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October 22, 2024, 8:20 AM

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Robert Triggs / Android Authority:
Qualcomm unveils the 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile SoC, with two prime and six performance CPU cores, claiming 45% faster CPU and NPU over the 8 Gen 3, and more  —  The new name marks a major departure from previous Snapdragons.  —  •  —  After much speculation …
Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up  —  The SoCal studio boasted senior veterans from Halo, God of War and Overwatch  —  One of Netflix's most intriguing video game studios is no more.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Disney no longer lets new and returning customers sign up for and buy subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple's App Store, avoiding Apple's cut  —  Disney is no longer allowing its customers to sign up for and purchase subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple's App Store …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Meta is testing facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to help enable faster recovery of compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts  —  Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday.
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Jack Sweeney says Meta suspended Instagram and Threads accounts tracking celebrities' private jets, including Zuckerberg's; Meta cites a “risk of physical harm”  —  Instagram and Threads accounts that track the private jets of celebrities - including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Blade Runner 2049's producer sues Musk, Tesla, and WBD for allegedly using AI to create imagery close to the film to promote Cybercab, despite a denied request  —  Alcon Entertainment, the Hollywood company behind “Blade Runner 2049,” said it had denied a request to use images from the movie but that Mr. Musk did so anyway.
Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
The Biden admin unveils proposed rules for restricting the transfer of US citizens' sensitive data, including biometric and genomic info, to adversarial nations  —  The Biden administration announced on Monday new proposed rules for regulating the transfer of certain data to adversarial countries …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Lawsuit: a civil rights organization says a Virginia town installing Flock cameras violated the Fourth Amendment, making citizens moving untracked “impossible”  —  A civil liberties organization has filed a federal lawsuit in Virginia arguing that widespread surveillance enabled by Flock …
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Stripe announces a finalized deal to buy stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge; Michael Arrington says the deal is worth $1.1B; Bridge has raised $54M  —  Bridge, which has raised $54 million in funding, previously said it aspired to become the blockchain version of Stripe …
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