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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans an Xbox business update event on February 15 at 12PM PT, delivered via a podcast hosted by Xbox's Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty — After weeks of rumors of Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch, Microsoft is now planning to discuss its vision for the future of Xbox at an event later this week.
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X: @xbox, @tomwarren, @jezcorden, @genepark, @dustincanfly, @ordinarygamers, and @destinlegarie
Forums: r/xcloud, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, and r/gaming
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to launch select Xbox games on the PS5 and Switch, starting with Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Sea of Thieves, a seismic strategy shift — With rumors of some Xbox games coming to PS5 and Switch, Microsoft gets ready to lay out its vision for the future of Xbox.
More: Tom's Hardware, IGN, GameRevolution, Pure Xbox, Gameranx, TrueAchievements, TechSpot, My Nintendo News, GameSpot, Video Games Chronicle, MSPoweruser, Dexerto, Metro, Game Rant, Push Square, MobileSyrup, Press Start, Neowin, Thurrott, Dot Esports, ComingSoon.net, GamingBolt, KitGuru, Gematsu, GamesIndustry.biz, and Stevivor
Forums: r/Games, r/technology, r/kindafunny, and r/XboxSeriesX
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU closes its DMA investigation into iMessage and Microsoft Bing, Edge, and Advertising, deciding against regulating the services due to a lack of dominance — - Services not dominant enough to face Digital Markets Act … A probe concluded that the services don't hold a dominant enough position …
More: European Commission, MacRumors, The Verge, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Channel NewsAsia, BGR, Yen.com.gh, and Benzinga
X: @lewis_crofts, @vittoriobertola, @samuelstolton, @lewis_crofts, and @eu_competition. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
US court notice: the sentencing of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao for money laundering has been postponed until April 30, 2024; CZ is free on a $175M release bond — - The sentencing of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on a money laundering rule charge has been postponed until April 30, a notice in Seattle federal court shows.| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
Interviews with 40+ developers detail reasons for layoffs in gaming, including an environment fraught with high costs and execs having little regard for staff — An estimated 10,000 game workers lost their jobs in 2023 alone. — In August of last year, Ascendant Studios developer Aaron …
More: Game World Observer, Video Games Chronicle, Metro, Gameranx, Push Square, Wccftech, and GamingBolt
X: @domsplaying, @duckvalentine, and @mooresaiyan
Forums: r/pcgaming, r/Games, r/gaming, and r/XboxSeriesX
| John Archer / Forbes: |
Amazon Prime Video's basic ad tier, which US subscribers who didn't pay extra were downgraded to on January 29, doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR or Dolby Atmos — Amazon AMZN caused a furor recently when it announced that it was introducing advertisements right across its Prime Video streaming service.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/television, r/AmazonPrimeVideo, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Rachel Phua / Bloomberg: |
Temu bought six Super Bowl ad slots, likely for tens of millions, to win back US shoppers; US observed sales fell 12.5% MoM in December 2023 and 4.8% in January — - Observed sales and users fell month-on-month in Dec. and Jan. — Chinese e-commerce app offers users $10 million in giveaways
More: Temu on YouTube, KrASIA, CNN, Business Wire, NBC Chicago, National Review, The Atlantic, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, The Information, Ad Age, and CNBC
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta begins testing “today's topics” on Threads in the US, surfaced in the app on the Search page and in the For You feed, that can feature political content — After acknowledging last week that Meta's X competitor Threads would not actively recommend political content …
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Threads: @zuck, @mosseri, @mosseri, @fredericl, @timothybucksf, @hardin, @willoremus, @katienotopoulos, @renee.diresta, @kimberleyannjohnson, @harryjsisson, @daveleebbg, @chris, @bmotheprince, @greeblehaus, @carlas, @mattnavarra, @keithedwards, and @willoremus. X: @willoremus. Forums: Slashdot
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Websites with seemingly AI-generated obituaries litter Google search, sometimes listing living people as deceased and turning private individuals into clickbait — In the wake of death, AI-generated obituaries litter search results, turning even private individuals into clickbait. … part of /
More: Los Angeles Times. Threads: @knguyen and @miasato.2. Mastodon: @annaecook@mstdn.social. Bluesky: @djcentos7.bsky.social. Forums: Slashdot
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Proofpoint: unknown hackers are targeting hundreds of Azure accounts, some belonging to senior executives, to steal sensitive data and financial assets — The wide range of employee roles targeted indicates attacker's multifaceted approach. — Hundreds of Microsoft Azure accounts …
More: SiliconANGLE, BleepingComputer, GovInfoSecurity.com, SecurityWeek, Windows Report, and Infosecurity
X: @rootsecdev, @proofpoint, and @proofpoint
Forums: r/cybersecurity and Ars OpenForum
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Shopify reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $2.1B, above $2.08B est., and Gross Merchandise Volume up 23% YoY to $75.1B, above $71.6B est.; SHOP drops 10%+ — Shopify Inc. reported sales and profit for the fourth quarter that narrowly beat analysts' estimates, suggesting the Canadian e-commerce …
More: Reuters, MarketWatch, and Shopify
| Reuters: |
Sources: Founders Fund bought $100M in bitcoin and $100M in ether from late summer to early fall 2023; the VC sold its crypto portfolio in 2022, making ~$1.8B — Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, is investing once again in bitcoin and ether …
More: The Block, Crypto Daily, Cointelegraph, The Information, CoinDesk, Milk Road, Coinpedia Fintech News, crypto.news, Cryptonews, and CoinGape
X: @wublockchain, @readkrystalhu, and @mdudas
| Zoë Schiffer / Platformer: |
Q&A with Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko on the platform, its future, collaborating on ActivityPub with Meta's Threads team, why Bluesky should ditch AT, and more — The news last week that Bluesky is open to the public left me wondering how Mastodon, the original federated social network, is faring these days.
More: Mark Carrigan. Threads: @reporterzoe and @crumbler. Mastodon: @leonido@chaos.social. Bluesky: @t1u.bsky.social
| Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: |
Cloudflare defeats a second “patent troll”, invalidating parts of three Sable Networks' patents after crowdsourcing prior art findings through Project Jengo — The bounty payouts may be high, but Project Jengo doesn't miss — When it comes to defeating patent trolls …
More: The Cloudflare Blog and WebProNews
Threads: @gergelyorosz_. X: @eastdakota and @cloudflare. LinkedIn: Steven Callahan. Forums: Hacker News
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