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Elon Musk announced SpaceX’s pivot from Mars to the Moon. People are unimpressed
"I think I just turned NIMBY about the moon."
“Good”: Picture day canceled over fears that the nation’s biggest school photo company is in the Epstein files
"You should be concerned that the system is designed to treat you like cattle."
Pokémon GO team finally nixes the “Epstein Island” PokéStop added years ago
"And just like that, they've taken more action than the DOJ."
“They lie about deleting photos”: Discord rushes to walk back age verification after users abandon the platform
"Discord alternatives" searches reportedly jumped 10,000% overnight.
“Just feels greedy”: YouTube Music’s latest “experiment” requires users to pay to see lyrics
Talk is cheap — lyrics are not.
Discord announced the new “Teen By Default” program, and the internet answered with the “Age Verification” meme
"Age verification? I remember using the Pokémon Snap kiosk in Blockbuster."
“This is a hill worth dying on”: Voice actor behind Anran in “Overwatch” responds to character’s controversial new design
"People feel understandably let down."
“Pointlessly forcing the use of this ungodly technology”: Netflix viewers disgusted by AI recreations in Lucy Letby true crime doc
Another day, another unfortunate AI story in Hollywood.
Chappell Roan arrives in Fortnite after asking to be featured: “Give me a skin, please”
"Pink Pony Club" came to Fortnite.
Reddit moderator removes space photo posted by NASA astronaut for being too blurry: “Hopefully this won’t happen again”
"Reddit mods love feeling important."
“Number one worst purchase”: Woman buys an Oura Ring, then throws it in the trash
Oura Ring has since shipped Riley a replacement device.
“Dispatch” devs apologize after fan confusion over censorship on the Nintendo Switch: “This is 100% our mistake”
"Censorship is bad and preordering a game should get you institutionalized."
“There goes four years of schooling”: Animators across the industry react to Adobe Animate shutting down (UPDATED)
"Not only removing it, but locking access to created files is unnecessarily diabolical."
Darren Aronofsky’s AI-generated Revolutionary War YouTube series is sparking discourse—and outrage
"There is no coming back from this."
“I am the moderator”: Ice-T reminds the world of the rules he lives by on social media
“He will consult his department of 1.”
