Tubefilter: Roblox hikes developer earnings by 42%–but only if they make games aimed at adults. “Roblox is quadrupling down on chasing adult gamers–and rewarding developers who make games appealing to the 18+ crowd. This topic cropped up a lot in March. First, longtime Robloxer KreekCraft posted a video saying he’d poured $100K (so far) into building his own Roblox studio that would make […]

We intercepted the White House app's traffic. 77% of requests go to 3rd parties

https://www.atomic.computer/blog/white-house-app-network-traffic-analysis/

#HackerNews #WhiteHouseApp #TrafficAnalysis #SecurityPrivacy #ThirdParties #DataIntercepted

Few people probably remember the TM-centric Natural Law Party, but while researching my future third party podcast I've had to watch multiple videos from the 90s and they feel more like straight up cult indoctrination videos than any third party content I've otherwise consumed in this process, even more than the Libertarian Party

#history #thirdparty #thirdparties #uspol #uspolitics #tm

Engadget: The EU tells Google to give external AI assistants the same access to Android as Gemini has. “The European Commission has started proceedings to ensure Google complies with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in certain ways. Specifically, the European Union’s executive arm has told Google to grant third-party AI services the same level of access to Android that Gemini has.”

Tubefilter: Fortnite’s new developer-made item sales: Loot boxes yes, outfits and emotes no. “Starting today, Fortnite developers (who have been able to make custom Islands/game modes on Fortnite‘s platform since 2018) will be able to make and sell their own in-game items to its tens of millions of players.”