ORLANDO – The message came shortly after 11 am, and my first day in the bubble reached its first official speed bump. I just finished practice, are you here? This, from Thunder team member Matt Tumbleson, buzzed just as I was preparing to leave my hotel room, and a strange …
Read More »Photo: Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket (fake pictures) On July 11, Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida reopened to the public after being closed since March due to COVID-19 restrictions. Many critics have complained that reopening the park is too risky at this stage, particularly as coronavirus …
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It’s officially San Diego Comic-Con 2020! We would be charging laptops in our PCs instead of jumping on flights and trains to Southern California, but we’re still gearing up for a lot of panels, cosplayand of course exciting news. The io9 team met (virtually) to discuss our hopes, fears, and …
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MENLO PARK, California – Walt Disney Co. has “dramatically” cut its advertising budget on Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram, according to a report published in the Wall Street Journal. It is the latest setback for the social network, which is facing a growing advertising boycott of its policies and actions on …
Read More »Photo: Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto (fake pictures) Facebook is a bad website that is responsible for a lot of bad things, and due to increasing pressure from users and organizations like NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League about the way it handles (or, you know, doesn’t handle) hate speech , has …
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