Chapek and Masimo aren’t names I expected to see linked together!
The former Disney CEO is joining the medical device maker amid its dispute with Apple (which could be nearing its conclusion).
That’s one of a few things I learned from the platform’s 2023 moderation report. Also, it plans to open source its frontend moderation review system (called “Ozone”) and says it is “in the process of pulling out the moderation back-end as a standalone service that other organizations can self-host.”
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You can look through the FCC filings here. (It’s lots of tests and reports, so it may not be the most interesting reading.)
Pre-orders open on Friday ahead of the device’s launch on February 2nd.
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That’s the name of Rebel Wolves’ dark fantasy RPG in the works. The studio, which launched in 2022, is made up of some CD Projekt Red veterans. The game is currently in the “alpha stage of development.”
Some staffers at Lost Boys Interactive, a studio that has worked on games like Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and Diablo IV, have been laid off, as reported by Aftermath.
One former producer said on LinkedIn that the layoffs affected a “sizable portion” of Lost Boys Interactive; Aftermath says the company had employed more than 400 people. We spotted a Washington State WARN Act notice that says 125 workers are affected companywide.
Google is adding a dropdown to the “Share” Button on Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings where you can access things like the “Copy link” tool. As someone who uses and shares Google Docs all the time, this will save many seconds of my life.
The company initially said some Windows Insiders on “widescreen devices” would have to deal with Copilot automatically launching, but Microsoft updated its blog post to caveat that even further:
We’re trying this experience out on devices that have minimum diagonal screen size of 27” and pixel width of 1920 pixels and limited to primary display screens in multi-monitor scenarios.
So, while the test still seems like it could be annoying, it requires a pretty specific setup to even be eligible for it.
By playing as the actual composer, Gustavo Santaolalla, in The Last of Us Part II Remastered’s guitar freeplay mode. The banjo is an option, too.
The game comes out on January 19th.
