Brian Fung
Tech policy reporter. Previously CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic & National Journal. A few things I enjoy: 🎮 🚴🏕️🍳🖖
Streaming Mon-Wed-Fri mornings US Eastern time on Twitch: twitch.tv/brainfungi
- Going live to talk about the latest in AI in a couple of minutes — then we'll check out the last day of the Dune: Awakening beta twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Messing around in EFT, trying to whack scavs with a knife without dying. Come laugh at my fails! twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- And we're live! Starting Arc Raiders in 3... 2... twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Going live in about 15 minutes! Just got access to the Arc Raiders playtest, so for today's stream we'll be messing around on that. From what I've seen so far, it's got excellent world-building and sound design. Can't wait to try it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTRR...
- Going live in about 15 minutes! Just got access to the Arc Raiders playtest, so for today's stream we'll be messing around on that. From what I've seen so far, it's got excellent world-building and sound design. Can't wait to try it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTRR...
- 🔴 Going live now to talk about the Take It Down Act and how Congress' war on revenge porn may be handing Trump a powerful new censorship tool. We'll get started in just a few minutes: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Shorter stream today — hop in while supplies last! twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Live now — warming up with a bit of Tarkov Arena, then main Tarky, and/or Anno later for some economy management? Come hang for a chill Wednesday: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- We're on NOW with @leahnylen.bsky.social from Bloomberg! Talking US v. Google and she is coming to us live from the courthouse: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Live now! Getting started in just a couple minutes. Come hang, and then stay for some Tarkov punishment as I try to finish one last quest in the Labyrinth👇
- In about 30-40 mins: Going live to talk about Google’s high-stakes antitrust battle in search, whose next stage gets underway this morning. Plus, a bit later we’ll hopefully be joined by Bloomberg’s @leahnylen.bsky.social who is down at the courthouse today for US v. Google. twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- In about 30-40 mins: Going live to talk about Google’s high-stakes antitrust battle in search, whose next stage gets underway this morning. Plus, a bit later we’ll hopefully be joined by Bloomberg’s @leahnylen.bsky.social who is down at the courthouse today for US v. Google. twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- That sound you hear is thousands of group chats being simultaneously renamed “_____ | Team Huddle” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
- 🔴Live now, recapping Google's big antitrust court defeat from yesterday. Tune in! 👇
- If you liked this, consider swinging by my Twitch stream tomorrow around 10 am ET where we’ll be chatting about it: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- One last byline from me at CNN today, using the stuff I’d prepared with @claresduffy.bsky.social forever ago Hat-tip @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/t...
- Just in: Google illegally monopolized the publisher and exchange ad markets, but not the advertiser ad network market as defined by DOJ, federal judge says in a long-awaited ruling in the Google ad tech case: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- “‘On Wednesday, April 16, funding for MITRE to develop, operate, and modernize the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program […] will expire,’ Yosry Barsoum, MITRE's vice president and director at the Center for Securing the Homeland, told The Register.” www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/h...
- Good morning! Today Meta heads to trial in a blockbuster monopoly case brought by the U.S. government that could lead to the company’s breakup — or, if Trump intervenes, its salvation. Get up to speed with this primer from last week: www.twitch.tv/videos/24290...
- Can you imagine if this whole news cycle had happened during trading hours www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
- Live now: Checking out more of the new Tarkov Arena battlepass! Tune in here: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Algorithm? More like “I’ll Grill Them,” amirite techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/t...
- Next week, Judge Boasberg — yes, that Boasberg — will oversee a major antitrust trial involving Meta. It began as an FTC case targeting an alleged social media monopoly, but now could become another canary in the coal mine for democracy. From Monday's Twitch stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMzE...
- This hearing is kicking off now — tune in while I raid on Woods! twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Now: Checking out new cosmetics in EFT. A bit later: Listening to a Facebook whistleblower's testimony before a Senate subcommittee. Watch here: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Now: Checking out new cosmetics in EFT. A bit later: Listening to a Facebook whistleblower's testimony before a Senate subcommittee. Watch here: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Will Trump save Meta from a massive antitrust suit that goes to trial next week? Going live in a couple minutes 🔴: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- 🔴 Live now! Heading in to the weekend with some Tarkov, maybe some Arma?? Tune in: twitch.tv/BrainFungi ICYMI, here's the shorter YouTube edit of my recent chat with @megangray.bsky.social about the likely impact of Trump's attack on independent agencies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slvt...
- Later today I'll be posting the YouTube edit of my chat with @megangray.bsky.social about the FTC. Until then, enjoy this shorter clip from yesterday's stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf15...
- If and when Congress forces DC to slash its budget, will Zuck, Thiel, Lutnick et al. still get their streets swept and garbage collected? www.politico.com/news/magazin...
- Live now! Join in for some more Tarkov event questing. twitch.tv/BrainFungi ICYMI, here's the full video of my chat on Friday with @megangray.bsky.social: www.twitch.tv/videos/24177...
- Attempting the new Tarkov event task — tune in! twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- A big thank-you to @megangray.bsky.social for joining today’s stream and walking us through the stakes of the FTC firings and what comes next. www.twitch.tv/videos/24177... Edited YouTube highlights to come!
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- Live now! At 2 pm, @megangray.bsky.social joins us to talk about everything going on at the FTC. In the meantime, come on over for a chill stream to round out the week. We're going back to Tarkov after banging our heads against Anno for the last few days: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- Today's livestream has wrapped! If you missed it, catch up with the VOD here: www.twitch.tv/videos/24158...
- The Supreme Court hears a big case TODAY that could affect billions in funding for schools and libraries. To learn more about what's at stake, join me live at 9:45 am ET: twitch.tv/BrainFungi I'll explain the case, then we'll listen to arguments in real time. Then, @bergmayer.net joins to discuss.
- Live now: @bergmayer.net joins me now to recap today's oral argument and how the court could rule on the FCC's power to collect fees to pay for broadband support for schools, libraries and rural hospitals: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- The Supreme Court hears a big case TODAY that could affect billions in funding for schools and libraries. To learn more about what's at stake, join me live at 9:45 am ET: twitch.tv/BrainFungi I'll explain the case, then we'll listen to arguments in real time. Then, @bergmayer.net joins to discuss.
- Live now — tune in!
- The Supreme Court hears a big case TODAY that could affect billions in funding for schools and libraries. To learn more about what's at stake, join me live at 9:45 am ET: twitch.tv/BrainFungi I'll explain the case, then we'll listen to arguments in real time. Then, @bergmayer.net joins to discuss.
- The Supreme Court hears a big case TODAY that could affect billions in funding for schools and libraries. To learn more about what's at stake, join me live at 9:45 am ET: twitch.tv/BrainFungi I'll explain the case, then we'll listen to arguments in real time. Then, @bergmayer.net joins to discuss.
- Nothing to see here, just one branch of government openly threatening another
- Another week begins. Ease in with some chill city-building here on the stream, live now: twitch.tv/BrainFungi
- My kid playing a video game: “Something’s blocking me!” Wife: “I think you need to get around it. Jump around, jump around!” Me: “That’s not enough. You probably have to jump up, jump up and get down” [Wife gives me a death glare]
- Me, looking at the news
