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Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft data centers — Constellation to invest $1.6 billion to restart dormant reactor as data-center power demand surges.
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A profile of Xbox President Sarah Bond, who helped mollify the UK CMA concerning the Activision acquisition and is leading a transformation of the Xbox division — A relative outsider, Sarah Bond is leading a high-stakes transformation of a company that's lagging behind Sony and Nintendo.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr says it has seen a 222.99% growth in communities and 349.55% growth in users since the X ban in Brazil, with DAUs up 30% from 110K prior to the ban — Bluesky isn't the only social networking service to benefit from X's ban in Brazil, now under legal penalties.
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Source: most daily users of Meta AI do so through WhatsApp, followed by Facebook, and few via Instagram; the vast majority of Meta AI's users are outside the US — A year after Meta Platforms introduced its artificial intelligence assistant, a picture is emerging of how people are using it …
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Sources: Thrive Capital has already provided $1B+ to OpenAI as part of the $6.5B round; OpenAI's existing backers a16z and Sequoia Capital are not participating — Venture groups believe ChatGPT-maker will eventually be the world's dominant AI company and worth trillions of dollars| Olena Harmash / Reuters: |
Ukraine bans the use of Telegram on official devices used by state officials, military personnel, and critical workers over fears of Russian spying — Ukraine has banned use of the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by state officials, military personnel and critical workers … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates the Fluent design illustrations across its products, shifting towards 3D designs that bring back skeuomorphism with more playful designs — Microsoft is overhauling the illustrations it uses throughout its products and services to make them less flat and more playful and interesting.
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Singapore-based crypto exchange BingX suffered a security hack on its hot wallet, resulting in a “minor” loss; PeckShield: the loss was $43M in cryptocurrencies — - BingX suffered an apparent security exploit on its hot wallet. — Security analysts at PeckShield estimated …
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Nvidia launches AI Aerial, which integrates AI into the radio access network and could allow telcos to run third-party AI apps at the network's edge — - Nvidia thinks that AI could be the answer to the very problems it is causing — AI-RAN will leverage billions of data points …
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Google Ventures CEO David Krane about the firm's first 15 years, operating independently from Alphabet, early investments in Nest and Uber, generative AI, more — One of the first things David Krane and I do is look at some weird sculptures. — Walking through Google's Mountain View … | Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most units by the end of 2024, after a hacking group leaked 1TB+ of its data, including 44M Slack messages, in July — The company said in a memo that most of its businesses would stop using the tool by the end of this year| Ethan Gach / Kotaku: |
Sources: Concord's game director steps down, as Firewalk, the studio behind the PlayStation flop, is left in limbo, with some staffers expecting mass layoffs — Ryan Ellis was the hero shooter's game director at Firewalk Studios — It's been two weeks since Sony announced it was taking …
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Tumblr says it has seen a 222.99% growth in communities and 349.55% growth in users since the X ban in Brazil, with DAUs up 30% from 110K prior to the banFind
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Google Ventures CEO David Krane about the firm's first 15 years, operating independently from Alphabet, early investments in Nest and Uber, generative AI, moreFind
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Ukraine bans the use of Telegram on official devices used by state officials, military personnel, and critical workers over fears of Russian spyingFind
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Source: most daily users of Meta AI do so through WhatsApp, followed by Facebook, and few via Instagram; the vast majority of Meta AI's users are outside the USFind
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A profile of Xbox President Sarah Bond, who helped mollify the UK CMA concerning the Activision acquisition and is leading a transformation of the Xbox divisionFind
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A German court rules that Nokia Oyj can stop Amazon from selling Fire TV Sticks in Germany after Amazon lost a patent case; Nokia hasn't enforced the injunctionFind
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Microsoft updates the Fluent design illustrations across its products, shifting towards 3D designs that bring back skeuomorphism with more playful designsFind
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