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| 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: Forbes, Multicore, Tom's Hardware, IGN, GameRevolution, GameSpot, Gameranx, My Nintendo News, TechSpot, TrueAchievements, MSPoweruser, Pure Xbox, Push Square, Video Games Chronicle, SamMobile, Dexerto, Metro.co.uk, Game Rant, MobileSyrup, Press Start, Neowin, Dot Esports, ComingSoon.net, GamingBolt, KitGuru, Gematsu, and GamesIndustry.biz
Forums: r/Games, r/technology, r/kindafunny, and r/XboxSeriesX
| 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.
More: Engadget, Game Rant, T3, TechRadar, PC Gamer, BGR, Gameranx, MobileSyrup, TechRaptor, Kotaku, Polygon, 9to5Toys, Windows Central, Pure Xbox, GameSpot, IGN, GamingBolt, GamesIndustry.biz, Cryptopolitan, Video Games Chronicle, Benzinga, Dot Esports, and TrueAchievements
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU ends its DMA investigation into iMessage and Microsoft Bing, Edge, and Advertising, deciding not to regulate the services due to their 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, Engadget, AppleInsider, Android Authority, MacRumors, The Verge, Thurrott, Appleosophy, Business Post, Silicon Republic, CNBC, PCMag, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup, 9to5Mac, MSPoweruser, The Verge, iThinkDifferent, Neowin, Supercharged, BGR, and Benzinga
Forums: r/technology and MacRumors Forums
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia releases an early version of Chat with RTX, an app that lets users run an AI chatbot on a PC powered by an RTX 30- or 40-series GPU with 8GB+ of VRAM — Nvidia is releasing an early version of Chat with RTX today, a demo app that lets you run a personal AI chatbot on your PC.
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| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
Interviews with 40+ developers detail the reasoning behind layoffs in gaming, including high costs, growing risks, and executives with 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: PC Gamer, Video Games Chronicle, GamesRadar, TrueAchievements, TweakTown, Pure Xbox, Game World Observer, Metro.co.uk, Gameranx, Wccftech, Push Square, and GamingBolt
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Forums: r/pcgaming, r/Games, r/gaming, and r/XboxSeriesX
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out its Companion Mode to Meet for Android and iOS, letting users check in, share an emoji reaction, raise their hand, turn on captions, and more — Originally introduced for the web and Nest Hub Max, Google is now bringing its second screen “Companion Mode” to the Meet app on Android and iOS.| 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.| Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: |
Flipper Devices, which makes the Flipper Zero multi-tool device, announces a new $49 Video Game Module, powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller — The creators behind the popular Flipper device have teamed up with Raspberry Pi to expand its capabilities.
More: Engadget, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Dexerto, PCMag, ZDNet, The Verge, and Flipper Blog
| 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: r/television and MacRumors Forums
| 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%+ — - Fourth-quarter sales and profit beat analysts' estimates — Company earlier this month raised prices it charges merchants
More: The Information, Investor's Business Daily, BetaKit, Shopify, CNBC, Proactive, Reuters, and MarketWatch
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Sources: Temu is scooping up suppliers of cheap goods that once worked with Shein, as Shein moves to clean up its supply chain ahead of a planned US listing — PDD Holdings-owned marketplace takes on Chinese sellers of cheap goods as fast-fashion competitor prepares for IPO
More: Tom's Guide
| Rachel Phua / Bloomberg: |
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| 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 …
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at Adobe's very cautious gambit to add AI to Creative Cloud, pushed by Dall-E and Midjourney, and questions over whether creatives will embrace the tools — Dall-E and Midjourney pushed the Photoshop behemoth to develop Firefly, a suite of AI tools. Will creatives get on board?
X: @brodyford_
| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Sierra, an enterprise-focused conversational AI startup from Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, launches with $110M in fundraising led by Sequoia Capital and Benchmark — Bret Taylor, right, launches Sierra, a conversational AI platform for businesses, with former Google executive Clay Bavor, left.| 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: @miasato.2 and @knguyen. Mastodon: @annaecook@mstdn.social. Bluesky: @djcentos7.bsky.social. Forums: Slashdot
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
A researcher finds a bug in fertility tracking app Glow's online forum that exposed the personal data of ~25M users; fixing the bug took Glow about a week — A bug in the online forum for the fertility tracking app Glow exposed the personal data of around 25 million users, according to a security researcher.
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Netherlands-based Finom, a challenger bank aimed at SMEs and freelancers, raised a €50M Series B, after a €33M Series A in early 2022 and €16.8M seed in 2020 — Finom, a European challenger bank aimed at SMEs and freelancers, has raised €50 million ($54 million) in a Series B equity round of funding.
More: FinTech Global, Tech.eu, Silicon Canals, and Finextra
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