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The UK CMA says Microsoft's revised offer to acquire Activision, which includes selling some gaming rights to Ubisoft, appears to address its concerns — - CMA says revised offer opens the door to deal approval — Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. looks set …
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Forums: r/XboxSeriesX, r/Games, r/GeForceNOW, and r/PS5
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple releases emergency updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to patch three new zero-day vulnerabilities, for a total of 16 zero-days fixed in 2023 — Apple released emergency security updates to patch three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks targeting iPhone and Mac users …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
X plans to deprecate Circles on October 31, 2023; users will not be able to create new posts nor add people to their Circle but will be able to remove people — X is planning to shut down Circles, a feature that lets you share posts with a limited group of people instead of all of your followers.
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| Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to introduce limited ads in Prime Video in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada early in 2024; ad-free tier will cost $2.99/month extra in the US — Prime will also include an ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month in the US, while pricing in other countries will be published later … | Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Google veteran Luiz André Barroso, who overturned many data center design conventions and conceived “the data center as a computer”, died on September 16 at 59 — Brazilian engineer Luiz André Barroso, who ripped up the rulebook at Google, has died.| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils the 14.4" Surface Laptop Studio 2, offering Intel's 13th Gen i7 H chips, Nvidia's RTX 4050 or RTX 4060, and up to 2TB of storage, for $1,999+ — Microsoft just showed off its new high-end convertible laptop, the Surface Laptop Studio 2, at its launch event in New York City.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
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| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
Tether spent ~$420M on 10K Nvidia H100 GPUs in a deal that will see it get a stake in bitcoin miner Northern Data, who plans to rent the chips to AI startups — A $40,000 computer chip has become one of the hottest commodities in the tech industry. Startups are scrambling to buy up Nvidia's H100 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube unveils YouTube Studio AI features coming in 2024 and lets select creators test Aloud, a dubbing tool that creates AI-generated dubs in other languages — YouTube is expanding its Creator Music Studio, announced last year, with new AI features in addition to the launch of an AI-dubbing tool.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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A look at Sullivan & Cromwell's tangled FTX relationship, as SBF argues that the law firm set him up; the firm has made $100M+ in fees from FTX's bankruptcy — Mr. Bankman-Fried and his allies have blasted Sullivan & Cromwell, the New York law firm managing FTX's bankruptcy, for its tangled relationship with the crypto exchange.
More: CoinDesk, CCN.com, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Cryptonews
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mastodon releases Mastodon 4.2, which makes it easier for users to get started, use its network even when logged out, more easily search for content, and more — As changes at Elon Musk's X continue to push former Twitter users to seek alternatives, the open-sourced, decentralized social network Mastodon …
More: The Verge, Mastodon Blog, and The Register
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| Financial Times: |
GGV, which invested in Alibaba, ByteDance, and other Chinese companies, splits its Asia and US units; in July, the US sought details about its holdings in China — Move follows similar decision by rival Sequoia Capital and Biden order to limit American investment in Chinese tech
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| Ella Creamer / The Guardian: |
Amazon limits authors to self-publishing three books per day on its website, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material listed for sale in recent months — The company announced the new limitations after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale but said that ‘very few’ publishers will be affected
More: Ars Technica, TechSpot, The Register, and Platformer
| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces a unified Copilot built into Windows 11, launching on September 26 across all its apps and services, including Microsoft 365, Edge, and Bing — Microsoft today announced a new, unified Copilot experience launching on September 26th. The new “AI companion,” …
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Forums: r/ChatGPTPro, r/technology, and r/Windows11
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Threads: @tomwarrenuk. X: @windows, @davidspringate, @maryjofoley, @windows, @reedalbergotti, and @patrickmoorhead
Forums: r/microsoft and Slashdot
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK says it's moving forward with the US data bridge deal, allowing UK citizens' data to be exported to the US under protections in line with UK GDPR — The UK government has officially confirmed it will piggyback on a transatlantic data transfer deal between the European Union and the US …
More: Tech Monitor, ComputerWeekly.com, and GOV.UK
| Bloomberg: |
Source: Vietnamese internet company VNG postpones its US IPO, planned for September 2023, after mixed performances by Arm, Instacart, and Klaviyo — Vietnam-based internet startup VNG Ltd. has decided to postpone its plans for a US initial public offering, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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