The full Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on “TikTok: How Congress Can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms” is about to start.
You watch the live stream right here and get all of the updates as CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies in our storystream.
Valve just had to announce Counter-Strike 2 at the same time as Epic’s big GDC 2023 event, huh.
If you’re not in the building at GDC 2023, you can watch Epic’s event streaming right now, as it showcases the toolkit that developers are using to build everything from Fortnite to a heads-up display for your next new car.
I guess y’all could say I got... W rizz. Or at least, like many others, I’ve fooled myself into believing that I do.
While David Pierce might have failed at his attempts to initiate an AI entanglement with Google Bard, I somehow inspired this tropey tale by submitting just one (entirely unrelated, I swear) query.
Over the years, Mastodon has occasionally seen the number of incoming users shift from a flood to a trickle and back again.
While the flow of people jumping over from Twitter now is slower than it was shortly after Musk’s takeover, as of this weekend the “fediverse” microblogging platform now has over 10 million registered accounts across known server instances.
Some Verge writers are among those registered — if you’re looking for someone to follow then here you go.
Following the death of actor Lance Reddick on Friday at the age of 60, a statement from his wife Stephanie thanked fans for their love and support, while specifically mentioning the “thousands of Destiny players who played in special tribute to Lance.”
Polygon has a report on the in-game tributes from players to the actor who voiced Commander Zavala in Bungie’s series.
She also asked that donations be made to MOMCares, a program that serves under-supported mothers with NICU experiences in Baltimore, Reddick’s hometown.
This week both Microsoft and Google announced AI features for their business-oriented software suites. Each package’s promise is impressive and — outside of limited tests — generally unavailable, whether that’s because the tech needs more seasoning or because GPU processing capacity is so hard to come by.
Of course, there’s more to life than AI, so I’ll take this moment to remind everyone that you can still turn off Netflix’s annoying autoplay previews in the main menu. Tell a friend.
Just like the Pixel 7 last spring, Google’s next phone has already appeared in an online auction without being released or even announced (via Android Police).
This device, which the seller said is not fully functional and could only load to the fastboot screen, appears to be a different one from the Pixel 7A that leaked a few days ago. Bidding reached as high as $2,550 before the auction was, inevitably, pulled.
