“Early results are encouraging, outperforming pre-launch testing and demonstrating strong member interest in the new features,” Netflix says in its second-quarter letter to shareholders. About 50 percent of members have used it.
The new UI started rolling out globally in May, and it features a Home tab with a huge banner front and center that highlights something to watch.
Alamo Drafthouse, which is owned by Sony, is hosting a film series “inspired by” Ghost of Yōtei, a PlayStation video game made by Sucker Punch Productions, which is a Sony-owned studio. There’s even a custom popcorn bucket.
CD Projekt Red had expected today’s Update 2.3 to hit Switch 2 at “a later date,” but now it’s rolling out “as we speak.“
And for Twitter, too, he says in a new podcast with Rabble (aka Evan Henshaw-Plath), who hired Dorsey at Odeo. The specific part starts a little after 28 minutes.
Dorsey has also invested $10 million in a group Rabble is a part of called “and Other Stuff,“ according to TechCrunch. The group is working on “a common vision for the development of Nostr infrastructure and products.”
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