Tasty was the definition of viral success in the “pivot to video” Facebook era. BuzzFeed planning to offload it speaks to just how much the social landscape (and the media landscape) have changed.
The possible sale of First We Feast might mean Hot Ones — another big social and video success — could be leaving the network, too.
404Media looks at how the site has escalated its verification policy after it was found to be hosting sexual assault videos:
Before this new policy, performers were required to keep records, including IDs and release agreements, of anyone else who appeared in their content. As of last month, performers were required to submit those IDs for approval by the platform before uploading a video featuring a new co-performer. Next week’s policy change adds proof of consent to those requirements.
The Biden admin is pointing grant money at fixing or replacing around 4,500 chargers — addressing a major pain point for EV owners.
The company is now looking at March. It’s been moving toward a public offering since December 2021, shortly before the market started to dip.
The answer is... maybe!
SCOTUS heard arguments today on a doctrine known as “Chevron deference,” which gives agencies leeway to interpret ambiguous laws. Conservative justices are skeptical of it. If they do overturn or weaken it later this year, it’ll give courts more ability to shut down policies from the EPA, FCC, and other agency rule-making.
[The New York Times]
Android expert and new feature hunter Mishaal Rahman spotted a new toggle in development in the latest Android beta: an option to turn on dark mode even in apps that don’t support it. If you don’t feel like waiting, you can already try the feature out by enabling developer settings.
An early pic we received from the CES show floor shows Samsung’s delightful rolling robot trapped in a glass case. I’d love to see this thing actually move around — but it looks like those wheels aren’t going anywhere for now.
Tetris players developed new techniques to more quickly operate the NES controller over the past few years... and that has now paid off in one player finally getting far enough to crash the game — some 120+ levels after the original “kill screen.”
So far, I’ve seen:
• A couple wholesale reuploads to YouTube (one has more than 200,000 views as of this writing)
• An AI generator trained on 1928 Mickey Mouse
• Whatever this horror game is...