Mega Ramp Survival: Fun Even After Bus Knockouts
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Apple’s App Store Turns Death Star, Smothers AI Competition
Apple has gone from being the App DMV to being the App Death Star. After unlawfully suppressing Fortnite for years, they’re now killing off a new generation of law-abiding AI apps for the simple reason that they compete with Apple’s...
Opus 4.6 Gives Researchers Super‑Human, On‑Demand Expertise
Doing comp sci research with Opus 4.6 Extended (here, in the context of an upcoming Verse programming language theory paper) is really a Flowers for Algernon moment. It's a superpower, like having a team of graduate students that can answer...
Epic Resumes Still Signal Top‑percent Talent Despite Layoffs
In the coming days, employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality folks. An important thing to understand is that Epic never lowered our hiring standards as we grew, and the layoff wasn't a performance-based "rightsizing" as companies...
US Administration Finally Addresses Cross‑border Monopoly Concerns
Regulators around the world who were still wondering if the administrative branch of the United States government would solve the monopoly problems emanating from our borders, rejoice: You now have your answer.
Apple Waives US Fees, Keeps European Charges Amid Google Push
Google has new terms worldwide, but the battle with Apple continues on. Apple currently has zero fees for steering in the US, but is continuing to impose fees in Europe.
GDC Highlights Epic‑Google Settlement Details via Court Filing
This is the week of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Since lots of game makers are talking about the Epic v Google settlement, here is the (partially redacted) term sheet from the public court filing: https://t.co/dq43K1LZ1B
AI May Amplify Tame Inputs Into Wild GTA Content
This could go the other way, too. In a game like GTA, if you say something too tame, the AI could spice it up.
Apple, Google Slash Fees for Small App Developers
Our 2020 challenge to Apple and Google brought one immediate gain: both dropped fees from 30% to 15% for small developers: the makers of the 98% of apps that earn 5% of the revenue. The settlement drops Google’s comparable long-term...
Server Outage Sparks Creators' Spontaneous Uno Stream
Remember the time that Fortnite servers went down and Ninja and others got together and played Uno on-stream instead? Now…
Apple Lets Parents Control Kids’ Apps without ID Checks
Apple is the only company with a great proposal here: let parents, who buy the devices used by kids, set up kids accounts and decide what they're allowed to do, then pass those decisions to apps through parental controls --...
Meta's AI Gets 6‑GW Power, Matching Fortnite's Gaming Cluster
Is 6 gigawatts a lot of computing power? Active Fortnite players together own around 30 gigawatts of computing power, as consoles and high end PCs range from 350W to 1KW. That's probably the largest gaming power base in existence, since...
Celebrating Phil Spencer's 38-Year Microsoft Journey
Thanks to Phil Spencer for 38 years of great work, innovation, and partnership at Microsoft, from intern in 1988 to head of Xbox and then EVP.
Verse Introduces Hassle‑free Reactive Programming
This is one of the most exciting features coming to the Verse language: reactive programming that “just works”!
International Coalition Essential to Curb Digital Monopolies
A true fighter for the rights of American consumers and fair competition in the American economy. The battle against monopolistic dominion over our digital rights will continue on, and the role of the EU, Japan, Korea, UK, and other nations will...