Nilay Patel

Editor-in-Chief

Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to ‘bring back the open web’

Nilay PatelApr 22, 2024

Discord CEO Jason Citron makes the case for a smaller, more private internet

For teens and gamers, Discord has become their entire online social lives. Co-founder Jason Citron thinks the internet is headed more in that direction.

Nilay PatelApr 22, 2024

Nilay PatelApr 18, 2024

The clock is ticking on Disney’s streaming strategy.

Today’s episode of Decoder is all about Disney, the massive activist investor revolt it just fought off, and what happens next in the world of streaming. Earlier this month, Disney survived an attempted board takeover from businessman Nelson Peltz. While investors overwhelmingly sided with Disney and CEO Bob Iger, the boardroom showdown made something very clear: Disney needs to figure out streaming and get its creative direction back on track.

To help me better understand what’s happening here, I brought on my friend Julia Alexander, who is VP of strategy at Parrot Analytics, a Puck News news contributor, and, most importantly, a former Verge reporter. She’s a leading expert on all things Disney, and I always learn something important about the state of the entertainment business when I talk to her.

Nilay PatelApr 15, 2024

Here’s a guide to solving common problems with Pioneer CDJs during live performances.

You know, in case that sort of thing is relevant to you.

How to avoid USB and rekordbox DJing failures: a complete guide

[Create Digital Music]

Nilay PatelApr 15, 2024

I’ll see your Shrimp Jesus and raise you Spaghetti Jesus on a Lambo.

A bunch of places covered AI-generated images of an unholy Jesus/shrimp hybrid going viral on Facebook earlier this year, but the attention didn’t cause Zuck to take any action to slow the situation down. Here’s JC Noods laying back on a Lambo, a post which has 36,000 likes on Facebook right now. The AI internet is going great, y’all.

An AI generated image of Jesus made of spaghetti sitting on a Lambo made of green spaghetti. This description is accurate.

This image represents decades of innovation and you will respect it.

Nilay PatelApr 15, 2024

A deep dive into Apple’s proprietary immersive video format for the Vision Pro.

One of the odder things about the Vision Pro is that it doesn’t support a lot of standard VR and 3D video formats, like the side-by-side videos you can find in lots of places. Mike Swanson has a deep dive into Apple’s proprietary immersive video format, which uses a square frame and layered videos for each eye.