The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Richard Lawler discuss Threads' new web app, Sony's Playstation handheld, NFL 4K streaming, AI music copyright, and a whole lot more.
Further reading:
--- [Elon Musk says (yet again) that X will stop letting you block users] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837494/elon-musk-twitter-x-remove-blocking)
--- [X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/20/23838823/twitter-x-deleted-pictures-links-2014-metadata-t-co-shortener)
--- [X fixed the ‘bug’ that broke images attached to tweets from before 2014 ] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23840640/twitter-x-2014-image-link-tweet-t-co-shortener)
--- [X tests removing headlines from links to news articles] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841012/x-twitter-remove-headlines-news-elon-musk)
--- [Elon Musk says news organizations can get a share of X’s advertising revenue, too.] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23843505/elon-musk-says-news-organizations-can-get-a-share-of-xs-advertising-revenue-too)
--- [Threads on the web is here] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23840441/meta-threads-web-app)
--- [NFL Sunday Ticket has arrived on the Google TV homescreen] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842853/nfl-sunday-ticket-google-tv-homescreen-free-channels)
--- [Amazon is bringing a whole lot of AI to Thursday Night Football this season] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23842818/amazon-thursday-night-football-ai-streaming)
--- [Sony’s portable PlayStation Portal launches later this year for $199.99 ] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842771/sony-playstation-portal-remote-player-specs-release-date-price)
--- [Sony’s PlayStation wireless earbuds will cost a whopping $199.99 ] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842778/sony-playstation-earbuds-pulse-explore-elite-features-price)
--- [Sony’s PlayStation division is acquiring headphone maker Audeze] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23844430/sony-playstation-division-acquiring-headphone-maker-audeze)
--- [This batarang houses Qualcomm’s next big bet on gaming] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23840895/qualcomm-g3x-snapdragon-gen-2-g2-g1-gaming-handheld-chips)
--- [Somebody already unboxed the Quest 3] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842962/meta-quest-3-leak-unboxing-vr)
--- [Microsoft kills Kinect again] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23840327/microsoft-azure-kinect-developer-kit-discontinued)
--- [Corsair’s first standing desk is designed for gaming, streaming, and more] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23842681/corsair-platform-6-gaming-desk-height-adjust-cable-management-release-date-monitor-arm)
--- [Google and YouTube are trying to have it both ways with AI and copyright] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841822/google-youtube-ai-copyright-umg-scraping-universal)
--- [Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841167/microsoft-excel-python-integration-support)
--- [Netflix is going to let DVD subscribers keep unreturned discs for free] (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841540/netflix-dvd-com-subscribers-keep-unreturned-discs)
--- [White Noise Podcasters Are Costing Spotify $38 Million a Year - Bloomberg] (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-17/white-noise-podcasters-are-costing-spotify-38-million-a-year)
--- [Sonic Spectrum: a journey into noise white, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple & violet] (https://open.spotify.com/show/0r52y79AOfvLvzaEmew96h?si=c67a095873ec4499)
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