sensation on YouTube in recent years. Here’s Julia Alexander writing last year about the server shared by Dream and his friends:
Together, they get into hijinxes, stage lengthy feuds, and pal around for a combined audience of tens of millions of people. Dream went from 1 million to 15 million subscribers in one year alone ... Like a television show or cinematic universe, Dream SMP found its audience through a series of never-ending epic battles.
Now that he has a face, Dream is talking about maybe taking some future adventures offline, too.
