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An important update indeed on Concord

An important update on ConcordConcord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game

ABC News relaunches on-air and online with blue hues and retro theme

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ABC News relaunches on-air and online with blue hues and retro theme

The ABC has refreshed its look across ABC TV and the ABC News website this morning. The ABC News app also has a new icon, but not as many changes so far. Starting at 6am with ABC News Breakfast, the new look on ABC TV and the ABC News channel

Media

Polygon continues Vox Media’s switch to Wordpress

“This migration rests on Vox Media’s front-end platform, Duet — first seen on The Verge, and then Vox.com — coupled with a new, more flexible backend in WordPress VIP,” says Polygon publisher Chris Grant. “Beyond just a redesign, this new site represents a fundamental shift in our product strategy, and

You can now emulate Windows on an iPad or iPhone via the App Store

Apple

You can now emulate Windows on an iPad or iPhone via the App Store

So far I've been able to install Windows XP on my new iPad Pro M4. Does it run well? Not really, since Apple isn't allowing JIT compilation on the App Store. It also doesn't support 3D accelerated graphics, though I am going to see

Defrag Windows 98 from the comfort of a modern browser

Read about how it was made here, or try it above.

New Paramount logo is fine unless you think about it too long

Design

New Paramount logo is fine unless you think about it too long

As its merger with Skydance becomes more and more likely, Paramount Global has shared a possible new logo that tries to mash the two brands together. If I didn't know that bit of context, I honestly wouldn't mind the seemingly old school all-caps font choice. It

Media

"Photographer of Viral Trump Rally Shooting Pic Spills on Historic Moment"

“I shoot politics for a living, man. Every single photo I take people are going to argue about,” Vucci said with a laugh. “I spend my life around a very highly polarized part of our society, so no matter what I do, people are gonna hate it. People are gonna

Paramount+ Australia avoids The Daily Show in US election year

Paramount+ Australia avoids The Daily Show in US election year

One of the best things Netflix ever did was change the way shows were distributed internationally. Most if not all Netflix Originals launch simultaneously worldwide at the exact same time. Even their recent live efforts, such as John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA, have also been broadcast in

Labor just basically killed free sports broadcasts in Australia

Australia

Labor just basically killed free sports broadcasts in Australia

Back in 1992, long before (decent) streaming video on the internet, the Australian Government introduced laws to prevent subscription television from taking over sports broadcast rights ownership. This was before subscription TV was even really a thing in Australia, with Foxtel launching in 1995. But in a world where sports

Strange times in Australian media

Goodbye Kotaku Australia, You Were A Very Good Website - AftermathA eulogyAftermath homeLuke Plunkett

The impact of Flash at Config 2024

You can see a lot of the talks from Figma's Config 2024 conference here on YouTube.

AI

Gruber, Copyright and LLM scraping

John Gruber, noted Apple access journalist, is back defending the company after its launch of Applebot-powered Apple Intelligence. There's some interesting treatment of Apple Intelligence and more specifically Applebot crawling the 'public web' and then 'transforming' that crawled content, via this post from Louie

BeReal sells for €500 million

BeReal

BeReal sells for €500 million

BeReal, a French once-a-day photo sharing app, today announced that it is being acquired. The new owner, Voodoo, is a French "hyper-casual and casual" app and games company that "has over 7 billion downloads and entertains over 150 million people per month." I’m thrilled to

games

The PS2 indie game aesthetic begins

Just tried the demo for this game on Steam Deck and it does an incredible job of capturing the PS2 graphics aesthetic. Huge Katamari-vibes.

Media

G/O Media sells Gizmodo

Keleops publishes four consumer tech websites: Journal du Geek, 01net, Presse Citron and iPhon. Jean-Guillaume Kleis, the chief executive of Keleops, said in an interview on Tuesday that the company had been looking to make an acquisition in the United States for several years and Gizmodo was “an obvious choice.

"Introducing Kino - Pro Video for iPhone"

Interesting new app from the creators of Halide. Introducing Kino - Pro Video for iPhoneToday we’re excited to launch Kino, a powerful filmmaking app for beginners and experts alike. As say they say in screenwriting, “Show, Don’t tell,” so let’s walk through a few of the tent-pole

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