• Palworld, an independent game that can be best described as Pokemon with guns allowed a handful of vtubers a preview the past few days.
  
  Seems to have paid off because they sold a million copies in eight hours and reached half a million concurrent players in the first 24 hours - and it's still in pre-release.  (Kotaku)
  
  In case you're wondering, yes, those sheep have Browning M2s.

• Twitter has just launched support for audio and video calls via the Android app.  (Thurrott)
  
  I don't know that we want this, but having these features available from a platform not controlled by the usual Silicon Valley mafia is welcome.
  
  
  
• The group of crazed billionaires proposing that doomed planned community in Solano County in northern California has released, uh, a map.  (Hot Hardware)
  
  Well, that solves everything.
  
  
  
• One of JPMorgan Chase's CEOs - apparently they have several - has claimed that the company repels 45 billion hacking attempts every day.  (The Register)
  
  This is entirely plausible, if you count individual probes by everyone from random script kiddies to Russian and Chinese state hacking teams.  It really is that bad out there.
  
  
  
• Speaking of which, Russia hacked Microsoft, looking to find out what Microsoft knew about Russian hackers.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  And instead got the source code to Windows 8 and Clippy.  They are now pressing charges of war crimes in the Hague.
  
  
  
• Apple's Vision Pro, the company's absurdly overpriced VR headset, is up for pre-order.  (9to5Mac)
  
  Starting at $3499.
  
  This being Apple, you need an iPhone just to order it.
  
  
  
• Third-party platforms are flocking to the Vision Pro, with native applications available from...  Nobody.  (MacStories)
  
  YouTube, Netflix, Roku, Facebook, and TikTok have all announced a profound lack of interest, though Reddit has announced some kind of support.
  
  You can open your Numbers spreadsheet in glorious 4D though, so there's that.

Posted by: Craft at Wednesday, April 17 2024 12:20 PM (XJA3c)

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