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Microsoft plans to sunset Games with Gold on September 1 and to replace Xbox Live Gold with Xbox Game Pass Core, which includes 25+ games, on September 14 — Microsoft is launching a new Xbox Game Pass Core subscription to replace Xbox Live Gold. This new Game Pass Core offering will include …
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Sony and Microsoft sign a 10-year Call of Duty on PlayStation deal; in 2022, Microsoft offered to keep “existing Activision console titles on Sony” through 2027 — Sony has agreed to a 10-year deal for Call of Duty with Microsoft to keep the franchise on PlayStation after the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition.
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| Financial Times: |
Millions of sensitive emails have been missent to Mali's .ML domain due to people mistyping the US military's .MIL domain; .ML control reverts to Mali July 17 — Common spelling error has misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to a company running Mali's internet domain
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple renamed Mike Rockwell's division to Vision Products Group, hinting at an organizational change; Apple may hold an October 2023 event for M3 Macs — Apple's new Vision Products Group reflects a shift away from its famed product-development process.
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Twitter: @stevesi, @vadimyuryev, @stevesi, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple, Beehaw, and MacRumors Forums
| Clothilde Goujard / Politico: |
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority orders Meta to stop showing users personalized ads for three months starting August 4 or face a daily fine of €89,500 — Meta's social media platforms will be barred from behavioral advertising in August. — 3 MINUTES READ
More: PCMag, TNW, noyb.eu, TechCrunch, Engadget, RTÉ, Agence France-Presse, Mobile Dev Memo, Techlusive, and The Verge
Twitter: @jason_kint, @eric_seufert, and @johnnyryan
Forums: r/privacy and r/neoliberal
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Binance completes integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network, enabling faster and cheaper bitcoin transactions, after setting up Lightning nodes in June — - Binance has completed the integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network. — The news means Binance users can now deposit and withdraw bitcoin via the Layer 2 network.| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
A look at the Artificial Inventor Project, which has filed pro bono test cases in the US and elsewhere seeking patent protection for AI-generated inventions — A group of legal experts are pressing patent agencies, courts and policymakers to address the question as generative A.I. seems …
More: Forbes and The Economic Times
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft faces a formal EU antitrust investigation next week over tying Teams with Office, after concessions to appease concerns proved insufficient — Investigation will centre on claims US tech giant is unfairly linking its videoconferencing app with popular software
More: OnMSFT.com, Neowin, and BigTechWire
| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Experts explain why there's no magic formula to always distinguish human-written and AI-written text, meaning AI writing detectors can only make a strong guess — Can AI writing detectors be trusted? We dig into the theory behind them. — If you feed America's most important legal document …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
In a letter, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan asks Meta to provide documents about content moderation on Threads as part of a probe of tech platforms' policies — - House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over documents about content moderation … | Bloomberg: |
Antenna: June 2023 was Netflix's best US growth month in years, with a gross ~3.5M signups, 100%+ above its recent averages, amid its password sharing crackdown — Netflix just had its best month in years and Disney is looking to sell its TV assets. What does that mean for the future of Hollywood?
More: TechRadar and MacDailyNews
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Thunes, which provides a cross-border B2B payment service, raised a $72M Series C led by Marshall Wace at a $900M+ valuation — Thunes, a Singapore and London-based fintech that has built a payments platform for businesses to send money to each other internationally by tapping …
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