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Jay Peters

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    The Squid Game reality show sure looks like Squid Game.

    The red light / green light doll, marbles, the glass stepping stones... all of Squid Game’s greatest hits are in Netflix’s new trailer for Squid Game: The Challenge, which debuts on November 22nd.

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    Jay Peters
    That’s good news for Signal.

    In an analysis of Signal’s quantum-resistant protocol upgrade, PQXDH, cryptography company Cryspen says it “did not find any serious issues in the design of the protocol.” It found “a few issues” that Signal fixed in a new version of the protocol.

    The protocol will work if you and the people you’re talking to are all on the latest version of Signal, according to Signal Foundation president Meredith Whittaker. “Soon, we’ll upgrade everyone, so ALL comms will be protected,” Whittaker says.

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Roblox is taking less money from subscriptions, but for a limited time.

    If a developer introduces subscriptions before December 15th, Roblox says it will only take a 15 percent cut of those subscriptions instead of 30 percent, according to a post on its developer forum. However, that reduced rate will only be in place through March 15th, 2024. And, importantly, the “fee savings” from the reduced rate will be paid in a lump sum in April, Roblox says.

    You can read more about Roblox’s subscription plans in my post from September.

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    Jay Peters
    Instagram is testing polls in comments.

    It’s a “small” test, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said on his Instagram broadcast channel, which included the below picture. In his own post on his own broadcast channel, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the polls will be rolling out to everyone “soon.”

    A screenshot of a poll in an Instagram comment.
    Image: Meta
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    Jay Peters
    “I am an absolute ‘Glasshole.’”

    In partial response to articles documenting people wearing their Meta Quest 3s in the real world (like ours), VR YouTuber Brad Lynch published a video about the experience of using the Quest 3 at Disney World.

    Just to be clear: I think that using the headset’s mixed reality features outside still feels like a strange thing to do. But Lynch has some thoughtful perspective on where the Quest 3 falls short as an out-in-the-world mixed reality device.