‘Journey to the Savage Planet’ developers reform after Google shut them down

Daniel Cooper

The employees of Typhoon Studios, the developer of Journey to the Savage Planet, reform themselves under the name Raccoon Logic. In an announcement, the team said they should “boldly go back to where they were,” the doomed acquisition of the company by Google. Raccoon Logic also announced that the team has repurchased the rights to … Read more

How to upgrade democracy: Former Microsoft executive Jon DeVaan’s primer on political reform

How to upgrade democracy: Former Microsoft executive Jon DeVaan’s primer on political reform

The January 6 rupture and riots in the U.S. Capitol and greater efforts to scrap the election results have drawn new attention to the greater need for political reform – the fixing of flaws in the democratic system, to use an offered metaphor by Jon DeVaan, former Microsoft technical director. Jon DeVaan, Former Microsoft Technician … Read more

The Safe Tech Act is the latest Section 230 reform bill, but its critics warn of unpleasant side effects – TechCrunch

The Safe Tech Act is the latest Section 230 reform bill, but its critics warn of unpleasant side effects – TechCrunch

The first major reform proposal under Section 230 of the Biden era has appeared. In a new bill, Senate Democrats Mark Warner, Mazie Hirono, and Amy Klobuchar propose changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that would fundamentally change the 1996 law that is widely credited with maintaining the modern Internet. Section 230 … Read more