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The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in Hachette v. Internet Archive, a lawsuit brought against it by four book publishers, decidin...
How Tumblr turned social media polls into a game design challenge
Tumblr’s poll game phenomenon often shares a likeness with the infinite monkeys on a typewriter theorem. | Image: IM-A-FREAKING-JOY / Tumblr On February 3rd, Tumblr user Relientk used the si...
https://www.theverge.com/23643808/tumblr-social-media-polls-feature-game-design-vanilla-extract
Pornhub is under new ownership
A Pornhub billboard in Times Square A Canadian private equity firm has acquired MindGeek, the company behind Pornhub, YouPorn, and other major adult media sites. Financial Times reported that n...
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/16/23643975/mindgeek-pornhub-sale-ethical-capital-partners
Custom AI chatbots are quietly becoming the next big thing in fandom
Illustration: Daniel Jurman for The Verge AI chat systems put a new, sometimes solipsistic twist on the fannish roleplaying tradition. Continue reading…
https://www.theverge.com/23627402/character-ai-fandom-chat-bots-fanfiction-role-playing
You can watch Pluto TV in VLC, and the MPA considers this piracy
Ad-supported free TV, but it’s in your browser. What’s the harm? | Screenshot: Chris Person The Motion Picture Association (MPA) issued a DMCA notice to a GitHub repo that contained a playl...
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23617624/pluto-tv-dmca-mpa-github-playlists
BTS now has their very own Lego set — with figures of all seven bandmembers
You, too, can recreate Jimin’s dance break. | Image: Lego Lego teased a collaboration with BTS earlier this month and, needless to say, the fans had questions. Would the set come with photo c...
https://www.theverge.com/23601599/lego-bts-dynamite-music-video-set-release-date-price
Magic’s latest set has turned me into a monster (and I like it)
Image: Wizards of the Coast I need help. I haven’t logged into Marvel Snap for about a week now — just when the new Quantumania-themed season has begun. Now what, you ask, could be powerfu...
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/11/23594139/magic-the-gathering-phyrexia-all-will-be-one
My new favorite game is finding out where stuff is made
Photo by STR / AFP via Getty Images You can’t spend any time on Instagram or TikTok without hitting a drop shipping scam or a flashy direct-to-consumer startup. You’ll see a nice set of pans...
https://www.theverge.com/23539460/importyeti-shipping-manifests-american-companies
Bring back personal blogging
Twitter is creaking. Social media seems less fun than ever. Maybe it’s time to get a little more personal. Continue reading…
https://www.theverge.com/23513418/bring-back-personal-blogging
Some New Year’s resolutions that won’t end up in your pile of shame
Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/WireImage Oh no, it’s almost January 1st and you forgot to make a resolution! This doesn’t have to be hard. Like, I mean, if you want to do your first marathon, knoc...
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2022/12/26/23523235/new-years-resolution-self-improvement