SCOOP ALERT:

Last year, Roblox teased the coming of real-world e-commerce in 2024. Now, that day has come.

As of today, Walmart is leading a pilot test that will allow Roblox players to order items to their doorsteps without exiting the platform.

READ:

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BREAKING: The EU Commission designates iPadOS as a gatekeeper under the Digital Market App. Apple will have to allow alternative marketplaces on the iPad too.

ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

🤔. Guess we are at a new point in the cycle

Polostan, my new novel, is coming out October 15. It’s the first book in a new series I’m calling Bomb Light. More info to come as we get closer, but for now: harpercollins.com/products/polos…  @wmmorrowbooks

.Anduril Industries just beat out Boeing and Lockheed to make autonomous fighter craft for the Air Force.

This is a very big deal for a bunch of reasons

I didn't even know United Kingdom of the Apes had been greenlit, let alone entered production! CC Steve Asbell

Your new console cowboy.
Callum Turner is Case in Neuromancer.

Coming soon to Apple TV+

Meta Horizon OS

Meta already sells the Quest systems basically at production cost, and just ignores the development costs, so don’t expect this to result in cheaper VR headsets from other companies with Quest equivalent capabilities. Even if the other companies have greater…

Apes on horseback have arrived in Venice Beach for ‘KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES’

(Source: switchflipjones/TikTok)

Amazing news! Meta is opening up their virtual reality OS to other hardware makers, and it’s an open platform!

Since I published this piece, Microsoft and Sony laid off 8% of their gaming staff, EA and Take Two did 5%, Riot 11%, among others

Interesting that, while Call of Duty Warzone: Mobile has unseated Monopoly Go for #1 Top Downloaded rank in Games, its Top Grossing rank is fairly modest. Also: it doesn't seem to have cannibalized installs or revenue from the original Call of Duty: Mobile.

Hacks S3 is really good. Just finished 6 of 10. Constant laughs in the household. Strong rec

The NBA built a 27-million-pixel basketball court (700,000 square inches) for the All-Star Game

The display for the Apple Vision Pro (made by Sony) has 2 square inches... and 23 million pixels

fastcompany.com/91031565/how-t…

NYT-as-a-gaming company in another picture (Via ankbul, Scopely's founder and CTO)

Ranks third behind Call of Duty ($35 billion since 2002) and Monopoly Go ($2B+ in 11 months, biggest new game in years) on iOS

Late to this article and praise but…I first met @kylesamani and Tushar Jain as they were starting Multicoin. In our first meeting, Kyle I believe was talking about this dev named FluffyPony (which admittedly made me a bit dubious) and Tushar was teaching us about tracking…

The Apple Vision Pro released two months ago. *If* you own it (and are not a developer), when did you last use it?