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| Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN: |
Memo: Microsoft's Xbox plans to shut down multiple Bethesda studios and consolidate teams to prioritize high-impact titles and invest in Bethesda's portfolio — Staff told via email. — Microsoft has closed a number of Bethesda studios, including Redfall maker Arkane Austin …
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Threads: @charstring. Mastodon: @glecharles@zirk.us. X: @arkanestudios, @dbakaba, @tangogameworks, @qwik, @cromwelp, @locust9, @theswweet, @thomasmahler, @pilestedt, @shinji_mikami, @daveoshry, @yozetty, @poweredbyidtech, @gamescage_, @rcmacleod, @carnage4life, @astralberryy, @wyp100, and @dark1x
LinkedIn: Hailey Rojas, George Greer, Liz Chepul, and Jeff Gardiner
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple unveils $999+ 11" and $1,299+ 13" iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13" is Apple's thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm — At its “Let Loose” virtual event this morning, Apple introduced its long-awaited iPad Pro updates.
More: Apple, 9to5Mac, Engadget, MacRumors, Silicon Republic, MacRumors, Benzinga, O'Grady's PowerPage, MacRumors, PC Guide, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, TweakTown, Tom's Guide, Electronic Specifier, Livemint, Neowin, ANI News, TechRadar, The Verge, UPI, Forbes, Pocket-lint, Writing Exchange, GQ, MakeUseOf, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Engadget, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, and The Verge
Threads: @viticci, @technicallymims, @chancehmiller, @felixsalmon, @tookthescenicroute, @mgsiegler, @chriswelch, @davidimel, @benedictevans, @chancehmiller, @benedictevans, @eshumarneedi, @jjackyliang, @wongmjane, and @mgsiegler
X: @drbarnard, @nobi, @jon_prosser, @obrien, @munster_gene, @snazzylabs, @vadimyuryev, @raywongy, @obrien, @vadimyuryev, @snazzylabs, @iupdate, @uredditor, @anshelsag, @tim_cook, @benjamindekr, @joannastern, @haiji505, @markgurman, @heysaik, @thatnerdnoah0, @iupdate, @munster_gene, @charlieintel, @m1astra, @benbajarin, @gartenberg, @richontech, @markgurman, @mkbhd, @stevemoser, @lukemiani, @sdw, @jiteshubrani, @benbajarin, @paterfamilias, @ianzelbo, and @lukemiani
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/gadgets, and r/technology
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
More: MacRumors, Business Standard, Trusted Reviews, Phoronix, and Neowin
Forums: Hacker News and r/apple
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
More: Apple, Apple, BGR, Lifewire, Tabletmonkeys, 9to5Mac, AppAdvice, Inverse, Neowin, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, and 9to5Mac
X: @halidecamera, @initialfocus, @raywongy, @lukemiani, @sdw, @finalcutgod, @ijustine, @adamschoales, and @impatrickt. Forums: r/musicproduction
| The Verge: |
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Threads: @joannastern, @tomwarrenuk, @benedictevans, and @benedictevans
X: @ryanshrout, @munster_gene, @tailosivetech, @vadimyuryev, @patrickmoorhead, @bajarin, @gruber, @anshelsag, @ijustine, @maxwinebach, @bencsin, @superscientific, @vadimyuryev, @rsgnl, @parismarx, @lukemiani, @tolmasky, @zacbowden, @vadimyuryev, @tomwarren, @zacbowden, @joannastern, @ericjhonsa, and @tolmasky
Forums: Hacker News, r/ableton, r/LocalLLaMA, r/apple, r/AV1, and r/technology
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Source: OpenAI is developing a feature for ChatGPT that can search the web and show results with citations to sources and images — The feature would let ChatGPT users search the web and cite sources in its results. — OpenAI is developing a feature for ChatGPT that can search the web …
More: Engadget and The Decoder
X: @carnage4life and @paul__walsh
Forums: r/singularity and r/ChatGPT
| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
Sources: OpenAI has been aggressively trying to poach Google employees for a team working on a ChatGPT feature to search the web and show results with citations — OpenAI is developing a search engine for ChatGPT, giving users the ability to crawl the web for answers to their questions, Bloomberg reports.
X: @kyliebytes and @jason_kint
| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev decries a “regulatory onslaught”, calling the SEC's actions “another improper attempt by the administrative state to stifle innovation” — Though Robinhood Crypto thought its “safety-first” approach was distinct, the SEC said that enforcement action is on its way.
More: US Securities …, Cryptonews, Bitcoin News, The Daily Hodl, and Crowdfund Insider
X: @vladtenev, @vladtenev, @brian_armstrong, @justinscerini, @kpaapept3, @thinkingcrypto1, @pat_mcdermott17, @zeuslfg, @trustlessstate, @meta_rach, @deeglide22, @kenashe, @samoyedcoin, @waynevaughan, @dogecoin_mogul, @alexanderfisher, @coqinuavax, @mr_derivatives, @eduardbrichuk, @soumyazen, @zer0_xiii, @eastvillagesnap, @tydyecortex1, @shaughnessy119, and @iampaulgrewal
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $10.1B, Gross Bookings up 20% YoY to $37.7B, below $38B est., and adjusted EBITDA up 82% YoY to $1.4B; UBER falls 10%+ — - Bookings growth still tops 20% on rides, order frequency gains — Operating profit falls on anticipated legal fees, settlements| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky details its product roadmap: an off-protocol DM system to facilitate one-on-one chats, custom feeds, anti-harassment tools, video support, and more — Bluesky has launched a new product roadmap for the coming months. The decentralized social network said on Tuesday that it is planning … | Financial Times: |
The UK is investigating “potential failings” at IT contractor SSCL, which was breached by suspected Chinese hackers to expose payroll records for 272K people — Grant Shapps announces investigation into attack by ‘malign actor’ that targeted up to 270,000 military personnel records
More: The Register, GOV.UK, The Guardian, iTnews, and Sky News
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
TikTok vs. US filing: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming owns a 21% stake in TikTok's parent company, and is living in Singapore while keeping Chinese citizenship — - Zhang has a 21% stake in the world's most valuable startup — Chinese tech founders have built up a presence on the island
More: South China Morning Post and BNN Bloomberg
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Threads: @reckless1280 and @imdavidpierce
X: @tiktokpolicy, @jason_kint, @brendancarrfcc, @michaelsobolik, and @peterhamby. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/law, r/technology, and r/politics
| Georgia Butler / DatacenterDynamics: |
Google says “rare issues at Google Cloud” caused a week-long private cloud outage at UniSuper, an Australian pension fund for the education and research sectors — Google problems resulting in an inadvertent misconfiguration of UniSuper's systems
More: UniSuper and Cyber Daily
X: @quinnypig, @gergelyorosz, @seventhsec, @setheliot, @ajdlinux, and @jasonandrade
| Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times: |
The US revokes some licenses that allow companies to ship chips and other goods to Huawei; sources say the decision affects Intel and Qualcomm — Move marks latest effort by Biden administration to target the country's tech sector — The Biden administration has revoked export licences … | Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Shopify reports Q1 revenue up 23% YoY to $1.9B, GMV up 23% YoY to $60.9B, and expects gross margins to drop by ~50 basis points YoY in Q2; SHOP plummets 18%+ — The company posted a loss of $273 million, after a profit of $68 million a year earlier. The loss per share was 21 cents on revenue …
More: Barron's Online, Reuters, and Shopify
| Steven Church / Bloomberg: |
FTX says it will have as much as $16.3B to distribute after finishing selling all of its assets; FTX owes customers and other non-governmental creditors ~$11B — - Crypto customers to get interest on what FTX owes them — Bankrupt firm updates plan to divide cash among creditors
More: FTX, CoinDesk, The Block, CryptoSlate, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, Unchained, Proactive, CNBC, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, Blockonomi, Cryptonews, Financial Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, CoinGape, BBC, The Crypto Times, New York Times, Reuters, and Crypto Briefing
X: @ftx_official, @jseyff, @cointelegraph, @chafkin, @mdudas, and @thomasbraziel
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
Samsung Electronics' medical device unit Samsung Medison plans to acquire Paris-based Sonio, which makes AI-powered ultrasound workflows software, for ~$92.7M — Samsung Medison, a medical device unit of Samsung Electronics that specializes in developing diagnostic imaging devices …
More: Samsung Newsroom, TNW, Cryptopolitan, Tech Xplore, Sammy Fans, KED Global, and Korea Joongang Daily
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Filing: Orlando-based lidar manufacturer Luminar says Tesla was its “largest LiDAR customer in Q1”, contributing 10%+ of its revenue, or ~$2.1M for the quarter — Elon Musk previously dismissed the laser sensor as a ‘crutch’ and said that any company relying on lidar to power self-driving was ‘doomed.’
More: Reuters, Forbes, Bloomberg, and TechCrunch
Bluesky: @darthbluesky.bsky.social. Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/MVIS, r/RealTesla, and r/SelfDrivingCars
| Carsten Frauenheim / iFixit News: |
A look at LPCAMM2, a totally modular, repairable, and upgradeable memory standard for laptops that doesn't require soldering LPDDR chips to the motherboard — If you've ever tried to “future-proof” a purchase by paying for everything you might eventually need up front, you know it can be a sucker's game.
More: XDA Developers, PC Gamer, iFixit on YouTube, OSnews, and The Verge
Forums: Hacker News, r/applesucks, r/hardware, and r/framework
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him — The identity of the leader of one of the most infamous ransomware groups in history has finally been revealed.
More: US Department of Justice, National Crime Agency, U.S. Department …, Krebs on Security, CNBC, Security Affairs, Chainalysis, crypto.news, Europol, GOV.UK, Wired, Cyber Daily, Dark Reading, The Verge, CSO, and United States Department …
X: @vxunderground, @ausambcybertech, and @fbi
LinkedIn: Brian Honan and Brian Krebs
| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft plans to invest $3B to build a data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, and train locals, alongside investing in a new AI lab at Wisconsin University — Company has been on a global spending spree, trying to build infrastructure and goodwill for artificial intelligence
More: PCMag, Bloomberg, and New York Times
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta announces an update to its AI ad tools, which can now make full new images, not just backgrounds, and claims to add strong guardrails to prevent abuse — Meta is rolling out an expanded set of generative AI tools for advertisers, after first announcing a set of AI features last October.
More: Facebook, Maginative, Digiday, Social Media Today, PYMNTS.com, Investopedia, Neowin, BNN Bloomberg, MarTech, Inc.com, ZDNet, and SiliconANGLE
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Researchers say they have unlocked a kind of sperm whale “alphabet” with the aid of machine learning, a breakthrough in understanding cetacean communication — Researchers at MIT CSAIL and Project CETI believe that they have unlocked a kind of sperm whale alphabet with the aid of machine learning technologies.
More: MIT Technology Review, bioRxiv.org, MIT News, TweakTown, Associated Press, ScienceAlert, IFLScience, New York Times, and Gizmodo
Mastodon: @glynmoody@mastodon.social. X: @projectceti, @projectceti, @kerrirodriguez0, @projectceti, @jacobandreas, @bjkingape, @ap_oddities, @mit_csail, and @projectceti
| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
Data collaboration software maker Atlan raised a $105M Series C led by Singapore's GIC and Meritech at a $750M valuation, taking its total funding to $206M — Atlan said on Wednesday it had raised $105 million in a funding round led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC …
More: TechCrunch, DealStreetAsia, Inc42 Media, and Atlan
| Bloomberg: |
Chinese government data: foreign-branded smartphones shipments, most of which are iPhones, grew 12% YoY to 3.75M in March, reversing a 37% drop in early 2024 — - The performance marks an improvement from the start of 2024 — The bounce emerged after Apple and its resellers cut prices
More: Reuters, AppleInsider, Amwal Al Ghad, and Investing.com
| The Guardian: |
An investigation finds a vast web of fake shops run from China touting designer brands that duped 800K+ people in Europe and the US into sharing personal data — Exclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
UK neobank Monzo raised $190M at a $5.2B valuation, up from $5B in March 2024 after raising $430M, and plans to use the funds for its international expansion — Monzo CEO TS Anil. — British neobank Monzo said Wednesday that it's raised another $190 million, lifting the total it's raised so far this year to $610 million.
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