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Microsoft confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available day one on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass; Activision typically sells 20M+ copies of a COD game — “We're excited to confirm that Game Pass members will be able to jump into Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on day one with Game Pass …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
OpenAI creates a Safety and Security Committee to explore AI risks and begins training its new flagship AI model, which won't arrive for at least nine months — The advanced A.I. system would succeed GPT-4, which powers ChatGPT. The company has also created a new safety committee to address A.I.'s risks.
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| xAI: |
xAI raised a $6B Series B from Valor, Vy Capital, a16z, Sequoia, Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding, and others, Elon Musk says at an $18B pre-money valuation — xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion. — xAI is pleased to announce...
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which collapsed in 2014, moves 140K+ bitcoin, worth ~$9B, to an unknown address, likely as part of a plan to repay creditors — Nearly 107,000 bitcoin have been moved since early Asian hours on Tuesday, with bitcoin shedding 1.2% on expectations of selling pressure.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils new AI features for Chromebook Plus devices, including Gemini, and says new Chromebook Plus owners will get a free year of Google One AI Premium — Google announced new AI-powered features today for its Chromebook Plus line of devices, such as a writing assistant …
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| CNBC: |
T-Mobile plans to acquire most of UScellular, including its stores, some of its spectrum assets, and its customers, in a $4.4B deal, including up to $2B of debt — Shares of U.S. Cellular popped nearly 6% Tuesday after T-Mobile announced that it plans to acquire most of the company …
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| Zachary Small / New York Times: |
Hacking group RansomHub claims to be behind the cyberattack that hit Christie's and threatens to release sensitive information about the auction house's clients — The hacking group RansomHub is threatening to release “sensitive personal information” about the auction house's clients.
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| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
A US judge sentences former FTX executive Ryan Salame to 7.5 years after he pled guilty to criminal charges over political contributions and more in 2023 — - Former FTX executive Ryan Salame was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges last year.
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| Yuan Gao / Bloomberg: |
Chinese government data: foreign-branded smartphone shipments, most of which are iPhones, rose 52% YoY to ~3.5M in April, after stabilizing in March 2024 — - Official data for April showed Chinese mobile demand returning — The iPhone's bad start to the year prompted retail price cuts| Washington Post: |
A look at “prebunking”, or exposing people to low doses of misinformation with explanations to develop “mental antibodies” to disinformation, ahead of elections — Election officials around the world are adopting “prebunking” campaigns, as AI and other threats jeopardize voting.
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| Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: |
PayPal plans to build an ad sales business around data generated from its users' spending behaviors, and hires ex-Uber ad boss Mark Grether as its SVP of Ads — Payments company hires Uber's former head of advertising to run a new ad division — PayPal hopes to boost its growth by starting … | Charley Grant / Wall Street Journal: |
How AI demand is driving a rally in old school stocks in the utilities, energy, and materials sectors, which are needed to make and operate AI products — Old-school stocks in the utilities, energy and materials sectors are outpacing the wider market — Demand for artificial intelligence … Sponsor Posts
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