Netflix fired an employee who led the company’s trans employee resource group and planned a walkout on October 20, a current and former Netflix employee with knowledge of the situation confirmed to TechCrunch. The termination was first reported by The Verge. Netflix workers planned the walkout to protest statements that its co-CEO Ted Sarandos made […]
Squid Game’s Success Is Giving Fall Guys Some Ideas
During a recent TechRadar interview, Fall Guys lead game designer Joe Walsh said the dev team at Mediatonic is currently toying with the idea of retrieving an unused minigame from the cutting-room floor. And it’s all thanks to Netflix’s latest original…
South Africa’s Telkom ditches Netflix
South Africa’s telecommunication provider Telkom SA SOC Ltd has since October discontinued Netflix Inc. from its phone and internet set-top box, said a Bloomberg report. Telkom’s Content Executive Wanda Mkhize said in a statement that the partnership between the two firms would not be renewed and declined to provide further details, Bloomberg reported. We have […]
Squid Game Knock-Offs Are Taking Over GTA 5 Servers
Netflix’s Squid Game has taken the world by storm, and now it’s taking over Grand Theft Auto V role-playing servers. GTA fans are recreating the show’s grim children’s games across the streets of Los Santos. Winners get big cash prizes while the losers…
“狂気”のドキュメンタリー「タイガーキング」の続編決定に見る、「邪悪なもの」が売れる世界の現実
残忍で不快とも評されるNetflixのドキュメンタリー「タイガーキング：ブリーダーは虎より強者?!」の続編が発表された。2021年11月に配信が始まるこの続編は、「邪悪なもの」はよく売れるといういまの世の中の現実を反映している。
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Squid Game’s success reopens debate over who should pay for rising internet traffic
Demand for capacity grows on back of hit Netflix shows, online games and moreThe breakout success of the Korean drama Squid Game has prompted a local broadband provider to launch legal action to force the maker, Netflix, to help pay for the huge surge …
Hollywood grifter: the actor who took Tinseltown for a Ponzi scheme ride
Zachary Horwitz ran a five-year scam that defrauded wealthy investors of at least $227m by claiming to be in licensing deals with Netflix and HBOIt’s a tale about a Hollywood grifter that reads like an outlandish movie script. But this real-life story …
Dear Dave Chappelle, transgender comedians can take a joke, but why are yours so unfunny? | Dahlia Belle
A regressive Netflix special only serves as further reminder that the once-groundbreaking star has lost his way (and his sense of humor)Dear Dave,We’re both comedians. I guess that makes me a member of your tribe. I’m sure you’ve never heard of me, tho…
Netflix’s Squid Game owes its popularity to anxieties of modern life
It’s the first South Korean drama to top the US TV charts and its core message is ‘can I ever repay this debt?’Squid Game, a Netflix series made in Korea by Hwang Dong-hyuk, was released on 17 September and within 10 days was the platform’s highest ran…
Baking Impossible: The great nerdish bake-off for the engineering set
Netflix combines Home Ec and wood shop, delivers charming reality series.