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June 22 - June 25, 2020
Fortnite will show Inception free in its virtual cinema on Friday rockpapershotgun.com
ID@Xbox Launches Summer Spotlight Series - Xbox Wire news.xbox.com
SIGNAL DETECTED. TAG DESIGNATION: FOE youtube.com
Keeping your private information private blog.google
Subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa deemed potentially 'habitable' reuters.com
WWDC 2020: All the Little Things in Apple’s New OS Releases macstories.net
A Wave Of Sexual Abuse Stories Is Causing A Reckoning In The Twitch Streaming World kotaku.com
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The mystery Pokemon project being developed by Tencent is a cross-platform MOBA gamasutra.com
Video Game Industry Rocked by Outpouring of Sexual Misconduct Allegations bloomberg.com
Assassin's Creed Valhalla Creative Director 'Stepping Down' Amid Infidelity Scandal kotaku.com
No - Safari 14 Does Not Block Google Analytics simoahava.com
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● Mike on Twitter: "They gave 40 different designers one icon to do each... twitter.com
macOS Big Sur Listed as 'Version 11.0' in System Preferences macrumors.com
Oculus Go is going away this December rockpapershotgun.com
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Mitch Dyer on Twitter: "When I reported on Amy leaving Naughty Dog, Steve Butts and Tal Blevins forced gossip into the story. They heard it was a hostile takeover. We didn't want to publish it. I tried to take my name off the story. They would not allow me to do so." / Twitter mobile.twitter.com
Shawn Layden: "I would welcome a return to the 12 to 15 hour AAA game" gamesindustry.biz
Dying Light 2 cuts ties with writer Chris Avellone following claims of sexual assault and harassment rockpapershotgun.com
Cards Against Humanity Co-Founder Quits After Complaints Over Sexist, Racist Office Culture kotaku.com
WWDC 2020: The little stuff you might have missed sixcolors.com
Apple reveals new developer technologies to foster the next generation of apps apple.com
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How to Rename Your Master Branch to Main in Git kapwing.com
Crash Bandicoot 4 Double Jumps to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 October 2, Pre-Order Today theinventory.com
Wizards Of The Coast Cut Ties With Sexual Predator kotaku.com
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Apple’s WWDC Features Parallels Desktop for Mac Running on Mac with Apple Silicon parallels.com
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Moving away from Master as the default name for Branches in Git - Bitbucket bitbucket.org
A Whisker Away (2020) - IMDb imdb.com
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to the noah bradleys of the game industry, medium.com
OVER THE MOON | Official Trailer #1 | A Netflix/Pearl Studio Production youtube.com
Traveller's Tales spent $1 million to pitch a game based on Peter Jackson's The Hobbit vg247.com
CERN approves plans for a $23 billion, 62-mile long super-collider engadget.com
Safari now blocks Google Analytics on sites, new Privacy Report feature shows | Appleinsider appleinsider.com
Trump Suspends Visas Allowing Hundreds of Thousands of Foreigners to Work in the U.S. nytimes.com
Nintendo may be done with mobile games for now - VG247 vg247.com
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New App Store review processes will let devs challenge guideline violations gamasutra.com
TT Games' LOTR Game That Never Happened 80.lv
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Ubisoft 'deeply concerned' with sexual assault allegations against multiple employees gamasutra.com
Ghost of Tsushima Has Gone Gold 80.lv
Facebook Buys Developer Ready At Dawn gameinformer.com
Foundation on Apple TV+ tv.apple.com
The Last Of Us 2 Easter Egg Might Be Making A Crunch Joke kotaku.com
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What’s New in macOS - macOS - Human Interface Guidelines - Apple Developer developer.apple.com
Facebook Buys Creators Of The Order: 1886 kotaku.com
Former Mixer Employee Calls Out Racism In Management kotaku.com
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Microsoft is shutting down Mixer, redirecting its users to Facebook Gaming gamasutra.com
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Lone Echo developer Ready at Dawn acquired by Facebook gamasutra.com
iOS 14 will let you change your default email and web browser apps - 9to5Mac 9to5mac.com
Apple announces Mac transition to Apple silicon apple.com
Apple introduces macOS Big Sur with a beautiful new design apple.com
Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming theverge.com
Chris Avellone's contributions have been removed from Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - VG247 vg247.com
Microsoft Is Shutting Down Mixer, Moving Streaming To Facebook kotaku.com
Microsoft closes Mixer and partners with Facebook Gaming, Ninja and Shroud free to stream on Twitch again - VG247 vg247.com
That Dragon Age next-gen tease was only seconds long, but I’m still excited rockpapershotgun.com
The UK’s contact tracing app fiasco is a master class in mismanagement technologyreview.com
Crash Bandicoot 4’s multiverse adventure revealed with no mention of PC, yet anyway rockpapershotgun.com
Twitch CEO accused of laughing off reports of abusive Twitch partners - VG247 vg247.com
Apple, HEY, and the path forward. hey.com
Apple approves Hey email app, but the fight’s not over theverge.com
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Dying Light 2 writer Chris Avellone accused of sexual assault and harassment gamasutra.com
watchOS 7 Preview apple.com
macOS Big Sur Preview apple.com
iPadOS Preview apple.com
iOS 14 Preview apple.com
Nintendo Chills Mobile Ambitions After Animal Crossing Success bloomberg.com
IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology theverge.com
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hey.com is onto something with its tracking-pixel blocker | Gingerlime blog.gingerlime.com
Apple CEO Tim Cook on the nexus of technology and social change cbsnews.com
First Arm-Based Macs to Be 13-Inch MacBook Pro and Redesigned iMac, Launches Coming in Late 2020 or Early 2021 macrumors.com
Words Matter: Finally, Tech Looks at Removing Exclusionary Language – The New Stack thenewstack.io
June 15 - June 21, 2020
The Last of Us Part 2 is banned in the UAE because of Ellie and Dina's relationship - VG247 vg247.com
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Hypercritical: The Art of the Possible hypercritical.co
20-Year-Old Robinhood Customer Dies By Suicide After Seeing A $730,000 Negative Balance forbes.com
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inessential: The iOS App Store Brings Users Only Because It’s the Only Choice inessential.com
The Girl on the Train (2016) - IMDb imdb.com
American History X (1998) - IMDb imdb.com
Microsoft isn’t happy with Apple’s App Store bullying either theverge.com
Github plans to replace racially insensitive terms like ‘master’ and ‘whitelist’ thenextweb.com
Snap CEO says in internal meeting he doesn't release diversity numbers because it would reinforce the perception that Silicon Valley isn't diverse businessinsider.com
Snapchat apologizes for Juneteenth filter that prompted users to ‘smile’ to break chains theverge.com
Crash Bandicoot 4 Is Coming kotaku.com
You Download the App and it Doesn't Work youdownloadtheappanditdoesntwork.com
Opinion | Is It Finally Hammer Time for Apple and Its App Store? nytimes.com
Apple is re-closing some US retail stores in states where coronavirus cases have spiked businessinsider.com
The Last of Us: Part 2 has been review bombed on Metacritic vg247.com
Google quietly launches an AI-powered Pinterest rival named Keen theverge.com
Minecraft is donating today’s profits to racial justice causes for Juneteenth rockpapershotgun.com
Today, Stand with Bandcamp to Support Racial Justice, Equality, and Change daily.bandcamp.com
"The Black Lives Matter Foundation" Raised Millions. It's Not Affiliated With The Black Lives Matter Movement. buzzfeednews.com
Evolution of our products and pricing유니티 제품 및 가격의 새로운 진화Evolução dos nossos produtos e preçosЭволюция наших продуктов и ценLa evolución de nuestros productos y sus preciosプロダクトと価格の発展について - Unity Technologies Blog blogs.unity3d.com
First Look At Studio Ghibli's Upcoming CG Movie kotaku.com
Apple’s Secretive AR and VR Headset Plans Altered by Internal Differences bloomberg.com
Cyberpunk 2077 to get a "more robust" upgrade on PS5 and Xbox Series X that's also free for all owners - VG247 vg247.com
Apple’s App Store fees are "highway robbery," says House Antitrust Committee chair theverge.com
Apple sends a letter to Hey: Change your app or get out of the App Store protocol.com
Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian Holm dies aged 88 bbc.com
Star Wars: Squadrons - here's our first look at gameplay vg247.com
Everything Announced At EA Play Live 2020 kotaku.com
EA Originals: It Takes Two from Hazelight and Lost in Random coming in 2021, Rocket Arena out in July vg247.com
EA gave tiny, disappointing peeks at the next-gen Dragon Age and Battlefield rockpapershotgun.com
Dragon Age 4, the next Need for Speed, and Motive's new project teased vg247.com
The next game from the makers of Fe is Lost In Random rockpapershotgun.com
Interview: Apple’s Schiller says position on Hey app is unchanged and no rules changes are imminent – TechCrunch techcrunch.com
Apple rejects appeal from e-mail app Hey axios.com
Following criticisms, Valve pledges to support Game Devs of Color Expo vg247.com
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This War of Mine is now recommended reading for Polish high school students gamasutra.com
Facebook takes down Trump ads 'for violating our policy against organized hate' ctvnews.ca
Guinness World Records Reinstates Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong High Scores kotaku.com
Colin Kaepernick joins Medium board of directors and inks partnership publishing deal – TechCrunch techcrunch.com
Cyberpunk 2077 Delayed (Again) Until November 19 kotaku.com
Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann calls out journalist Jason Schreier for Anne Frank joke ginx.tv
Zoom will provide end-to-end encryption to all users bleepingcomputer.com
Photograph Pokémon while exploring beautiful islands in New Pokémon Snap! youtube.com
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Twitter on Twitter: "You can Tweet a Tweet. But now you can Tweet your voice! twitter.com
Microsoft Says It Won't Sell Facial Recognition To The Police. These Documents Show How It Pitched That Technology To The Federal Government. buzzfeednews.com
End-to-End Encryption Update - Zoom Blog blog.zoom.us
Hey.com exec says Apple is acting like ‘gangsters,’ rejecting App Store updates and demanding cut of sales theverge.com
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Pokemon Snap is being revived on the Nintendo Switch gamasutra.com
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Humble's huge 'Fight for Racial Justice' charity bundle has already raised over $1.3M gamasutra.com
Apple is facing rage and insurrection from developers over the commission it charges apps on the App Store businessinsider.com
Get a free copy of The Witcher 3 on GOG if you own it elsewhere rockpapershotgun.com
Fortnite Season 3 Aquaman Challenges - Use a Whirlpool at the Fortilla - VG247 vg247.com
The Flimsiness of ‘Business vs. Consumer’ as a Justification for Apple’s Rejection of Hey From the App Store for Not Using In-App Purchases daringfireball.net
A new email startup says Apple’s shaking it down for a cut of its subscriptions protocol.com
Apple Threatens to Remove Email App 'Hey' From App Store Over Lack of In-App Subscription Option [Updated] macrumors.com
Humble Fight for Racial Justice Bundle humblebundle.com
Steam Game Festival Lets You Try Out Upcoming Games kotaku.com
PAX West Is The Latest Gaming Event To Go Online Due To Covid-19 kotaku.com
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DHH on Twitter: "Wow. I'm literally stunned. Apple just doubled down on their rejection of HEY's ability to provide bug fixes and new features, unless we submit to their outrageous demand of 15-30% of our revenue. Even worse: We're told that unless we comply, they'll REMOVE THE APP." / Twitter twitter.com
EU opens Apple antitrust investigations into App Store and Apple Pay practices theverge.com
Indie devs remove their games from Steam over Valve's silence on Black Lives Matter - VG247 vg247.com
Apple, ARM, and Intel stratechery.com
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Latest Fortnite event attracts 12M in-game players, another 8.4M via streams gamasutra.com
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Report: Fortnite maker Epic could sell stake at $17 billion valuation gamasutra.com
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Spot® shop.bostondynamics.com
The Witcher's Second Season Will Be About the Birth of a Family io9.gizmodo.com
Fortnite's Device Event Sank The Map kotaku.com
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Little Devil Inside dev apologizes for racist stereotypes shown in trailer gamasutra.com
Star Wars: Squadrons Revealed 80.lv
Little Devil Inside devs apologise for “racist” character designs, promise to change them rockpapershotgun.com
Microsoft's GitHub drops master-slave jargon bbc.com
Is it time to change the name? · Issue #8091 · rubocop-hq/rubocop github.com
After GitHub CEO backs Black Lives Matter, workers demand an end to ICE contract latimes.com
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Una Kravets 👩🏻‍💻 on Twitter: "For what it’s worth, I’m *super* happy to rename the default branch structure of “master” to “main” and I hope we can all do this together as a community with @github leading the charge by implementing in their product moving forward 🙂" / Twitter twitter.com
Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion protocol.com
Facebook and Kaggle Face Backlash After Disqualifying Apparent ‘Deepfake Detection Challenge’ Winner syncedreview.com
Let's dump master-slave terms: they're vague, horrible, and we're better off without them - CDM Create Digital Music cdm.link
Gearbox are suing 3D Realms over Duke Nukem, again rockpapershotgun.com
Epic Games to Raise $750 Million 80.lv
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Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality by itch.io and 1361 others itch.io
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EA Star Wars on Twitter: "You, your team, and the fastest star fighters in the galaxy. It's time to become the galaxy's finest. This is #StarWarsSquadrons! https://t.co/fYqzh95pik" / Twitter mobile.twitter.com
Little Devil Inside Developers Apologise and Promise to Change Racist Enemy Designs - IGN ign.com
Undress or fail: Instagram's algorithm strong-arms users into showing skin algorithmwatch.org
Remove unnecessary references to slavery by ahrens · Pull Request #10435 · openzfs/zfs github.com
Everything you missed from Guerrilla Collective Day Two rockpapershotgun.com
Rogue One writer Gary Whitta is writing Square Enix's Project Athia - VG247 vg247.com
GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references | ZDNet zdnet.com
Facebook Fires Employee Who Criticized Coworker's BLM Response, Protested Inaction on Trump Post gizmodo.com
Facebook refuses to pay revenue to Australian media asiatimes.com
June 12 - June 14, 2020
Tesla’s US-made Model 3 vehicles now come equipped with wireless charging and USB-C ports – TechCrunch techcrunch.com
Everything that happened at the PC Gaming Show 2020 rockpapershotgun.com
Every new PC game from the Future Games Show 2020 rockpapershotgun.com
Everything Announced At The PC Gaming Show 2020 kotaku.com
Every PC game trailer from the Guerrilla Collective festival rockpapershotgun.com
Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access tentatively scheduled for August vg247.com
Torchlight 3 goes into Early Access on Steam vg247.com
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Kurt Wagner on Twitter: "Reading Disney CEO Bob Iger's autobiography. I didn't appreciate at the time just how close Disney came to buying Twitter in 2016. Iger says both boards basically approved a deal and he walked at the last second with "cold feet" twitter.com
Senator Hawley to Zoom: “Pick A Side: American Principles and Free-Speech, or Short-Term Global Profits and Censorship” hawley.senate.gov
Venmo and Paypal Are Stalling Urgent Efforts to Bail People Out of Jail vice.com
Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts At China's Request npr.org
Facebook fires employee who protested inaction on Trump posts reuters.com
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Thanassis on Twitter: "Άσχημα τα νέα για τα δύο φιλμ που περίμεναν πως και πως τα θερινά. Το ΤΕΝΕΤ πήρε αναβολή για τις 31 Ιουλίου (από 17 Ιουλίου). Και μάλλον θα αναβληθεί εκ νέου με την έξαρση της πανδημίας στις ΗΠΑ. Επίσης το Wonder Woman 1984 μετακινείται για τις 2 Οκτωβρίου (από 12 Αυγούστου). https://t.co/pI1kGfHArz" / Twitter twitter.com
Internet Archive Will End Its Program for Free E-Books nytimes.com
PlayStation 5 is coming | Sign up for PS5 details | PlayStation playstation.com
7500 – Official Trailer | Prime Video youtube.com
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: The Story Of Fire Saga | Official Trailer | Netflix youtube.com
The Last Of Us Part II: The Kotaku Review kotaku.com
The Last of Us Part 2 review - a generation-defining masterpiece - VG247 vg247.com
Our Favorite Smaller Games From Today's PS5 Reveal Event kotaku.com
The PS5 Does Not Look Good kotaku.com
Here's a first look at Project Athia from Luminous Productions vg247.com
New Facebook Tool Allows Employers to Suppress "Unionize" in Workplace Chat theintercept.com
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Announced 80.lv
PlayStation 5 Revealed 80.lv
Horizon: Forbidden West Announced 80.lv
Resident Evil 8: Village Announced 80.lv
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Sony unveils PlayStation 5 design, but remains silent on price gamasutra.com
Demon's Souls Is Getting A Remake 80.lv
The Last of Us Part 2 review roundup - all the spores, I mean scores - VG247 vg247.com

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