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Ubisoft is investigating reports of a new security breach after security research collective VX-Underground shared screenshots of the company's internal tools — Ubisoft is investigating whether it suffered a breach after images of the company's internal software and developer tools were leaked online.
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| Edd Gent / IEEE Spectrum: |
Experts warn against unrealistic expectations for quantum computers, citing the challenges in making fault-tolerant systems, qubits' slow operating speeds, more — Hype is everywhere, skeptics say, and practical applications are still far away — The quantum computer revolution …
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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Elon Musk is fielding complaints about Grok giving liberal responses on diversity, transgender rights, and inequality, despite promising an “anti-woke” chatbot — Grok, launched this month on X, has angered conservatives by endorsing diversity. Musk says he's trying to fix it.
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| Washington Post: |
How Sam Altman, the dealmaking prodigy full of contradictions, became one of the best-known tech CEOs, including by cultivating close ties with Peter Thiel — Investing in everything from speakeasys to nuclear fusion, the Silicon Valley wunderkind, dealing-making prodigy is full of contradictions
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Data.ai: puzzle app Royal Match has held the top spot for the biggest mobile game by monthly revenue globally since July, ahead of Candy Crush Saga — Istanbul-based developer Dream Games is on track to double revenue from its debut title despite a lacklustre year for mobile peers
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Bots registered as 13-year-old users on TikTok were shown highly polarized content about the Israel-Hamas war in the For You feed, within hours after signing up — Imagine your 13-year-old signs up for TikTok and, while scrolling through videos, lingers on footage of explosions …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Micron says it has reached a global settlement agreement to end all lawsuits, including claims of IP theft, with Chinese state-backed chipmaker Fujian Jinhua — Fujian Jinhua did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment outside of office hours. — The settlement comes months … | Forbes: |
How AI defense tech developer Rebellion Defense is struggling to survive after failing to win a US DOD contract, losing its founders, and shuttering its UK arm — Launched with funding from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Rebellion Defense promised to deliver cutting-edge AI for the U.S.-U.K. alliance.| MacDonald Dzirutwe / Reuters: |
The Central Bank of Nigeria lifts a ban, imposed in February 2021, on cryptocurrency transactions but says global trends show a need to regulate such activities — Nigeria's central bank has lifted a ban on transacting in cryptocurrencies, while saying global trends had shown a need to regulate … | The Block: |
Bulgaria ends criminal proceedings against crypto lender Nexo, finding no evidence of money laundering, tax crimes, computer fraud, or other criminal activity — - The Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria cleared Nexo of any criminal wrongdoing and ended its investigation into the crypto lender.
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| Trei Brundrett / American Journalism Project: |
A look at the American Journalism Project's Product & AI Studio, launched with OpenAI in summer 2023 to explore how to apply emerging tech in local journalism — This summer, the American Journalism Project launched our new Product & AI Studio, a new program to explore the smart application …
X: @journalismproj, @pattypslutsky, @openai, and @gdb
| Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg: |
Buyout firm Leonard Green agrees to buy a stake in UK-based Iris Software, which makes payroll and HR tools, from Hg in a deal valuing Iris at ~£3.15B — Leonard Green will become a co-controlling shareholder of the UK firm alongside Hg, which is reinvesting in the business, according to a statement Saturday.Sponsor Posts
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