Labor and worker’s rights in tech
…Emma Roth Apr 17 The developer of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is laying off more workers. Iron Galaxy Studios, which has also helped support and port dozens of games…
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Google is trying to make deepfake detection more accessible for everyone
…The updates, announced at Google I/O today, cover not only SynthID — the invisible watermarking technology developed by Google DeepMind — but also content embedded with C2PA content credentials, making both systems more…
The Witcher 3 is getting another expansion, more than a decade after launch
…It’s being co-developed by CDPR and fellow Polish studio Fool’s Theory. What’s most notable about Songs of the Past, though, is the timing: The Witcher 3 first launched…
GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft
…Sharma is also promoting Chris Schnakenberg to corporate vice president of partnerships and business development as part of this week’s Xbox leadership changes. * Logitech’s MX Master 4 now supports Windows…
The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion
…be used in consumer-facing robotics, such as eldercare, companionship, and parental support, it must be capable of developing and sustaining a human connection. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites…
How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026
…Apple’s camera API allows third-party developers to access footage from the entire sensor, which other app developers have taken advantage of in the past. Downey saw an opportunity to use…
Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike
…But last week, volunteer editors and contributors were alarmed to hear that a small but important team of engineers at the nonprofit that supports it had been laid off. The layoffs didn…
This is your laptop… on AI
We’re now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech companies that AI is going to change everything about how…
The 9 biggest new features in Android 17
…Google has just revealed the biggest changes coming in its next OS update as part of its dedicated Android Show, ahead of next week’s big I/O developer conference. The Android…
Welcome to the personal software revolution
…some way, who’s to blame? How is customer support supposed to help people when literally everyone is using the app differently? Developers are struggling to build these open-ended platforms without…