The Buffalo shooting has focused attention on the role of Twitch, the gaming platform used by the gunman to broadcast a live stream of the massacre, amid renewed calls for tighter regulation of social media platforms.Twitch allows creators, many with millions of followers, to stream themselves playing video games, chatting with fans, or simply going…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sentiments toward COVID-19 vaccines, whether positive or negative, previews subsequent vaccination rates, finds a study of related Twitter posts. The results offer new insights into the influence of social media on public health measures. The study, conducted by researchers at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and NYU Grossman…
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Home News Entertainment “Star Trek Online” boldly expands the Mirror Universe with new union with IDW Publishing. (Image credit: Star Trek Online) Hoping to provide a cohesive template for further ventures into the reflective realm of “Star Trek’s” Mirror Universe, a new partnership between Star Trek Online (STO) and IDW Publishing was recently announced to…
GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! The Entertainment Software Association confirmed today that the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) event is going to be canceled for 2022. The ESA had already signaled it would not do a physical event in Los Angeles and…
After a weekend of connection issues, Among Us is back online. “Ok servers look stable and good now!” developer Innersloth tweeted on Monday at 3:37PM ET. “Hopefully the sabotages don’t come back – will keep u updated if anything changes.” For much of the weekend, Among Us players in North America and Europe could not…
Sergei Elagin/Shutterstock “GTA Online,” the chronically-updated multiplayer component to “Grand Theft Auto V,” will be accompanied by a premium subscription plan for its PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X versions. Beginning on March 29, the new service, called “GTA+,” will grant special benefits to subscribers who shell out $5.99 a month. Of course, this announcement…
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Linda Boiler, who researches public mental health at the Trimbos Institute in the Netherlands and was not involved in this study, compares well-being to a vaccine that can protect people when they run into tough situations. “Maybe we shouldn’t aim for ‘happy’ all the time,” she says. “It’s more fruitful to equip people with the…