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As Palworld hits 8M+ sales, The Pokémon Company hasn't given “another company” permission to use its IP and plans to “investigate and take appropriate measures” — The Pokemon Company said Thursday it has not granted any permission to “another company,” …
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Google Pixel users say they are not able to access data stored in internal storage across all apps after installing the January 2024 Google Play system update — Following a storage access issue in October with the initial Android 14 release and multiple users, Pixel devices might … | Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Ring is sunsetting a tool that lets police request footage from users via its Neighbors app, forcing law enforcement to obtain warrants or evidence of emergency — - Move dials back company's longtime public-safety stance — Law enforcement will now have to seek warrants for video
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Filing: HPE says a group believed to be Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard exfiltrated data from “a small percentage of HPE mailboxes” beginning in May 2023 — - HPE says it was informed of nation-state breach on Dec. 12 — Same Russia-linked group suspected in recent Microsoft hack| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Mesh, its immersive 3D meeting platform in Teams, out of preview, with custom environments, games, and more; Mesh only supports Meta Quest — Microsoft is launching its immersive 3D meetings inside Microsoft Teams today. Microsoft Mesh, the company's mixed reality platform … | Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft briefly reached a $3T market cap for the first time on January 24, becoming the second company to do so after Apple, before closing at a record $2.99T — - Software giant is second company to hit level, following Apple — AI services are seen as a long-term revenue growth tailwind
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How the rising prices of streaming services are driving a new era of US pirate sites, bringing ~$2B per year in ads and subscriptions with a 90% profit margin — Illegal subscription services that steal films or TV shows bring in $2 billion a year in ads and subscriber fees.
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IBM reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $17.38B, vs. $17.30B est., software revenue up 3% YoY to $7.51B, and net income of $3.29B, up from $2.71B YoY; IBM jumps 8%+ — - IBM surpassed estimates on the top and bottom lines and ended 2023 with more free cash flow than it had projected.| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, says the US will work with China on AI safety, despite trade tensions — Biden adviser says the two nations must work together to tackle risks from artificial intelligence despite race to dominate its development
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An investigation details a spy tool called Patternz, which can track billions of phone profiles via ads in hundreds of thousands of apps, including 9gag and Kik — A wide-spanning investigation by 404 Media reveals more details about a secretive spy tool that can tracks billions …
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| Apoorva Mittal / The Economic Times: |
Indian cricket NFT startup Rario plans to close on January 29 and relaunch in March 2024, leaving users with losses; Rario raised a $120M Series A in April 2022 — Dream Sports-backed Rario in an X post on Tuesday night said it will shut its current product effective January 29 and relaunch … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia's RTX GPUs can now upgrade SDR video to HDR using AI, supported in both Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome on Windows PCs with HDR enabled — Nvidia is launching a new feature for all RTX GPU owners today: RTX Video HDR. … You just need an HDR10-compatible monitor with HDR enabled in Windows.
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