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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says he does not “feel an imperative” from users to release a new Xbox console, and the team is “pretty set on the hardware” — Microsoft Corp.'s video gaming chief Phil Spencer said he doesn't “feel an imperative” to come out with a major upgrade of its Xbox game console.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Over 7,000 subreddits have gone private or read-only to protest Reddit's API pricing changes, and the site experienced issues for about two hours on June 12 — Reddit went through some issues for many on Monday, with the outage happening the same day as thousands of subreddits going dark to protest the site's new API pricing terms.
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| CNBC: |
Source: the US FTC is set to file for an injunction seeking to block Microsoft's proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition, after suing to block the $68.7B deal — The Federal Trade Commission is set to file for an injunction seeking to block Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard …
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| Dell Cameron / Wired: |
A declassified ODNI report from 2022: the US has amassed troves of “sensitive and intimate information” about Americans purchased from commercial data brokers — A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.| Shinhye Kang / Bloomberg: |
South Korean prosecutors allege that a former Samsung executive stole blueprints and designs in 2018 and 2019 to reproduce an entire chip plant in Xi'an, China — A former Samsung Electronics Co. executive allegedly stole blueprints and designs to try and replicate an entire semiconductor plant in China … | Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
MacBook Air (15-inch) review: thin and relatively light chassis, excellent trackpad, keyboard, performance, and battery, but limited ports and no upgradability — Apple's first big-screened MacBook Air addresses a long-standing need in the company's laptop lineup. And it comes with zero surprises and no sticker shock.
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Tweets: @jetscott, @adrianweckler, and @mkbhd
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
M2 Ultra Mac Studio review: a small, fast, efficient, and quiet desktop that has a good port selection and is a better deal than the new Mac Pro for most users — The realities of Apple Silicon make the Studio the best bet for most pros. — The original Mac Studio, despite the absence of …
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| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
A tech reporter on why he bought a 2023 World Book Encyclopedia printed set: nostalgia, permanence, and no AI or human tampering, link rot, or stealth edits — The still-updated World Book Encyclopedia is my antidote to the information apocalypse. — These days, many of us live online …
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU is set to hit Google with a formal antitrust complaint regarding the company's ad tech, with a statement of objections coming as soon as June 14 — Google is set to be hit with a formal antitrust complaint from the European Union that could pave the way for massive fines …
More: SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, The Verge, Business Post, and New York Post
| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
By capitalizing on crypto lending services' high interest rate promises, 3AC's founders played the bubble perfectly, getting rich as 3AC's lenders went bankrupt — Programming note: Money Stuff was supposed to be off today but I got bored so here you go. — What are the 3AC guys up to?
More: Financial Times, CityAM, and NBC Bay Area
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
a16z plans to open a crypto-focused office in London and leads a $43M round in London-based Gensyn, which offers a decentralized compute network for training AI — America's largest investor in crypto startups believes that the industry's future may be across the pond …
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| Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired: |
Documents show some US courts are using Covenant Eyes, an anti-porn app sold to churches to monitor all online activity, to surveil parolees and their families — A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of a man released on bond. Now he's back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame.| Bloomberg: |
India investigates reports of a breach at a portal with the data of 1B+ COVID-19 vaccine recipients; Telegram removes a bot letting users pull individuals' data — India's government is investigating reports that a health ministry portal containing personal data from anyone in the country …
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