Shifts in Gaming, Work, and Social Experiences

All the controversies continue. I’ll update you on the Meta moderation controversy. The latest twist in the WordPress brouhaha. The TikTok thing is coming to a head right now as we speak, in the form of Supreme Court arguments. Asking again if the business model of Triple A gaming development is broken. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta’s Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims (TechCrunch)
• Automattic says it will reduce its contribution to WordPress core project to match WP Engine (TechCrunch)
• Billionaire Frank McCourt's Project Liberty proposes bid for TikTok's US assets (Reuters)
• Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location (Wired)
• Call of Duty's massive development budgets revealed: $700 million for Black Ops Cold War (Game File)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The New $30,000 Side Hustle: Making Job Referrals for Strangers (Bloomberg)
• The smart glasses era is here — I got a first look (The Verge)
• The Anti-Social Century (The Atlantic)

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