Bloomberg Apple Intelligence report highlights a company at odds with its core values, comparisons to Grok

There's an interesting report this morning from Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett at Bloomberg on Apple Intelligence. The story leads with a description of John Giannandrea being "poached" from Google in 2018. That shake-up didn't result in much, with a lack of substantial output

"High-profile failures in the video game industry have changed how we talk about games for the worse"

Love this from Mikhail Klimentov on ReaderGrev: So why did business augury become one of the primary ways in which people talk about games online? Look around and you’ll see it everywhere, from people with no obvious reason to pocket-watch. (Surely they’re not investors in these companies!) Handwringing

Multiple staffers leave Giant Bomb as Fandom ruins more of the internet

Fandom Blows Up Giant BombA cornerstone of gaming is in shambles following interference from the wiki farmKotakuHome Giant Bomb’s future is uncertain following a showdown with parent company Fandom, which also owns GameSpot, over editorial interference. Creative director Dan Ryckert announced on a recent livestream that he would no

"Polygon Acquired by Porn Mogul Who Co-Founded Brazzers" - sold by Vox Media

It is a brutal day for institutional games media, and independent media cannot fill the void. Polygon Acquired by Porn Mogul Who Co-Founded BrazzersBefore he founded Valnet, Hassan Youssef started one of the biggest porn sites on the internet.404 MediaSamantha Cole