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offworld What happens when you don't let players pick their race? Leigh Alexander

media Right-wing media ran dozens of "Middle East hot takes" by fake authors Rob Beschizza

intellectual impropriety Facebook's blatant rip-off of Bitmoji avatars is a legal lesson in skirting copyright Rob Beschizza

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video games Review: "Don't Read The Comments" is a delightful YA antidote to GamerGate Thom Dunn

artificial intelligence This company wants to use AI to help you pretend to increase diversity Thom Dunn

web Halloween avatar generator John Struan

content Ruined pub still getting TripAdvisor reviews Rob Beschizza

robots This pop-up cafe in Japan has a staff of robots controlled by people with disabilities Mark Frauenfelder

fabulous fakes Review of a $100 counterfeit iPhone X Mark Frauenfelder

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

Copyfight In less than 24 HOURS, an EU committee votes on whether to mass-censor the global internet Cory Doctorow

media Oft-cited student loan expert turns out to be fake persona affiliated with lenders Rob Beschizza

News A pro-Trump avatar troll hacked the instagram account of another avatar Mark Frauenfelder

VR Gamers witness VRChat player having a real-life seizure and aren't sure what to do Rusty Blazenhoff

facebook Mark Zuckerberg has a laugh touring storm-ravaged Puerto Rico in virtual reality Rob Beschizza

books Arbitrary Stupid Goal: a memoir of growing up under the tables of the best restaurant in New York Cory Doctorow

music Stunning motion-captured dance animation Rob Beschizza