Consumer Platforms

Netflix reinvents the wheel—with cable

Netflix is doing everything it can to keep its users. It’s not the only platform whose engagement tricks are catching up with it.

The front page of the internet has an AI slop problem

Reddit is fighting its AI spam problem by using AI—but it’s unclear whether that’ll be enough to preserve the human authenticity that made it valuable in the first place.

The GTA VI disc-onnect

The good news: Grand Theft Auto VI finally has a release date. The bad news: It won’t come with a physical disc on release, frustrating gamers who see it as an anti-consumer move.

Everything is TV now, including Instagram

Roblox’s metaverse is already here, and it’s wildly popular

The platform says that over half of American children use the platform, and counts nearly 50 million daily users.

Snap brings personalization, new feature set to Snap Maps

Like Google Maps lite, but with a social layer

'Pokémon GO' has made $5 billion since its release

Despite fading from the public eye, the game earned a record $1.3 billion last year