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Someone programmed a 65-year old computer to play Boards of Canada’s ‘Olson’

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Someone programmed a 65-year old computer to play Boards of Canada’s ‘Olson’ Tracks have to be manually fed into the PDP-1 via paper tape. Ian Carlos Campbell Thu, October 9, 2025 The Programmed Data Processor-1 (PDP-1) is perhaps most recognizable as the home of Spacewar!, one of the world’s first video games, but as the … Continue reading Someone programmed a 65-year old computer to play Boards of Canada’s ‘Olson’ →

Perplexity Creates Counter Monopoly Play To Gain PayPal’s Millions Of Users

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Perplexity Creates Counter Monopoly Play To Gain PayPal’s Millions Of Users by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, September 3, 2025 Perplexity has extended a partnership with PayPal and Venmo in a deal that could increase Comet browser users by millions.  The agreement potentially creates a counter-monopoly play — a business strategy where a company or group … Continue reading Perplexity Creates Counter Monopoly Play To Gain PayPal’s Millions Of Users →

Google ordered to open up Play app store to competition

Google Under Legal

October 07, 2024 Google ordered to open up Play app store to competition The injunction by U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco outlined the changes Google must undertake to open up its lucrative app store, Play, to greater competition, including making Android apps available from rival sources. BY Reuters A U.S. judge on Monday … Continue reading Google ordered to open up Play app store to competition →

Like listening to waterfalls and birds on Spotify? Now when you play them you are helping protect them

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   April 18, 2024 Like listening to waterfalls and birds on Spotify? Now when you play them you are helping protect them ‘Nature’ is now an official, credited artist on streaming platforms, so when you listen to them, conservation organizations will get the royalties. BY Kristin Toussaint On April 18, a new artist is debuting on … Continue reading Like listening to waterfalls and birds on Spotify? Now when you play them you are helping protect them →

Walmart pulls Universe of Play off Roblox platform after consumer groups’ complaint

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The groups said Walmart’s Universe of Play was an advergame and asked CARU to review it. The retailer said CARU OK’d it before launch. Constantine von Hoffman on April 4, 2023 Walmart has pulled its Universe of Play experience from global gaming platform Roblox after consumer groups complained about it to the Children’s Advertising Review … Continue reading Walmart pulls Universe of Play off Roblox platform after consumer groups’ complaint →

‘Humanity’ was the most interesting game at Sony’s State of Play, and you can play a demo today

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‘Humanity’ is a PS4 game about the strangeness of crowds Jon Fingas @jonfingas You’ll be glad to hear that the PS4 will get at least one more truly oddball game (besides Wattam) during its lifetime. THA and Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s studio Enhance have announced Humanity, a game for PS4 and PSVR that imagines how aliens would … Continue reading ‘Humanity’ was the most interesting game at Sony’s State of Play, and you can play a demo today →

Governing AI: What part should marketing play?

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With artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) models being developed for all kinds of marketing problems, what part should marketing play in developing and monitoring the applications that serve them? Theresa Kushner on August 9, 2022 If you have an artificial intelligence program, you also have a committee, team, or body that is providing governance over … Continue reading Governing AI: What part should marketing play? →

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