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Swedish game developer Embracer Group plans to split itself into three publicly traded companies, focused on tabletop, indie, and AAA; EMBRAC-B.ST jumps 10% — - Embracer shareholders to get stock in new firms as dividend — Includes €900 million refinancing and new ownership structure
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Memo to US staff: TikTok vows a legal battle if the US' divestment bill becomes law, saying the bill is “a clear violation” of its users' First Amendment rights — TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app …
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Researchers: files on a misconfigured North Korean server suggest local animators worked on upcoming Prime Video and HBO TV shows, possibly via a Chinese front — Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions.
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| Jameson Dow / Electrek: |
Tesla cuts the price of its Full Self-Driving software to $8K from $12K in the US, following a price cut from $15K to $12K in September 2023 — Tesla has once again lowered the price of its Full Self-Driving software by $4,000, now costing $8,000, down from a previous price of $12,000 in the US.
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
A look at Home Assistant, an open-source smart home platform with an estimated 1M users, as its creators announce a foundation to help reach the mainstream — How Home Assistant plans to transition from an enthusiast platform to a mainstream consumer product.
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Tinder announces Share My Date, letting users share their date plans with friends, including their match's name, meeting location, date, and time — It's not uncommon for people to screenshot dating profiles and send them to their friends and loved ones, either to get feedback or to let them know who they're seeing that weekend.
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| Drake Bennett / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Aleksanteri Kivimäki, a prolific hacker wunderkind with a mean streak, who stood trial over a ransomware attack on Finnish health provider Vastaamo — Aleksanteri Kivimäki was a hacker wunderkind with a mean streak. Now he's on trial for the largest crime in Finland's history.| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Japan's FTC says Google blocked Yahoo Japan from accessing targeted ad revenue from mobile searches between 2015 and 2022; Alphabet changed its practices — - FTC slaps its first administrative act against search leader — Alphabet faces growing pressure from antitrust enforcers| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
UK-based users sue Grindr in the UK, alleging the app shared personal data, including HIV status, with ad companies like Localytics between 2018 to 2020 — - LGBTQ+ dating app accused of breaking data protection laws — Grindr was previously fined $6 million in Norway over breaches
More: BBC and The Guardian
| Washington Post: |
Analysis: the 25 most-cited US news organizations lost 75% of their Facebook engagement and 58% of their Instagram interactions between Q1 2022 and Q1 2024 — Waves of layoffs and policy shifts are forcing campaigns to change tactics, potentially transforming the 2024 election
X: @beneltham
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Stanford Internet Observatory: federally authorized CSAM clearinghouse CyberTipline, which gets tens of millions of tips per year, could be overrun by AI images — A flood of AI-generated child pornography threatens to overwhelm the nation's creaky reporting system for child exploitation, Stanford report warns| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
A US judge sentences HeadSpin founder Manish Lachwani to 18 months and a $1M fine over inflated financials; HeadSpin raised $117M and hit a $1.1B valuation — Manish Lachwani, who founded the software start-up HeadSpin, is the latest tech entrepreneur to face time in prison in recent years.
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