Stadia was doomed from the start, because Google knows nothing about gaming, and users hesitated to invest in it, not trusting Google to keep it alive for long (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

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Stadia was doomed from the start, because Google knows nothing about gaming, and users hesitated to invest in it, not trusting Google to keep it alive for long  —  There’s a lot of chatter right now about the “surprise” shutdown of Stadia, Google’s game-streaming service.

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Despite Elon Musk’s opaque approach, the “Twitter Files” give a peek at moderation at scale and are a win for transparency, while failing to prove systemic bias (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

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