Here’s Guide to Computing, a loving collection of photos of giant computers from 1945 to 1990 by James Ball, who publishes as Docubyte. Sounds like a book is in the works; sign me up.
The change, which goes into effect as of today, gives creators seven days to appeal a suspension for “certain policy violations” before that suspension goes into effect, according to “Rob” on the YouTube team.
“This won’t be available for all suspensions to start with, but we hope to expand this over time,” Rob says.
[support.google.com]
Ford CEO Jim Farley announced the European Commission’s approval of its hands-free BlueCruise driver-assist tech (despite an ongoing NHTSA investigation), which means Mustang Mach-E buyers in 15 EU countries can now get the feature (and some current owners can get it through a software update).
BlueCruise has been driven for more than 213 million miles globally, according to Ford — up from 200 million in June.
If you have the latest Steam client beta, you may notice a new Steam Deck icon in your friends list indicating who is on the handheld.
That should make it easier to figure out which of your friends is on the Steam Deck or Big Picture mode, as Steam previously used the gamepad icon for both.
The Italian software company, which notably acquired — and limited free access to — Evernote, has added WeTransfer to its growing portfolio. WeTransfer CEO Alexandar Vassilev says the company will “continue to serve your creative tooling needs” following the acquisition.
Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) updated their discussion draft that seeks to prevent debacles like that between Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI. It’s gained the support of SAG-AFTRA and the Recording Industry Association, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which counts tech companies among its donors, previously raised concerns that the draft bill was overly broad.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook and Instagram are still running ads that promote online marketplaces for illegal drugs — including cocaine, hallucinogens, and prescription opioids — months after the publication first noted that Meta was facing a federal investigation for doing so.
Meta says it will continue working with law enforcement, and will “invest resources and further improve our enforcement” to combat this type of activity.
In a fascinating post, developer Toby Fox laid out what still needs to happen before the launch of Deltarune’s third and fourth chapters. It’s a great look at some of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into launching a video game nowadays.
[Toby Fox]
Ahead of its debut on October 25th, Apple TV Plus has released a series of new images from Before — executive producer Billy Crystal’s new supernatural drama in which he also stars a child psychiatrist mourning the death of his wife (Judith Light) who seems to be haunting a young boy (Jacobi Jupe.)
