For $8 a month, Twitter will be... Twitter. Or it can be much worse for free! We debate whether the new Twitter Blue is worth the price, along with everything Elon Musk has done at the company, the official Matter launch, and much more.
I just feel like you’ve really made it when your screensaver goes viral, you know? And it turns out there’s way more to Roku City than I realized. So kudos to Roku, and to designer Kyle Jones, for making the only screensaver I actually look at on purpose. It’s better than half the stuff on the Roku Channel.
[The New York Times]
Well, get comedy in general, which has a longer shelf live than any other kind of show. But especially Seinfeld. According to friend of The Verge Julia Alexander, decades after it ended, it’s still bringing in the subs:
When comparing... Grey’s Anatomy and Seinfeld, Parrot discovered that Seinfeld is more than twice as good at attracting new subscribers and 18 percent better at retaining subscribers who are at a high risk of churning.
Darin Fisher has been working on browsers since practically the beginning. And he’s ready to finally build the one he’s been waiting for.
“...because rockets don’t talk back.”
As you enjoy your weekend, don’t miss this episode of The Vergecast covering exactly what Elon Musk has gotten himself into now that he owns Twitter.
Yes, Elon Musk owns Twitter. No, he has not laid off an entire team of data engineers, including one “Rahul Ligma.”
David Pierce explains what we actually know so far.
Just kidding, nobody knows the future of Twitter, chaos reigns, buckle up everybody! But now that the deal is really done, we tried to figure out what’s happened already, what happens next, and what Elon’s Twitter might look like.
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