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What's the first game you ever loved? Our PAX Dev Vox Pops YouTube video by Byteside

We asked a bunch of indie devs at PAX Australia about the first game they loved. We’ve got a few more of these Dev Vox Pops on the way and we’ve dropped devs giving their elevator pitches for their games over recent days too. Please enjoy!

We’ve got a flurry of PAX videos coming over next few days chatting with lots of Aussie indie devs.

The juice behind Jackbox Games YouTube video by Byteside

A little chat with the excellent @a11ard.bsky.social from @jackboxgames.bsky.social during PAX Aus last month.

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TikTok will now show its STEM feed to adults, not just teens | TechCrunch TikTok announced on Wednesday that it's bringing its STEM feed to all users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland by default.

Can we all agree that making a STEM feed available on every platform is a fantastic idea for all users? Educate us all! 🙌
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Oh no biggie… just a 41 million digit prime number discovered.

#NerdNews

hello bsky I'm Max, a game dev based in Aotearoa NZ.

I'm making a photographic paranormal-mystery game called CORPOREAL.
#gamedev

👁️More info/wishlist here: s.team/a/3255140 👁️

Magic: The Gathering® Foundations Share your spark! Get ready for Magic: The Gathering® Foundations!

Magic's new 'Foundations' set is a fresh take on the idea of a 'core' release, with reprints of many old cards and a promise that this set will remain valid in Standard until 2029.

Meta suggests AI Northern Lights pics are as good as the real thing Meta fails to read the room.

If you weren't aware of just how "all in" Meta is on burying its platforms in AI slop, this post suggesting people should just make their own fake aurora photos makes it crystal clear.
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Australia to ban life insurance companies from discriminating based on genetic testing results Albanese government says people have been reluctant to get life-saving early testing because of the risk of being refused insurance

Older news that's very good: Australia is banning insurance companies from asking about genetic tests so people can feel more comfortable learning about medical issues without it harming their ability to be insured.
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AG Coleman sues TikTok, says internal documents show company knowingly addicted Ky youth Kentucky joins a dozen other states and Washington D.C. suing TikTok, saying the social media company targeted and knowingly addicted youth in each state to the platform.

TikTok's own research suggests 260 videos is the magic number for "forming a habit" with the app. And they know it works best with younger users. Lots of details accidentally leaked because a redacted document revealed all with a simple cut-paste.
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Stroud District Council warns of parking scam involving QR codes Customers can pay for parking at the machine with a card or cash, or via an app, not a QR code.

We're probably putting too much trust into QR codes without looking *very* closely at the details. Example: QRs for parking in the UK (and other places) are being altered by criminals with a carefully planted sticker.
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Great pickup at SXSW by Anula Wiwatowska to share that the CIO of AP+ suggests it's time to delete the personal voicemail greeting to avoid having your voice deepfaked.
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Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself Big tech doesn’t just fund research into itself – it also controls researchers’ access to data. Even big tobacco didn’t have this kind of power.

Great piece from @timothyjgraham.bsky.social on what's going wrong with social media research due to poor data transparency from the platforms.
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Let's share some links to some great reads we've seen lately out there.

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Booting up.