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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
To appease the UK, Microsoft restructures its Activision deal by committing to sell Activision's cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft; the UK CMA will now investigate — Microsoft is restructuring its proposed Activision Blizzard deal to transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft.
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X: @ubisoft, @lulumeservey, @kellen_browning, @charlieintel, @steffanpowell, @aarmstrong_says, @martinsfp, @tomwarren, @stephentotilo, @loudmouthjulia, @samuelstolton, @cmagovuk, @john_stepek, @stephentotilo, @fosspatents, @kprescott, @bradsmi, @tomwarren, @swiftonsecurity, @lewis_crofts, and @jamesrbuk. LinkedIn: Ronan Scanlan
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A look at the dire state of Americans' privacy, worsened by credit bureaus' data policies; Telegram bots sell troves of personal info on targets for ~$15 in BTC — Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus.
More: New York Times. Mastodon: @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @evacide, @justfutureslaw, @dcuthbert, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @realhackhistory, and @josephfcox. LinkedIn: Jason Koebler. Forums: Hacker News
| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Elon Musk says that X plans to remove preview headlines from posts linking to articles, so that the previews show only the article's lead image and the URL — X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, is planning a major change in how news articles appear on the service …
More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Hill, MobileSyrup, Engadget, Techdirt, New York Post, Tech.co, ZDNet, WinBuzzer, Insider, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, Android Headlines, TechRadar, Techaeris, Mashable, Neowin, Livemint, Politico, Social Media Today, The Wrap, and The Verge
Mastodon: @JBrodkinWebb@journa.host, @cspam@mastodon.cloud, @TodayInTwitter@mastodon …, and @jef@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @timstevens.bsky.social, @dylanljmartin.bsky.social, @malwaretech.com, @intelwire.bsky.social, @andrewbaron.bsky.social, and @caseynewton.bsky.social
X: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @xdaily, @kyliebytes, @lexnfx, @kyliebytes, @yashar, @tomcoates, @beijingpalmer, @dandrezner, @pattymo, @mcwm, @daveleebbg, @kyliebytes, @edzitron, @iwriteok, @whstancil, @matthewstoller, @beijingpalmer, @erinkwoo, @yashar, @kyliebytes, @jeffsharlet, @michaelehayden, @petersterne, @lauraloomer, @parismarx, @kronykal, @karaswisher, @lauraloomer, @annevedingell, @jason_kint, @mollyjongfast, @rmac18, @kyliebytes, @cit_uprising, @jen_mcfadden, @killedbygoogle, @kwalkertweets, @phil_lewis_, @kyliebytes, @lum_, and @ivanthek
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/inthenews, and r/TheTwitterEnd
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft releases a public preview of Python in Excel, which will run Python calculations in Azure, first on Windows and then other platforms “at a later date” — Microsoft is bringing popular programming language Python to Excel. A public preview of the feature is available today …
More: Microsoft Tech Community, The Register, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, ITPro, Anaconda, PCMag, Neowin, TechCrunch, The Windows Club, BleepingComputer, Anaconda, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, Gizchina, and OnMSFT.com
Mastodon: @MattHodges@mastodon.social and @Cmastication@mastodon.social
X: @excelhumor, @wynhopkins, @vxunderground, @anacondainc, @vxunderground, @tobeech, @john_lam, @tomwarren, and @oterocarlos. LinkedIn: Longhow Lam
Forums: Hacker News, r/blueteamsec, r/Python, r/programming, r/Accounting, and r/technology
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Meta plans to let Instagram and Facebook users in the EU opt out of its recommendation algorithms for Reels, Stories, Search, and more, to comply with the DSA — Instagram and Facebook users in Europe are getting more options to opt out of Meta's recommendation algorithms, the company has explained in a blog post today.
More: Meta, Fortune, CyberScoop, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cybernews.com, 9to5Mac, PetaPixel, Mashable, BGR, Gizmodo, Engadget, and Android Headlines
Mastodon: @gedankenstuecke@scholar …. Bluesky: @andipalmur.bsky.social. X: @metanewsemea and @kpmacleod
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
A look at CivitAI, a site for sharing AI models that generate images mostly trained on material scraped without consent, as non-consensual AI porn proliferates — Generative AI tools have empowered amateurs and entrepreneurs to build mind-boggling amounts of non-consensual porn.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Meta releases SeamlessM4T, an AI model that can translate and transcribe nearly 100 languages across text and speech, and SeamlessAlign, a translation dataset — In its quest to develop AI that can understand a range of different dialects, Meta has created an AI model, SeamlessM4T …
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X: @yacinemtb, @huggingface, and @artificialguybr. LinkedIn: Joelle Pineau. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
| Dave James / PC Gamer: |
Nvidia announces DLSS 3.5 with AI-powered Ray Reconstruction, designed to recognize patterns within a noisy image and improve clarity, available on all RTX GPUs — Bringing AI to bear on those noisy traced rays. — Nvidia has announced a gorgeous new update to its Deep Learning Super Sampling technology.
More: NVIDIA GeForce on YouTube, NVIDIA, NVIDIA, VideoCardz.com, The Verge, Windows Central, TechPowerUp, VentureBeat, GameSpot, TechSpot, HotHardware, The Decoder, Digit, Wccftech, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, Digital Trends, TechRadar, KitGuru, ExtremeTech, Dexerto, TweakTown, XDA Developers, Gameranx, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Neowin, Engadget, DSOGaming, and Blue's News
X: @tomwarren and @videocardz
Forums: r/Games, r/pcgaming, r/hardware, r/hardware, and r/pcmasterrace
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Ivanti warns of a Sentry API authentication bypass flaw being exploited in the wild, after hackers used another Ivanti zero-day to breach Norway's government — US-based IT software company Ivanti warned customers today that a critical Sentry API authentication bypass vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
More: forums.ivanti.com, Tenable Blog, DataBreachToday.com, SC Media, and Infosecurity
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta is rolling out a Threads web app over the next few days that will let users post, interact with other posts, and look at the feed — Meta is finally launching a much more capable web app for Threads, the company announced on Tuesday. You'll be able to post, interact with other posts …
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Threads: @zuck, @mosseri, @crumbler, @brianstelter, @moskov, @0xjessel, @threads, and @carnage4life. Forums: r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Arm spent 3,500+ words in its 330-page IPO prospectus explaining its risks in China, its single biggest market that accounted for ~24% of its FY 2023 revenue — - Geopolitical tensions, China economic woes hurting sales — Power struggle with fired China unit CEO still casts shadow
More: Reuters, Fortune, Light Reading, Financial Times, and The Economic Times
| CNBC: |
More: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Arm, DatacenterDynamics, Crunchbase News, Reuters, Tom's Hardware, Tech Xplore, Data Center Knowledge, AnandTech, Fast Company, Cryptopolitan, Digits to Dollars, TechSpot, Silicon Canals, RCR Wireless News, Tech Startups, Livemint, 24/7 Wall St., Total Telecom, TechCrunch, Financial Times, The Economic Times, Bloomberg, Silicon Republic, TNW, MacDailyNews, and PitchBook
Bluesky: @tristanr.bsky.social. X: @arjunkharpal, @ecommerceshares, @_hasanc, @tiernanraytech, @natebecker, @_hasanc, @tanayj, @maxwinebach, and @maxwinebach. Forums: r/hardware
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Fandom CEO Perkins Miller on the wiki hosting service's origin as Wikipedia's sister company, Pottermore, acquiring TV Guide, ads, FanDNA, AI, and more — Today, I'm talking with Perkins Miller. He's the CEO of Fandom, which runs thousands of wikis for everything from Disney …
Forums: r/giantbomb
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Ramp, which offers credit cards and expense management tools, raised $300M at a $5.8B valuation from Founders Fund and others, down from $8.1B in March 2022 — - Firm raises $300 million from Founders Fund, Thrive, others — Startup valued at $8.1 billion in financing last year
More: Crunchbase News, Finextra, Reuters, Ramp, and TechCrunch
LinkedIn: Colin Kennedy and Alex Song
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Thoma Bravo plans to close its $2.3B acquisition of ID verification software maker ForgeRock this week after the US DOJ declined to challenge the deal — - Justice Department probed identify management software overlap — Thoma Bravo LLC will close its $2.3 billion acquisition …
More: The Information and SiliconANGLE
| Avram Piltch / Tom's Hardware: |
Google's AI-powered Search Generative Experience and Bard list “pros” beside cons when asked “was slavery beneficial” or “what's better democracy or fascism” — Large Language Models shouldn't offer opinions or advice. — If you asked a spokesperson …
More: Gizmodo, Ghacks, and The Sun
X: @sarafina7707, @weirdstrug, @blakersdozen, @ttp_updates, @blakersdozen, @weirdstrug, @nobiggovduh, and @geekinchief. Forums: r/technology
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
IBM plans to sell its weather business, including Weather.com and business-oriented offerings, to private equity firm Francisco Partners for an undisclosed sum — IBM's consumer-facing weather services such as Weather.com and business-oriented offerings will be acquired … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitch rolls out an experimental TikTok-like vertical “discovery feed” to select users, first with horizontal clips and, “as the feed evolves”, vertical clips — Twitch is the latest tech company to try a TikTok-like way to browse content.
X: @twitchsupport and @twitchsupport
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