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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
FTC v. Microsoft: docs accidentally reveal an Xbox Series X refresh in 2024, codenamed Brooklin, including a cylindrical, diskless design and a new controller — Microsoft is planning to refresh its Xbox Series X console in 2024 with an all-new design and features.
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| Push Square: |
FTC v. Microsoft: in mid-2020, Phil Spencer said Microsoft was in M&A talks with Warner Bros Interactive and said acquiring Nintendo would be a “career moment” — “It'd be a good move for both companies” — A genuinely dystopian email sent by Xbox chief Phil Spencer …
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| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
After over 100 internal Microsoft Xbox documents leaked, the FTC says that “Microsoft was responsible for the error in uploading these documents to the court” — The files include emails from corporate executives like Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and timetables for gaming releases.
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| The Verge: |
In a memo, Phil Spencer tells staff the FTC v. Microsoft documents leak is “disappointing” and Microsoft failed to live up to its confidentiality expectations — / ‘We all put incredible amounts of passion and energy into our work, and this is never how we want that hard work to be shared with the community.’
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
FTC v. Microsoft: docs show Microsoft's gaming plans for 2028 include a “full convergence” of its cloud platform and hardware to deliver “cloud hybrid games” — The documents may also reveal Microsoft's far future plans for 2028 — by which the company believed it could achieve …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google updates Bard to use data from Gmail, Docs, and Drive, not just the web, to help users find and summarize emails, highlight points in a document, and more — Google's Bard AI chatbot is no longer limited to pulling answers from just the web — it can now scan your Gmail, Docs …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max review: USB-C, lighter, nicer to hold, a useful Action Button, and camera improvements, but no 5x telephoto on the smaller Pro — Apple didn't choose the USB-C life, but boy are we glad it got here anyway. … There are very few surprises from new smartphones these days.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
iPhone 15 and 15 Plus review: nice to hold, Dynamic Island, great performance, and smart camera features, but no always-on display or ProMotion and slow USB-C — Apple's standard iPhone gets a lot of nice upgrades this year, but it's not anything we haven't seen before.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to hire 250K US staff to help manage the holiday rush, up from 150K in 2022, and bumps warehouse and delivery workers' average pay to $20.50/hour — - Amazon said Tuesday it's hiring 250,000 employees in the U.S. to help manage the holiday rush.
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative plans to build an AI GPU cluster of 1,000+ Nvidia H100 GPUs to run “openly available” models of human cells for medical research — Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's foundation is funding the construction of a massive computing system for medical research.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel announces Meteor Lake, its first chips to use its new chiplet architecture, offering CPUs using its 7nm Intel 4 process node, will “launch” on December 14 — For many months, Intel has spared no opportunity to remind us that its Meteor Lake chips would be the ones to watch …
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A look at ShadowDragon, which offers social media surveillance tools that gather data from games and more, used by ICE, the State Department, the DEA, and more — Daniel Clemens sits in a darkened room and speaks about why he thinks people should not protest.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Crowdstrike confirms acquiring Bionic, which analyzes a company's tech and IT to find vulnerabilities, sources say for $350M; Bionic has raised ~$82M in total — Update: Crowdstrike has now officially confirmed the deal. As we previously reported, Crowdstrike will merge Bionic's tech with its Falcon product.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK's parliament passes the Online Safety Bill, in the works since 2019, paving the way for Royal Assent and the bill becoming law in the coming days — Controversial UK legislation that brings in a new regime of content moderation rules for online platforms and services …
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon announces a new version of Just Walk Out for clothing retailers, using RFID tags to track apparel; the grocery version relies on ceiling-mounted cameras — - Latest iteration uses RFID tags and readers to track apparel — Some retailers have balked at using Just Walk Out system
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| Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: |
Okta Chief Security Officer David Bradbury says five clients, including MGM and Caesars, were hacked via helpdesk calls by the ALPHV and Scattered Spider groups — Hackers who breached casino giants MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) and Caesars Entertainment (CZR.O) in recent weeks also broke …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Trend Micro: Chinese cyberespionage group Earth Lusca used new Linux backdoor malware SprySOCKS to target government agencies in multiple countries in H1 2023 — A Chinese espionage-focused hacker tracked as ‘Earth Lusca’ was observed targeting government agencies in multiple countries, using a new Linux backdoor dubbed ‘SprySOCKS.’
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Mandiant details UNC53, a China-backed group that hacked 29+ global orgs since 2022 by tricking staff into using malware-infected USB drives, mostly in Africa — Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms.| Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: |
Court filing: FTX sues SBF's parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, to “recover millions of dollars in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds” — The filing, redacted in parts, asks the court to award the FTX estate damages, the return of any property given or payment made to the parents.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
What to expect from Microsoft's special NYC event: Surface Laptop Studio 2, Surface Go 4, and Laptop Go 3, and AI updates for Windows, Surface, Office, and Bing — Microsoft is holding a “special event” in New York City later this week where it's expected to debut three new Surface devices …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US sees no evidence that China-based SMIC can make the 7nm Kirin 9000s chips in the Huawei Mate 60 Pro “at scale” — - Raimondo says she was ‘upset’ at phone release during visit — US probing new chip, which raised questions on export limits| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Interviews with 15 current and former employees at Amazon's Lab126 hardware unit describe low morale due to layoffs and fears of a weak development pipeline — Some workers within Amazon's (AMZN.O) once-storied hardware division - responsible for popular devices like the Kindle reader …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Instacart closed up 12.33% in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the grocery delivery company at just over $11B; Instacart was valued at $39B in March 2021 — - Instacart is the first notable venture-backed tech company to hit the U.S. public market since December 2021.Sponsor Posts
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