Facebook expects its long-simmering oversight board to begin hearing cases this summer, with board members to be announced “in the coming months.” The announcement came on Tuesday, as the company released a set of recommended bylaws for the body and gave new details about how it will be structured. According to Facebook governance director Brent…
Xbox Live Gold subscribers and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will get access to four free games in February as part of those subscriptions, thanks to Xbox Games With Gold, including Cyanide Studio’s Call of Cthulhu on Xbox One and Lionhead Studios’ Fable Heroes on Xbox 360. Rounding out the list of free games for…
These days, it might seem like algorithms are out-diagnosing doctors at every turn, identifying dangerous lesions and dodgy moles with the unerring consistency only a machine can muster. Just this month, Google generated a wave of headlines with a study showing that its AI systems can spot breast cancer in mammograms more accurately than doctors.…
Just over a month after announcing the end of support for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game on consoles, CD Projekt Red will launch another Witcher spin-off for the Nintendo Switch. Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales arrives on the hybrid console on Jan. 28. Gwent itself has an interesting history. Originally implemented as a mini-game inside The…
A few years ago, if you were a streamer, you were on Twitch — simple as that. Outside of a few select content creators, everyone who wanted to be a streamer had to use Twitch’s platform. It was the only viable game in town. But over the last year, the streaming landscape has changed. Twitch…
Polygon’s entertainment team is on the ground at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, bringing you first looks at what are sure to be some of the year’s best blockbuster-alternative offerings. Here’s what you need to know before these indie films make their way to theaters, streaming services, and the cinematic zeitgeist. Logline: Documentarian Matt Wolf…
Overwatch’s annual Lunar New Year event kicks off today, Jan. 16, with a batch of fresh skins and a semi-new game mode called Capture the Flag Blitz available in the game’s arcade. Lunar New Year will run through Feb. 6 in Overwatch. Players will get access to seven new skins during Overwatch Lunar New Year.…
