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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Swifties need your help to solve 33 million Google puzzles.

    Typing “Taylor Swift” into Google’s search engine will currently reveal a blue vault containing 89 puzzles — a reference to the singer’s new album “1989 (Taylor’s Version).”

    The vault will be unlocked when 33 million puzzles have been collectively solved, but its “prize” contents still remain a mystery. Given the size of Swift’s fanbase, I’m shocked Google Search is still functional.

    A snapshot of Google’s 1989 Taylor Swift puzzle easter egg.
    You type in your answers in the ‘blank space’ (the search Google search bar).
    Image: Google
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Spotify’s hidden Snake game lets you literally ‘consume’ music.

    TIL the Spotify mobile app allows you to play a unique version of the iconic Snake game that munches through the cover art for every song on a playlist of your choosing. Just head into the settings (the three dots) and tap on “eat this playlist.”

    I’ve set myself a challenge to complete all my personal playlists without dying. It’s going poorly.

    A screenshot of Spotify’s Eat This Playlist feature.
    I need you all to appreciate how long it took me to get this screenshot.
    Image: Spotify / The Verge
    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Disney is doubling investments into its most magical places on earth over the next decade.

    The company is planning to drive growth by pumping roughly $60 billion into its parks, experiences, and cruise lines, noting in a blog post that Disney parks have “significant room for further expansion on land and at sea.”

    Here’s hoping these new experiences will be more affordable than the $5,000 Star Wars hotel that Disney is shutting down later this month.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    A lesson in not counting your tadpoles before they’ve hatched.

    When Microsoft was considering future release titles to bring to Game Pass last May, Larian’s hit CRPG Baldur’s Gate 3 barely made the list. The game was described as a “Second-run Stadia PC RPG” in leaked emails from the FTC v. Microsoft case.

    The explosive overnight popularity of Baldur’s Gate 3 must be pretty embarrassing in hindsight, especially given its absence on Xbox.