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    • In a joint letter, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo tell the Trump administration that proposed Chinese tariffs would harm the game industry and cost gamers $840M (Karl Bode/VICE)

    Karl Bode / VICE: In a joint letter, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo tell the Trump administration that proposed Chinese tariffs would harm the game industry and cost gamers $840M  —  US consumers will pay a total of $840 million more for consoles than they would without Chinese tariffs, the companies warn. In a joint letter,

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    • Dribbble’s CEO accused of suspending an artist’s account for criticizing the site’s changes

    A prominent artist on Dribbble is accusing the portfolio-sharing platform’s CEO of suspending his account after a series of tweets criticizing changes to the site. Artist Timothy J. Reynolds has been a vocal critic of Dribbble’s changing policies since the company was acquired by Tiny in 2017. On Tuesday, he quote-tweeted CEO Zack Onisko’s Twitter

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    • Google says its location history auto-delete tool, which lets users pick either 3 or 18 months of data retention, is rolling out on mobile over next few weeks (Natt Garun/The Verge)

    Natt Garun / The Verge: Google says its location history auto-delete tool, which lets users pick either 3 or 18 months of data retention, is rolling out on mobile over next few weeks  —  On both Android and iOS  —  Google is now beginning to roll out its location history auto-delete feature after announcing …

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    • YouTube gives users a "don't recommend channel" option and a way to pick topics of interest for videos showing in Up Next or homepage, now on iOS and Android (Christine Fisher/Engadget)

    Christine Fisher / Engadget: YouTube gives users a “don’t recommend channel” option and a way to pick topics of interest for videos showing in Up Next or homepage, now on iOS and Android  —  No matter how advanced algorithms get, none will understand your YouTube viewing preferences better than you. YouTube gives users a "don't

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    • San Francisco Pride says Google can still participate in parade after ~100 Googlers petitioned it to drop Google as a sponsor over handling of LGBTQ+ issues (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

    Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: San Francisco Pride says Google can still participate in parade after ~100 Googlers petitioned it to drop Google as a sponsor over handling of LGBTQ+ issues  —  Almost 100 Google employees are urging the organizer of this weekend’s San Francisco Pride parade to kick the company out of the celebration …

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