Feb 26
The 11-1 vote — with China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstaining — showed significant opposition to Russia’s invasion.
Feb 26
The Vatican is once again trying to make climate action a key issue for Catholics, as it launches a program called the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, named after the Pope’s 2015 letter that framed protecting the environmental as a spiritual mandate. The new website calls on Catholics to eat less meat, take public…
Feb 26
The State of Middle-earth Coming Into Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Posted in: Today's ChiliAmazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel series, The Rings of Power, has already told us that it plans to dive deep into the history of Tolkien’s vast mythos. The series is primarily set thousands of years before the books and movies in the Second Age, and has already teased it will go even farther back beyond that. But…
Feb 25
Discord hasn’t been as active in fighting pandemic misinformation as social networks, but it appears ready to change its tune. According to Protocol, Discord is updating its community policies to ban any misinformation that poses a “significant risk” of physical or social harm, including claims that threaten “public health.” A chat server could face action if it spreads falsehoods about COVID-19 vaccines, to put it another way.
The community rules also bar spam, manipulative bots, fake accounts, bad-faith account reporting and “malicious” impersonation of others. The guidelines also forbid hate linked to age, caste, gender identity and serious illnesses. Discord will also consider “off-platform” activity when making decisions on bans and other policy decisions. Someone who belongs to a hate group or commits real-world crimes could face repercussions online.
These updates come alongside clearer privacy policies and terms of service. All of the changes take effect March 28th.
The changes might be necessary. Wirednotes the Institute for Strategic Dialogue spotted a significant number of far-right groups chatting about “egregious” content and plotting raids on sites like Twitch. Combine those with frequently harmful anti-vaccine and anti-mandate protests and Discord risked becoming more of a hub for this toxic activity, however involuntarily.
Feb 25
It’s safe to go without masks in around 70% of U.S. counties.
Feb 25
Elden Ring seems to have an issue working with certain game controllers when played on desktop PC – here’s one fix that’s working for some gamers.
Feb 25
Sometimes the only thing better than watching your favorite movie is watching someone talk about it. That might sound counterintuitive, but no matter how many times you’ve seen The Empire Strikes Back, RoboCop, Aliens, Flash Gordon, or The Last Starfighter, you’ve definitely seen the people involved talk about it…
Feb 25
Wouldn’t it be nice to walk into a Genius Bar and back out again on the same day with your problem solved? Apple is apparently working toward that reality for its iPhone users.
Feb 25
As the independent TTRPG scene has exploded over the recent years, so has the creativity that comes along with an ever-expanding and innovative customer base. While wandering the afterlife (or wandering around as an undead creature) are well-trod storytelling tropes, game designers across the globe have taken folklore…
Feb 25
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