This week we buy out Beeper, allow retro game emulators on the App Store and make watching TV even worse. Also: the unlikeliest of musicals drops its first teaser trailer.

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FOLLOW-UP

• WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multiservice messaging app Beeper for $125M

• Roku patent invents a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV

TECH NEWS

• Android’s Bluetooth trackers are finally shipping in late May

• Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running

• Brian Eno’s Glowing Turntable

• See also: NO MORE Pops Clicks & Static on VINYL RECORDS?

• Comic Book Artist Dies By Suicide, Blames Online Bullying in Final Letter

GAMING

• Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store—but with big caveats

• See also: iCade

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape is going to break the game, in a good way

• The new Star Wars Outlaws trailer introduces you to the criminal underworld

ENTERTAINMENT

• The creators of Fallout want the show to have the game’s mix of silly and serious

• The Fallout TV series is coming to Prime Video one day earlier than expected

• Gaga’s ready to paint Gotham red.

• Joker: Folie à Deux | Official Movie Site

• Joker: Folie à Deux | Official Teaser Trailer

PICKS

• CNN Surveys “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” in New CNN Original Series

• 3 Body Problem

• Henry Heffernan Portfolio Showcase 2022

PROJECTS

• Molotov - Level Up 23

• Google Podcasts is Gone: The Best Podcast Apps to Replace Google Podcasts

• Another Google Product Bites the Dust – DTNS 4742

• Google AI and the rebirth of search 🔴 AI Named This Show