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The Twitch streamers fighting to keep minority languages alive

The Verge

Recently, many of these languages have found new life from an unexpected source: video game streamers. Estimates show that we lose one language every two weeks, and half of our 7,000 languages will be extinct by the end of the century, so preserving these tongues and the cultural identities that go with them is crucial.

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

The game development startup is now valued at $1.25 ” How it works: Rec Room is a free download which lets players use a collection of tools to make virtual rooms, objects, and playable games, such as paintball and laser tag, with a vast amount of community-created content that’s growing all the time. (Rec Room Image).

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Twitter wasn’t built for spoilers

The Verge

Add that to Twitter’s overall culture (which emphasizes live reactions) and all the same algorithmic problems that the discovery tools like its trending sidebar shares with other platforms, and it’s a perfect recipe for spoiling movies. There’s still plenty that Twitter could do here. see it, don’t spoil it!

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What to expect from Microsoft’s blockbuster Bethesda acquisition as deal gets EU approval

GeekWire

billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the Maryland-based holding company for the video game publisher Bethesda Softworks. With ZeniMax and its studios added to its current lineup, Microsoft now has a total of 23 first-party Xbox developers, as well as the licensing rights for a bevy of landmark video game franchises. Bethesda Image).

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Next-gen console analysis: Sony to challenge Microsoft with higher prices, more exclusive games

GeekWire

The next generation of game consoles came into sharper focus this week as Sony officially announced the launch date and price for the PlayStation 5 during its showcase at the Penny Arcade Expo Online. The debut image of the launch price for the PlayStation 5. Livestream screenshot). The PS5 will ship Nov. It seems to think so.

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Flipper Zero: Next Gen Hacking Tool for the Next Generation

SecureWorld News

As a teenager, I hacked my way into bulletin boards, cracked games, and then proceeded to trade those wares with other hackers. In fact, Vincent sent me a video of him cloning an RFID tag in order to open the security door to his high school. Hacking used to be an expression of curiosity and learning.

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‘May be an image’: what it’s like browsing Instagram while blind

The Verge

Facebook had an image outage in 2019 that showed all of its users the photo tags that are usually hidden, displaying machine-assigned descriptors like “Image may contain: people standing.” When culture is molded on social networks, it sucks to lose out on a shared social language because you can’t see the images everyone is talking about.

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