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Sources: Microsoft plans more cuts after closing several game studios, as the massive Activision acquisition has ramped up scrutiny on the Xbox division — Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative
More: The Verge, Push Square, Windows Central, Pure Xbox, TheGamer, Wccftech, Kotaku, Metro.co.uk, Windows Central, Pure Xbox, Game World Observer, MobileSyrup, Neowin, Video Games Chronicle, Pure Xbox, TheGamer, and IGN
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
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| Dallin Grimm / Tom's Hardware: |
Some Stack Overflow users say their account was suspended after they attempted to alter their posts in protest of its OpenAI partnership to supply data for AI — Stack Overflow is overflowing with salt. — Stack Overflow, a legendary internet forum for programmers and developers …
More: Build5Nines, BleepingComputer, and The Verge
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at potential successors to Tim Cook; sources say Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus is the most likely long-term successor — John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, is emerging as a potential successor to the CEO. — Tim Cook has transformed Apple Inc. since taking …
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI publishes Model Spec, which specifies how its models should behave, including objectives, rules, and default behaviors, and asks the public for feedback — OpenAI isn't done trying to live up to the “open” in its name. — While not making any of its new models open source …
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| Michael Peel / Financial Times: |
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs detail AlphaFold 3, an AI model to predict interactions and structures of proteins, DNA, RNA, more, beating many top methods — AlphaFold 3 aims to reveal biological secrets and boost drug search efforts — Google DeepMind has unveiled …
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| Pratik Jain / Reuters: |
US hospital operator Ascension reports disruptions to its clinical operations due to a suspected cybersecurity incident and engages Mandiant to help investigate — Hospital operator Ascension reported disruptions to its clinical operations on Wednesday due to a suspected cybersecurity incident …
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| Jesse Pound / CNBC: |
Robinhood reports Q1 revenue up 40% YoY to $618M, vs. $549M est., crypto transaction revenue up 232% to $126M, and a $157M net income, vs. a $511M net loss YoY — Shares of Robinhood rose in extended trading Wednesday afternoon after the retail brokerage announced stronger-than-expected first-quarter results.| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Boeing confirms that LockBit attempted to extort a $200M ransom in October 2023; the company reportedly didn't pay any ransom after ~43GB of its data was posted — That attempt was one of multiple “extremely large” ransom demands made by LockBit over the years, authorities said.
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Airbnb reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $2.14B, vs. $2.06B est., Nights and Experiences Booked up 9.5% YoY, and Q2 guidance below est.; ABNB drops 8%+ — In this photo illustration, the Airbnb logo is displayed on a computer monitor and cell phone on February 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
More: PYMNTS.com, Benzinga, The Information, and Airbnb Newsroom
| Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: |
Huawei Pura 70 Pro teardown: the 7nm Kirin 9010 is only marginally better than Kirin 9000S, and the majority of the chips are designed and manufactured in China — Huawei released the Pura 70 line of smartphones in April 2024 and it's already made a bit of a stir.
More: Reuters, Android Authority, Xiaomiui.Net, Huawei Central, and Reuters
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| BBC: |
Ofcom proposes new rules requiring tech companies to change their algorithms to hide “toxic” material from children, have more robust age checks, and more — Ofcom has warned social media sites they could be named and shamed - and banned for under-18s - if they fail to comply with new online safety rules.
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| Reuters: |
Arm reports Q4 revenue up 47% YoY to $928M, vs. $875.6M est., royalty revenue up 37% YoY, and forecasts FY 2025 revenue below est.; ARM drops 9%+ — Chip designer Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F), gave a fiscal first-quarter revenue forecast on Wednesday that beat Wall Street's expectations, but its full-year forecast was below expectations.
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Instacart reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to $820M, vs. $794.5M est., gross transaction value up 11% to $8.32B; CFO Nick Giovanni retires, replaced by Emily Reuter — - Emily Reuter named CFO after joining Instacart six months ago — Instacart reports better-than-expected first-quarter results| Nikkei Asia: |
SIA and BCG: by 2032, the US will have the capacity to manufacture 28% of chips below 10nm, while China is expected to make only 2% of the most advanced chips — U.S. set to triple its semiconductor manufacturing capacity due to CHIPS Act — LOS ANGELES — The U.S. is set to more than triple … | Madeleine Ngo / New York Times: |
| Maggie Harrison / Futurism: |
An investigation into AdVon, the company behind Sports Illustrated's fake writers, finds its AI content and fake authors at the LA Times, Miami Herald, and more — Remember that AI company behind Sports Illustrated's fake writers? We did some digging — and it's got tendrils into other surprisingly prominent publications.
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