The online marketplace Etsy has been flooded with activity since the pandemic’s onset as millions flocked to online shopping to stave off lockdown blues. However, that pandemic-fueled growth is also highlighting Etsy’s struggle to moderate what goes up for sale on its platform. A recent Insider investigation found…
Source: Gizmodo – Weapons, Ivory, and Other Items Banned by Etsy Still Widely Available on Marketplace, Investigation Finds
A former Netflix VP has been convicted of taking bribes from suppliers worth more than $500,000.
Source: Engadget – Former Netflix CTO convicted for taking bribes
Following the recent FreeBSD 13.0 release and jumping ahead of the imminent DragonFlyBSD 6.0 release is now OpenBSD 6.9 to kick off May…
Source: Phoronix – OpenBSD 6.9 Released In Beginning To Support Apple’s M1 SoC
Let’s kick off this series with the very basics.
Source: Linux Today – Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux—Introduction
When a book franchise has a fanbase as fervent as Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse, some fans will always complain about any deviation from the source material, even if it’s necessary to bring the books to live-action. However, Netflix is confident its Shadow and Bone TV series is so good no fan could possibly find fault…
Source: Gizmodo – Netflix’s Shadow and Bone Adaptation Is Really Good, According to Netflix
In addition to the Btrfs changes, EXT4, exFAT, and XFS are among the file-systems seeing noteworthy improvements with the in-development Linux 5.13…
Source: Phoronix – EXT4, XFS & exFAT Enjoy Some Nice Improvements With Linux 5.13
We’ve made a couple of small readability updates to your favorite site for Linux news.
Source: Linux Today – READER UPDATE: We’ve made the Complete Story Links Easier to Find
Here are the few, easy steps needed to build both GtkSourceView 5.0 and GTK4’s GStreamer media backend with Visual Studio.
Source: Linux Today – Build Your Own Application with GTK4 as a Meson Subproject
The fighting game adaptation of Hokuto no Ken (known as Fist of the North Star in the west) has provided some of the most over–the–top competitive moments of all time. But when a Twitter acquaintance shared a screenshot of its continue screen a week ago, I still wasn’t psychologically prepared for just how hard it…
Source: Kotaku – I Love This Fighting Game’s Ridiculous Continue Screen
The new Netflix show Yasuke chronicles the life of the African Samurai after his tenure with the Nobunaga clan. The show starts years after the death of Lord Nobunaga. Yasuke (Lakeith Stanfield) lives in a local village and works as a boatman. At the core of the story, Yasuke is a man who feels disconnected from his…
Source: Gizmodo – Netflix’s Yasuke Has a Character Issue That’s Bugging Me
Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ show Secret Invasion is quickly turning into an Avengers-level collection of talent. Of course we already knew Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn would reprise their MCU roles. Then Kingsley Ben-Adir joined the mix. Then Olivia Colman. Then Emilia Clarke. And now a new cast member is…
Source: Gizmodo – Marvel’s Secret Invasion Continues to Build Its Cast
Enlarge / Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Miami on April 08, 2021. (credit: Joe Raedle / Getty)
Both houses of Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature have passed new legislation banning social media companies from deplatforming political candidates or censoring large journalistic organizations. Gov. Ron DeSantis has expressed support for the bill and is expected to sign it into law.
Tech companies could be fined as much as $250,000 per day if they deplatform a statewide political candidate in the state. Critics argue that the bill is likely to be struck down as unconstitutional. That seems especially likely because the bill is broad and vaguely worded.
But at least one company won’t have to worry about the legislation: Disney. A last-minute amendment to the bill provides that it doesn’t apply to a “company that owns and operates a theme park or entertainment complex”—like Disney World.
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Source: Ars Technica – Disney gets special “theme park” exception to Florida’s anti-tech bill
You’d be forgiven if you had forgotten by now that Hulu announced back in January that a slate of new ViacomCBS channels was coming to its live TV service. They’re finally here.
Source: Gizmodo – Hulu Finally Gets Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and More New Channels
Facebook is another developer to its growing Oculus Studios stable.
Source: Engadget – Facebook buys the studio behind VR shooter ‘Onward’
Some remasters simply give a refreshed look but this is a truly huge revamp of all parts of the game.
Source: Linux Today – Total War: ROME REMASTERED from Feral Interactive is out now for Linux
I don’t like bugs. Never have. Flys, bees, wasps, crickets, I hate ‘em all. The bigger they are the more I can’t stand them. So the giant insect-like Silt Striders, first seen in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, are my worst nightmare and I want them all to die. I mean, if no one minds.
Source: Kotaku – Elder Scrolls, Cut It Out With The Silt Striders
Apple’s on-demand fitness streaming service, Fitness+, is a solid way to work out at home—if you own an Apple Watch.
Source: Gizmodo – How to Get Started With Apple Fitness+
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s round up of all things good and plastic-y. This week, Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s finale has got us in an Americana mood, and what could be more patriotic than a man dressed like a light-up flag, a journalist who hangs out with mutant reptiles, and… plush, cheap alcohol? Check it…
Source: Gizmodo – Captain America Flies High, and More Patriotic Toys of the Week
Australia may become one of the first countries to truly buckle down and prioritize teaching children about online safety.
Source: Gizmodo – Australia Wants to Teach Basic Cybersecurity to 5-Year-Olds
SpaceX will have to hold off work on a lunar lander for NASA while the government reviews protests from Blue Origin and SpaceX.
Source: Engadget – NASA, SpaceX pause work on the lunar lander deal due to contract challenges
