Oh no… Spencer Strider has elbow ligament damage, MRI shows. Tommy John surgery presumably imminent. Sigh.
Ivenda M&M machines running facial recognition software
What an obviously dumb and invasive and should be illegal if it isn’t already idea: Invenda M&M vending machines are capturing and sharing images and facial recognition data of people without user consent.
Engadget lays off leadership to focus on SEO “content”
Yahoo lays off the leaders of Engadget to focus on SEO “content.” It hasn’t been the same in a long time but I’ve checked Engadget several times per day for close to 20 years and this news that they’ve fired a bunch of people to focus on SEO is super depressing. Guess it might be finally time to replace the bookmark with something else.
Nimona available free on YouTube
Nimona was one of my favorite movies of 2023 and the kids loved it too, if you don’t have Netflix it is now available in full to watch free on YouTube:
Also, very interesting move from Netflix and presumably a trial run at doing this more often?
Some Xbox games are coming to PS5 and Switch
Considering this Xbox news being as non earth shattering as it was, it seems like they really (yet again) fumbled the messaging on this by letting rumors run wild and even stirring them a bit by announcing a “business update” for a week later.
4 Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch
The short-term future of Xbox means that at least four Xbox exclusives are coming to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, Xbox leadership announced Thursday on the Official Xbox Podcast.
Who would paid $2000 to watch a Cowboys game?
You used to be able to slip the ticket guy at the Cotton Bowl a $20 to get into Texas/OU.
AT&T Stadium employee took $2K bribe to let ticketless fans into Cowboys game, police report says
120 years overdue library book
Someone returned a book to a Pennsylvania library 120 years overdue. It was checked out in 1904. I guess I feel a little less bad about that book my kid lost for 3 months now.
Ohtani to Dodgers for $700 million
Meanwhile the Braves have made 9 different trades where each one they slightly improve the pieces of garbage they acquired. By the end they’ll have one replacement level left fielder.
Ransomware-as-a-service
Well “ransomware-as-a-service” is certainly a dystopianly awful new evil tech bro phrase I’ve never heard before.
Link: A ransomware group claims to have breached ‘all Sony systems’
Murder by Numbers free on Epic Game Store
Murder by Numbers, a Picross/Phoenix Wright mashup with a solid story and super fun characters, is currently the free game on the Epic Games Store and is def worth a download. I played it on Switch, but would also be great game for ROG Ally or Steam Deck (if you’ve got Epic on it).