This Week In Techdirt History: June 9th – 15th
Five Years Ago
This week in 2019, we looked at the two-sided political attacks on Section 230, while an appeals court issued a strong but easily-misrepresented Section 230 ruling, and the law was also...
Nintendo’s first US commercial might be this 1980 ad
Got a broken arm? Just play Toss-Up! | Screenshot: YouTube
Nintendo is a gaming juggernaut today, but it wasn’t really on anyone’s radar in the United States in 1980. And what was...
Assetto Corsa Evo – Kunos’ next racer will support VR from day one
Sim racers get ready. Anybody who has been driving PC race sims for any length of time will have played Assetto Corsa or its spinoff AC Competizione. Many will have played in PCVR by either linking so...
Roku Continues To Screw With Customers Via Firmware/Software Updates
Whether intentional or not, the process for tech companies to fall to the process of enshittification seems to be a very real trend. The term, coined by Cory Doctorow, describes the process by which o...