YouTube has a piracy problem — and nobody’s talking about it. Pirated movies and TV shows are being uploaded to YouTube and monetized, while actual creators get demonetized for a few seconds of copyrighted music. Why is YouTube running ads on full-length pirated movies? How are these videos staying up for weeks without being immediately demonetized and taken down?
How a board game became a perfect case study in perverse incentives, technological anxiety, and the content-industrial complex. (Includes: Soviet yogurt codes, bathroom stall photography, and one very angry Vladimir Kramnik.)
Roaring Simba Network (RSN) carries content in form of interviews and documentaries focused on Kenya and Africa. The interviews are long-form, in-depth, practical, intellectual, informative, and provide penetrating insights into the African condition. They cover all subjects: Culture, Literature, Religion, Politics, Economics, Finance, Agriculture, Geology, Geopolitics, War, Education, Security, Diplomacy, Health, Depression, Stress, Science, Technology, Pharmaceuticals, AI, Infrastructure, Industry, Philosophy, Media, Art, Architecture, Music etc. We select our guests based on their knowledge and experience. Our guests include writers, thinkers and professionals. Each interview is a treasure-trove of knowledge and information.
Conversations in Literature has had an impressive first run of guests. Numbering ten, they are: Lexa Lubanga, Silas Nyanchwani, Odhiambo Kaumah, Empress Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki, Sahara Abdi, Keith Ang’ana, Peter Ngila, Vera Omwocha, Tom Mwiraria and Munira Hussein. To commemorate the ten episodes, we have prepared an entertaining montage that showcases the similarities as well as the differences of our diverse cast of guests. All are writers, all readers, but their perspectives are different.
Crystal mugs, robotic toy puppies, animal lamps and more. These are scams on Amazon using AI-generated images to sell fake items that don’t look like the photos.
In a bold move that has sent shockwaves through the gaming journalism community, several writers from VICE’s gaming vertical, Waypoint, have resigned following the removal of articles by Ana Valens. The articles in question delved into how an anti-porn organization, Collective Shout, influenced Valve’s recent rule changes on Steam, granting payment processors significant power over content on the platform.
The removals were reportedly requested by VICE’s new owner, Savage Ventures, citing “controversial subject matter” rather than any journalistic complaints. This decision has sparked a debate about censorship and editorial independence in gaming journalism.
Ana Valens and her colleagues Shaun Cichacki and Matt Vatankhah have stepped down, highlighting a growing trend where media outlets are increasingly cautious about publishing content that might stir controversy or invite legal challenges.
Read more about this unfolding story and its implications for free speech in gaming journalism here: VICE Removes Articles About Org Behind Steam Censorship Change, Writers Resign In Response.
This movie, uh…happened.
Patrick H. Willems has some terrible news about his beloved TCM Wine Club…
Patrick H. Willems went to the Cannes Film Festival and it was wild…
In today’s video, Lady Decade covers the recent surge of anti-European sentiment spreading across the US Gamer sphere. Well, you know, things that are happening right now…
This is Secret Galaxy reporting on the long history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all in one place! This is what they report on: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles: The Movie, Coming Out of Their Shells Tour, TMNT – Secret of the Ooze, TMNT 3, The Next Mutation, Legend of the Super Mutants, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003).