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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Epic Games confirms it is laying off 16% of its workforce, or about 830 people, and intends to divest from Bandcamp and spin off “kid-tech” company SuperAwesome — Bloomberg reports that Fortnite developer Epic Games is expected to lay off 16 percent of its workforce.
More: Epic Games, Bloomberg, GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer.net, Thurrott, BBC, Windows Central, Metaverse Post, Reuters, TechCrunch, Game Developer, Variety, Metro, Neowin, CNBC, Destructoid, KitGuru, Game Informer, TheGamer, IGN, MacDailyNews, TrueAchievements, Polygon, Video Games Chronicle, Dot Esports, VG247, GameSpot, Kotaku, WRAL TechWire, GamingBolt, and Blue's News
Bluesky: @crowslabyrinth.com and @herodedalus.bsky.social
X: @jasonschreier, @jasonschreier, @jasonschreier, @jasonschreier, @gav_va, @mikeisaac, @caseyexplosion, @vadimyuryev, and @andy_vgc
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/Games, and r/pcgaming
| Songtradr: |
Music licensing marketplace Songtradr acquires Bandcamp and plans to keep operating Bandcamp as a marketplace and community with an artist-first revenue share — Los Angeles) - Songtradr, a music licensing platform and marketplace company supporting artists, labels and publishers …
More: Music Ally. Mastodon: @Newmy@writing.exchange. X: @metalshayne2000, @future_of_music, and @songtradr
| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive's LoveFrom are in advanced talks with Masayoshi Son to raise $1B+ from SoftBank to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence” — ChatGPT creator in early discussions to create the ‘iPhone of artificial intelligence’
More: The Information, The Messenger, Dexerto, Gizmodo, The Verge, New York Post, Reuters, Cult of Mac, Wccftech, Forbes, AppleInsider, Notebookcheck, Business Today, Cryptopolitan, Tech in Asia, Metaverse Post, TechSpot, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, and Channel NewsAsia
X: @benbajarin, @rsgnl, @hamburger, @viditb, @jessicalessin, @ellisitems, @andrewcarrier, @jimpethokoukis, @tim, @oliguei, @christian_r, @gjmcgowan, @mgsiegler, and @jessicalessin
Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Email: Serve Robotics, used by Uber Eats in Los Angeles, shared video filmed by one of its food delivery robots to the LAPD as part of a criminal investigation — This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service.
Mastodon: @powerllama@duck.haus. X: @jason_koebler, @bigmeaninternet, @jason_koebler, @elizabeth_joh, @jason_koebler, @binarybits, @josephfcox, and @jason_koebler
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google patches a Chrome zero-day that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor, just two days after Google's Threat Analysis Group informed the Chrome team — Google has rushed to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor.
More: BleepingComputer, PCMag, Infosecurity, Tech Monitor, Tom's Guide, Ghacks, SecurityWeek, Hackread, Security Affairs, and The Hacker News
X: @maddiestone, @maddiestone, and @hosselot
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Raspberry Pi 5 launches with a 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 chip, up to 8GB of RAM, two 4K HDMI ports with HDR, available in October for $60 for a 4GB model — Despite doubts that the Raspberry Pi 5 would launch this year, the latest version of the microcomputer has arrived with some notable upgrades at a $60 starting price.
More: Raspberry Pi, Ars Technica, The Register, XDA Developers, Phoronix, Thurrott, PCMag, TechEBlog, Lifewire, Tom's Hardware, BetaNews, TechSpot, TechRadar, Analytics India Magazine, TechPowerUp, ITPro, TechCrunch, CNX Software, ZDNet, MakeUseOf, Engadget, Ghacks, Liliputing, Neowin, Dexerto, and Cybernews.com
X: @lukeweston, @bertogg, @tunguz, @andrewfury, @aallan, @mirko_diy, @mirko_diy, @alexellisuk, @geerlingguy, @timonsku, @pimoroni, and @thepihut
Forums: r/linux, r/selfhosted, r/SBCGaming, r/homelab, r/LinusTechTips, r/homeassistant, r/RetroPie, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Reddit removes the ability to opt out of ad personalization based on Reddit activity but says that users will still have opt-out controls in “select countries” — Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent.| RT Watson / The Block: |
Coinbase says the crypto exchange has gained approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority to offer non-US retail users perpetual futures trading — - Coinbase has gained approval to offer non-U.S. retail users perpetual futures trading from the Bermuda Monetary Authority.| Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: |
Report: the Bank for International Settlements and French, Swiss, and Singaporean central banks successfully tested cross-border trading of wholesale CBDCs — The Bank for International Settlements alongside the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland tested out using wholesale CBDC to conduct cross border trading.
More: Banque de France, Bank for International …, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Briefing, Cryptopolitan, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Coinspeaker, Watcher Guru, CCN.com, Cryptonews, and CoinGape
LinkedIn: Matt Long, Sonja Davidovic, Keith Bear, and Prof. Alexander Lipton
| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
Apple asks SCOTUS to revisit the 2021 Epic Games ruling regarding alternative IAP payment options, a day after Epic separately asked SCOTUS to take up the case — - IPhone maker wants to avoid allowing an end run around store — Fortnite maker has separately asked high court to take up case
More: Reuters, AppleInsider, GamesIndustry.biz, MacRumors, The Verge, MacDailyNews, WinBuzzer, TechCrunch, iMore, MobileSyrup, MediaNama, and Forbes
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: X is cutting ~50% of its election integrity team, including its Dublin-based head, less than a month after saying the company would expand the team — Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, is cutting around half of the global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud …
More: The Register, Politico, Gizmodo, The Wrap, Tech Policy Press, The Guardian, Techdirt, Rolling Stone, BBC, Tech Oversight Project, NBC News, Newser, Engadget, Forbes, and Insider
X: @elonmusk, @verambergen, @verambergen, @erinkwoo, @stokel, and @karlbode
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Meta's celebrity AIs are generated AI animations built from filming the 28 people they represent; Meta would not comment on how the celebrities were compensated — Actors are in the middle of a major, protracted battle with Hollywood over what role AI will be playing in the future of entertainment … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
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Bluesky: @crystalpepsiis.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan plans to retire in March 2024; Ryan joined Sony in 1994, just before the first PlayStation debuted — Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, is stepping down after almost 30 years with the company.
More: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Thurrott, HotHardware, The Messenger, GamesIndustry.biz, Forbes, Axios, Push Square, Eurogamer.net, Insider, MobileSyrup, The Verge, IGN, KitGuru, Wccftech, PC Gamer, Cryptopolitan, TrueAchievements, Silicon Republic, OnMSFT.com, Engadget, Video Games Chronicle, Game Rant, Reuters, GamesRadar, Comic Book, Dexerto, Kotaku, and IGN
X: @zhugeex, @charlieintel, @wario64, @jasonschreier, @dmc_ryan, and @playstation
Forums: r/KotakuInAction, r/PS4, r/gaming, and r/PS5
| Tony Stubblebine / The Medium Blog: |
Medium plans to block AI companies from training on posts published on Medium until the company can get concessions regarding credit, compensation, and consent — Fair use in the age of AI: Credit, compensation and consent are required. … We're in an exciting moment for artificial intelligence.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches an iOS Wallet feature in the UK using the country's Open Banking API, showing users their current account balances, deposits, and payment history — Apple is soft launching a new iPhone Wallet app integration today that is powered by the United Kingdom's Open Banking API.
More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, Forbes, MacRumors, Crowdfund Insider, AltFi, iMore, Engadget, and Apple Must
X: @srivi20, @chris_skinner, @bzamayo, and @whereswongo
LinkedIn: Simon Lyons and Lauren Jones
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
An analysis of 115 warrants in five US states shows that investigators are increasingly using Google's location and search data to try to solve nonviolent cases — Investigators increasingly use warrants to obtain location and search data from Google, even for nonviolent cases—and even for people who had nothing to do with the crime.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The US and Japan warn that the China-backed BlackTech hacking group is breaching network devices, including Cisco's, to install backdoors on corporate networks — US and Japanese law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of the Chinese ‘BlackTech’ hackers breaching network devices … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google opens up Search Generative Experience to teens aged 13-17 in the US and adds a new feature to give people context about how a response was generated — Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday.
More: 9to5Google, Forbes, The Keyword, and The Verge
| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
SpaceX gets its first US Space Force contract, valued at up to $70M, offering the military custom satellite communications via the company's Starshield service — - Contract extends billionaire's role as a defense contractor — Starshield provides customized satellite communications| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Paris-based Mistral AI makes its first LLM, Mistral 7B, that it claims outperforms open models with up to 13B parameters, free to use without restrictions — The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining ground.
More: Mistral AI, The Decoder, Bloomberg, Mistral AI, Analytics India Magazine, Robots.net, and VentureBeat
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Google unveils the Fitbit Charge 6, with a physical side button, integration with Google services like YouTube Music, and more, available on October 12 for $160 — Fitbit is back with the Charge 6 — and on paper, this one feels like the most Fitbit-y Fitbit since Google actively began folding the company into its ecosystem.| Reuters: |
A US Senate staffer says officials told lawmakers that Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft's email system stole 60K emails from 10 State Department accounts — Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft's (MSFT.O) email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails …
More: CRN, Washington Post, OnMSFT.com, RT, Politico, New York Times, and Rolling Stone
Forums: r/technology and r/news
| Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters: |
OpenAI says ChatGPT can now browse the web, available first to Plus and Enterprise users, and the chatbot is “no longer limited to data before September 2021” — ChatGPT users will now be able to surf the web, Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI said on Wednesday …
More: PCMag, The Register, San Francisco Business Journal, ZDNet, BBC, OpenAI Help Center, MSPoweruser, Voicebot.ai, Forbes, Digital Trends, Tech.co, ITPro, Cryptopolitan, Coinspeaker, BGR, WinBuzzer, TechRadar, International Business Times, OnMSFT.com, Silicon Republic, MediaNama, XDA Developers, Android Authority, Business Today, Cointelegraph, Social Media Today, Search Engine Land, Washington Post, CIO Dive, Neowin, The Messenger, The Decoder, and VentureBeat
| CNBC: |
GameStop names Ryan Cohen as its CEO, effective immediately, and says Cohen won't be compensated for his work, after firing CEO Matthew Furlong in June 2023 — - Ryan Cohen was appointed the company's CEO, president and chairman and won't receive compensation for his work.
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