Aug. 14, 2020
Fri. 08/14 – Fortnite Banned! The Epic/Apple/Google Battle Royale
What do you think we’re going to talk about? Apple and Google ban Fortnite. Epic Games turns around and sues Apple and Google for antitrust. Also: Adobe commits to fighting Deepfakes, Streaming is now a quarter of all tv viewing, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store (The Verge)
- Epic is suing Google over Fortnite’s removal from the Google Play Store (The Verge)
- Epic rallies Fortnite players against Apple with a warning that they’ll miss the next season (The Verge)
- Epic's 1984 Parody Video
- Photoshop Will Help ID Images That Have Been … Photoshopped (Wired)
- Disney+ Gains Foothold in Streaming Battlefield, Nielsen Says (The Hollywood Reporter)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions
- The Secret SIMs Used By Criminals to Spoof Any Number (Motherboard)
- How We Got the Favicon (The History of the Web)
- The Black Internet Gold Rush That Wiped Away $75 Million in 18 Months (Level)
- A college kid’s fake, AI-generated blog fooled tens of thousands. This is how he made it. (Technology Review)
- The Return of Anonymous (The Atlantic)
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