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Stevie Bonifield

Stevie Bonifield

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    Pebble responds to cracked screen reports, says it’s replaced 330 Pebble Time 2s.

    Pebble says it’s sent free replacements to everyone who reported Time 2 hardware issues like cracked screens and broken touch panels “regardless” of whether the defective watches (out of 19,000 in service) were still covered under its 30-day warranty.

    …we will continue replacing reasonable reports of glass cracking for free as long as we can. At some point, we will shift to offering a replacement at a highly discounted amount.

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    YouTube is rolling out its AI Mode-like search tool more widely.

    Google started testing Ask YouTube earlier this year, and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says it’s now rolling out on the web for users in the US starting this week.

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    Stevie Bonifield
    Bluesky’s interim CEO is now officially the CEO.

    Toni Schneider took over on an interim basis in March, but said in a blog post that “the interim part of the title is gone” now. He also said that the platform is working on “the ability to create smaller spaces and more private communities” in the AT Protocol ecosystem, aka the Atmosphere — something Bluesky has been talking about for a little while.

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    Bethesda’s union will hold a “Save Our Devs” march to protest Xbox layoffs.

    Game Developer reports the OneBGS union is holding the rally in support of laid off developers on July 15th at ZeniMax offices in Rockville, Austin, Dallas, and Montreal, as the union announced in an email to members:

    “Microsoft and ZeniMax leadership have made the devastating decision to slash over 440 positions across BGS, ZOS, id, ZWU(QA) and ZeniMax corporate (including CTO and CSUR). Because we organized and certified our unions, we have hard-won legal rights and protections that non-unionized studios simply do not have. The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear. We won’t let that happen. Our next steps are to mobilize. We need every single member visible and unified.”

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    Stevie Bonifield
    Adidas is releasing less than 200 pairs of its latest 3D printed shoe.

    Adidas says the $250 BB.01 is the “world’s first 3D printed basketball shoe” and the first shoe it’s launching from its Project R.A.P. platform, following last year’s 3D-printed Climacool. Getting them will be tough — only 169 pairs will be available in a limited drop starting July 10th.

    The Adidas BB.01 sneaker in front of a blue and white background
    Image: Adidas