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Jay Peters

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    “I want to make the right decision, not the fastest decision.”

    That’s new Xbox boss Asha Sharma to Game File’s Stephen Totilo, when asked if there is a timeline for making a decision about how Xbox might change its approach to exclusivity.

    Totilo interviewed Sharma and chief content officer Matt Booty following their “We Are Xbox” memo published on Thursday.

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    Jay Peters
    Bluesky posts can now have higher quality images.

    The platform has doubled the maximum file size to 2MB, and the resolution limit has been upped to 4000x4000. There are photo carousels now, too.

    A screenshot of Bluesky’s photo carousels.
    Check out the carousels in motion in Bluesky’s post.
    Image: Bluesky
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    Jay Peters
    NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani shared his Citi Bike stats.
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    Jay Peters
    The company behind Sam Altman’s World orb said it had a partnership with Bruno Mars, except it actually doesn’t.

    Wired has the story about the not-real partnership, which was promoted alongside other announcements last week. How did this happen??

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    Jay Peters
    Threads is getting live chats.

    When you’re in a Threads Community’s live chat, you can talk with real time with other users about what’s going on. For the NBA playoffs, the NBA Threads Community will be hosting some live chats to follow games. Live chats will come to other Community feeds in the coming months, Meta says.

    Screenshots of Threads’ live chat feature.
    Image: Meta
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    Two more states announced settlements with Roblox.

    Following Nevada’s settlement on Friday, West Virginia and Alabama have settled with company to address alleged child safety issues, as reported by Bloomberg. Last week, Roblox announced a bunch of new safety updates, including dedicated Kids accounts with increased restrictions.