Not all online communities are toxic. One of the biggest online communities of any kind in the world Alea Iacta Est, which started as a World of Warcraft Guild. Tom Merritt, Brian Ibbott and Todd Whitehead talk with other members about what makes a successful online community.

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Not all online communities are toxic. One of the biggest online communities of any kind in the world Alea Iacta Est, which started as a World of Warcraft Guild. Tom Merritt, Brian Ibbott and Todd Whitehead talk with other members about what makes a successful online community.

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Tom talks Google’s desire to make its own chips and the hard road post-millenials have in this modern world. It’s just headlines and emails in this one from Blizzcon.

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Tom talks Google’s desire to make its own chips and the hard road post-millenials have in this modern world. It’s just headlines and emails in this one from Blizzcon.

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Are the millennials rebelling against tech? Two popular Instagram accounts closed up shop this week both making points about the unrealistic depiction of life on social media. Lyndsey Gilpin and Tom Merritt discuss.

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Facebook can look at photos and answer your questions about them while making 90% accurate predictions about the future. Meanwhile Google Inbox can answer your mail for you. Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt talk about how AI is showing up in our daily lives.

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Activision Blizzard will buy King Digital, makers of Candy Crush, in the biggest gaming merger since Microsoft bought Minecraft. Can a declining one-hit wonder maker save the console and PC platform maker’s mobile bacon? Or candy? Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt debate.

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