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Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company signed a binding, 10-year contract to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo consoles on the same day as Xbox — Microsoft's deal with Nintendo to bring “Call of Duty” games to Nintendo systems — if Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion acquisition …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says its Xbox PC games are coming to Nvidia's GeForce Now, and it will also put Activision's games on Nvidia's cloud service if its acquisition closes — Microsoft is bringing its Xbox PC games to Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels today … | Washington Post: |
A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from Islamic State gunmen killing a college exchange student in Paris in 2015 — The Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a lawsuit that argues tech companies should be legally liable …
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
A look at Apple's smartphone dominance among Gen Z in the US, who make up an estimated 34% of US iPhone owners, as Samsung and Android struggle against iMessage — Younger Americans prefer an iPhone over Android by huge margins, creating unusual pressure over how they communicate
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| Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg: |
Cybersecurity company Resecurity says hackers stole login credentials to customer support websites used by Alibaba, Amazon, Apple, Huawei, Microsoft, and others — In an episode that underscores the vulnerability of global computer networks, hackers got ahold of login credentials for data centers …
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| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Over 200 e-books in Amazon's Kindle Store listed ChatGPT as an author as of mid-February, as some worry that the AI boom could turn the craft into a commodity — Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it.
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Building on ForcedEntry, Trellix researchers find now-fixed iOS and macOS bugs related to NSPredicate that could have let attackers bypass Apple's sandbox — Security researchers found a class of flaws that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to access people's messages, photos, and call history.
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| Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: |
A Microsoft forum post from November 23, 2022 describes AI chatbot Sydney as “misbehaving” and being “so rude”, suggesting the company knew about its issues — A new discovery that makes a curious story a whole lot more curious — We all know by now just how off the rails Bing can get.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches an unlisted Car Keys Tests app on the App Store, letting car manufacturers test integration with Apple's Car Key feature, announced in July 2020 — Apple's Car Key feature was originally announced in July 2020 as a way to unlock your car using the Wallet app on your iPhone.| Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica: |
Sony adds GT Sophy Race Together mode to Gran Turismo 7, letting players race against its GT Sophy AI experiment announced in February 2022, through March 2023 — GT Sophy beat the world's best players in 2022; now you can race it yourself. — Last year, Sony AI and Polyphony Digital …
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| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Microsoft partners with Web3 infrastructure startup Ankr to offer a blockchain node service on Azure's marketplace to help users deploy smart contracts and more — - Tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Ankr to offer a blockchain node service for enterprise clients.
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Sources: Amazon's stock decline over the past year has roiled the company's stock-heavy compensation plan, causing 2023 pay to be 15%-50% below Amazon's targets — Stock-heavy compensation plan means employees to receive 15% to 50% below projected pay targets
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Max Cutler, Spotify's head of audio talk shows and partnerships who oversaw deals with creators like Joe Rogan, is leaving, according to a source and a memo — Max Cutler, Spotify Technology SA's head of audio talk shows and partnerships, is leaving the company, according to a person familiar …
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