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Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sony says its PlayStation layoffs will also impact game makers Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and Guerrilla, three of its most successful subsidiaries  —  The company is also canceling a game based on the Twisted Metal racing franchise  —  Sony Group Corp. will lay off 900 people across …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sony plans to lay off around 900 employees, or 8% of workforce, at its PlayStation division, and close its London Studio in the UK  —  Sony says it's laying off around 900 employees of its PlayStation division, a reduction of its global headcount of around 8 percent.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Nvidia plans to start showing free-tier GeForce Now users “up to two minutes” of video ads on February 28 while they are queuing to start a cloud gaming session  —  Nvidia's completely free, no-strings attached trial of its cloud gaming service GeForce Now is about to be very slightly less …
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Microsoft says its investment in Mistral AI amounts to €15M; EU regulators plan to analyze the investment, which could eventually lead to a formal investigation  —  - Partnership amounts to €15 million investment, Microsoft says  — EU analysis could lead to future formal investigation
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Mistral AI releases Mistral Large, a cheaper GPT-4 rival that supports 32K-token context windows, and Le Chat, a ChatGPT-like chat assistant in public beta
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
Microsoft takes a minor stake in Mistral AI and plans to help bring the French startup's AI models to market, as regulators probe Microsoft's OpenAI alliance
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
Seacom says a subsea cable was damaged in the area where Houthi fighters are targeting ships, highlighting how vulnerable critical subsea infrastructure can be  —  A subsea cable off the coast of Yemen that connects Europe to India has been damaged, and the telecommunications carrier that owns …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Netflix confirms that it has started removing Apple iTunes billing for longtime subscribers, and now requires them to pay directly on its website  —  Netflix confirms to The Verge that it has begun booting longtime subscribers off their Apple iTunes billing plans, and will require …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
GitHub announces the general availability of Copilot Enterprise, which is able to reference an org's code and knowledge base, for $39 per user per month  —  GitHub today announced the general availability of Copilot Enterprise, the $39/month version of its code completion tool and developer-centric chatbot for large businesses.
Reuters:
Sources: the BlackCat ransomware gang is behind the outage at UnitedHealth's technology unit that has disrupted services at pharmacies in the US for six days  —  Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words “Cyber Attack” in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Glean, which uses AI to offer unified search across apps used at a company, raised a $200M+ Series D at a $2.2B valuation and says annualized revenue hit $39M  —  - Glean is valued at $2.2 billion in its latest funding round.  — The company is taking on the Copilot chat tool for Microsoft 365 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Sonos delays its launch of $449 headphones to June, a month later than previously hoped, after hitting software snags, and aims to make up to 1M units  —  - Company anticipates shipping $449 product in June after delay  — Sonos aims to manufacture as many as 1 million units
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Appfigures: Threads sees triple the daily downloads of X on iOS globally and over double the number of installs on Google Play, widening the gap late last year  —  Although an app's downloads aren't an exact proxy for usage, they can hint at where the market is headed.
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A look at MSNBC's rebrand as MS Now, as it builds an independent newsroom, hiring 36+ reporters, aiming to maintain its liberal opinion and news analysis

David Folkenflik / NPR:
CPB agrees to fulfill a $36M, multi-year contract with NPR, resolving litigation filed by NPR accusing CPB of illegally yielding to Trump's demands

Press Gazette:
The Telegraph seeks a quick auction after Redbird dropped its £500M bid; former bidders, including Spectator owner Paul Marshall, could re-enter the race

More News

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
The US adds Sandvine to its entity list, banning the networking equipment company from obtaining US tech, for supplying Egypt with equipment used for censorship
Katrina Manson / Bloomberg:
The CTO for US Central Command says ML algorithms developed under Project Maven helped narrow down targets for 85+ air strikes in the Middle East on February 2
Randy Thanthong-Knight / Bloomberg:
Canada introduces the Online Harms Act, which aims to hold platforms responsible for reducing exposure to damaging content and create a digital safety regulator

Earlier Picks

Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
While Google paused Gemini's image generation, its text generation tool also gives absurd responses, highlighting the need for open-source AI models to flourish
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Researchers detail a spam campaign using 21K hijacked abandoned domains and subdomains from brands like eBay, MSN, and VMware to send ~5M malicious emails daily
Bloomberg:
During oral arguments, SCOTUS justices seemed reluctant to strike down Texas' and Florida's social media laws, but raised concerns about companies' 1A rights
Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget:
Google unveils new Android features: Gemini integrated in Messages, AI-powered text summaries in Android Auto, AI-generated image captions in Lookout, and more
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024; the device will be centered around health and wellness, come in three colors, and be available later in 2024
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