X, formerly Twitter, is reinstating its misgendering and deadnaming policy. The Elon Musk-owned micro-blogging social media app's abuse and harassment policy was amended in April 2023 to remove the rule, however, it has now been brought back to prevent people being addressed with the wrong pronouns or name. Whilst the tweets won't be removed, they will be less visible, with those who have been violated urged to report cases to X. An update on X's abuse and harassment page read: “We will reduce the visibility of posts that purposefully use different pronouns to address someone other than what t...
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Single tags have landed on Meta's X rival Threads. Now users can choose one topic to tag per post, similar to X - formerly Twitter - however, on the latter you can add as many hashtags as you'd like. Announcing the new feature on the official Threads account, a post read: "New on Threads: You can now tag a topic in a post. To get started, tap the # key or the new # button in the composer." In the summer, Meta launched a new web version of Threads. Facebook’s parent company's app enjoyed meteoric growth when it launched in July. But users rapidly deserting it partly due to its limited functiona...
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Elon Musk declared "citizen journalism is the path" to a "better future", as his social media site X removed headlines from posted stories. The billionaire businessman has made it less obvious if you are reading a news article, as of October 5, with just the image and the source in very small text being shown once you hit the "post" button. He wrote on X: “I almost never read legacy news anymore. What’s the point of reading 1000 words about something that was already posted on X several days ago? “Citizen journalism is the path to better future!” Elon recently explained why he wants X to becom...
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Ice Cube is insisting Kanye West is in a “good space”. The former N.W.A rapper, 54, opened up about his scandal-hit friend, 46, as he continues to reel from having his multi-million dollar brand deals cancelled following his series of anti-Semitic outbursts last year. Cube said on the ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ show: “I believe he’s doing great.” The rapper added Kanye is still fighting for access to some of his money, but said for the most part he is “in a good space”. Cube said: “I think he’s learned a lot from this past year, and hopefully he’ll come out better on the other side.” He added h...
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Deadpool, Venom and more will be added to 'Marvel's Midnight Suns'. The eagerly-awaited and delayed strategy RPG game will finally launch on December 2. And 2K has now confirmed some post-launch DLC packs. Deadpool will be added in the first pack, with Venom, Morbius and Storm to follow throughout 2023. There will also be new stories for each character and a bunch of new content included in the packs. The title was pushed back “to ensure the teams at Firaxis Games and 2K deliver the best possible experience for our fans." In a follow-up statement to the game’s Twitter account, the ‘Marvel’s Mi...
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‘Dying Light 2 Stay Human’ is set to get a New Game Plus mode at the end of April, Techland has confirmed. The studio previously teased plans to introduce new features to the survival horror game last month, when lead game designer Tymon Smektała revealed in an interview with Game Informer that features requested by fans including new difficulty tiers, a Photo Mode, and a New Game Plus mode were on the way. At the time, he didn’t reveal exactly when they would be arriving. Now, however, in an update posted to the official ‘Dying Light 2’ Twitter account, Techland has revealed that a New Game P...
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‘Fortnite’ has so far raised $50 million for humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine. In an update posted to the official ‘Fortnite’ Twitter account, Epic Games has revealed that the total raised from ‘Fortnite’ profits has reached $50 million since the support initiative began on March 20. They wrote: “As of today, we’ve raised $50 million USD together in humanitarian relief funds to support people affected by the war in Ukraine.” The funds will be sent to various relief organizations including Direct Relief, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency to pro...
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Elon Musk has revealed he wants to make Steam games playable on Tesla cars. On Twitter, Musk replied to a post from the official ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ account, writing: “Great game”. Executive editor at IGN, Ryan McCaffrey then responded to Musk’s tweet to ask: “New Model S/X version of Cyberpunk when?” Which then led Musk into revealing early plans for Steam games for Tesla cars. He wrote: “We’re working through the general case of making Steam games work on a Tesla vs specific titles. Former is obviously where we should be long-term.” Tesla cars can already play a number of games, including the o...
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Elon Musk has revealed he wants to make Steam games playable on Tesla cars. On Twitter, Musk replied to a post from the official ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ account, writing: “Great game”. Executive editor at IGN, Ryan McCaffrey then responded to Musk’s tweet to ask: “New Model S/X version of Cyberpunk when?” Which then led Musk into revealing early plans for Steam games for Tesla cars. He wrote: “We’re working through the general case of making Steam games work on a Tesla vs specific titles. Former is obviously where we should be long-term.” Tesla cars can already play a number of games, including the o...
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The GTA remastered trilogy may be getting a virtual reality update in future. Data miners have found a command that allows players to move into what appears to be a virtual reality mode via the Unreal debug command. Whilst VR ports of GTA have been confirmed previously, it was not clear which version of the game would be getting the Virtual Reality treatment. It seems now that the Definitive Edition will be what players will utilise to access the VR game mode. The news was announced via a tweet by Videotech_: “There is a debug Unreal command for GTA VR but it looks a little bit unfinished. May...
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