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Q&A with Bethesda Head of Publishing Pete Hines on releasing Starfield, working with Microsoft, Game Pass, triple-A games in 2023, debugging Starfield, and more — Head of publishing on why the developer prioritises player freedom over less buggy games, and facing expectations around its sci-fi epic| Bloomberg: |
TechInsights teardown: Huawei's Mate 60 Pro uses a new Kirin 9000s chip that was fabricated in China by SMIC using a 7nm process, a blow to US sanctions — The company's Mate 60 Pro is powered by SMIC's 7nm chips, according to analysis that TechInsights conducted for Bloomberg News
More: TechInsights Inc.. X: @hsu_steve, @sroach_econ, @pelstrom, @pelstrom, @jeremywarneruk, @rodolfor, @pelstrom, and @martijnrasser
Forums: Hacker News, r/Android, r/technology, r/China, and r/hardware
| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
The Huawei Mate 60 Pro's 7nm Kirin 9000s chip, made by SMIC, is an evolutionary rather than revolutionary development and shows US curbs are porous, not useless — Chinese chipmakers have done well to bypass restrictions, but that won't be repeated often. — A new smartphone …
More: Reuters, nextpit, Tom's Hardware, and South China Morning Post
| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
After ADL's CEO noted talking to X CEO Yaccarino last week, anti-Semitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts — Anti-Semitic rhetoric has been especially rampant on the platform over the past 24 hours. — Over the past 24 hours …
More: The Daily Beast and Media Matters for America
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X: @ericcolumbus, @elonmusk, @jgreenblattadl, @elonmusk, @lindayax, @elonmusk, @marietjeschaake, @elonmusk, @wajahatali, @mattbinder, @schwarz, @trhlofficial, @elonmusk, @mattyglesias, @ronfilipkowski, @elonmusk, @daithaigilbert, @keithwoodsyt, @jaredlholt, @adammaanit, @evavlaar, @krassenstein, @elonmusk, @deanobeidallah, @elonmusk, @eladnehorai, @jakeshieldsajj, and @mattyglesias. Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
A look at the endless battle being waged by a group of internet sleuths, trans engineers, and activists to banish stalking forum Kiwi Farms from the internet — The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider
More: Electronic Frontier Foundation and MIT Technology Review
Mastodon: @nitashatiku@mastodon.social. X: @esqueer_, @hackingbutlegal, @jessesingal, @dropkiwifarms, and @stealthygeek
Forums: r/transgender, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Financial Times: |
The London Stock Exchange plans to add a blockchain-based digital assets business after a year of testing, but is “not building anything around cryptoassets” — Exchange operator in talks with UK government and regulators over new trading venue| Alex Blake / Digital Trends: |
An interview with Apple executives Susan Prescott and Steve Sinclair on building apps for the Vision Pro and how Apple is trying to lure developers to make apps — Apple's Vision Pro headset hasn't launched yet, but already it's become one of the most hotly debated devices on the planet.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the iPhone's upcoming Lightning to USB-C transition; sources say the revamped iPad Pro's Magic Keyboard coming in 2024 will have an aluminum top case — Also: The company confirms the date of its Sept. 12 iPhone 15 event and aims to overhaul device production with 3D printers.
More: MacRumors, Macworld, BBC, iMore, Daring Fireball, MobileSyrup, Pocketnow, Lifewire, Six Colors, The Apple Post, BGR, Tom's Guide, Developer Tech News, TechRadar, T3, Wccftech, Ghacks, Cult of Mac, Laptop Mag, iPhone in Canada Blog, iThinkDifferent, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Benzinga, AppleInsider, Forbes, PhoneArena, mjtsai.com, Supercharged, Patently Apple, PCMag, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
X: @markgurman, @theapplehub, @markgurman, @stevesi, and @smashdawg
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Documents: Tencent, Xiaomi, and others begin enforcing China's new app store rules, which require regulatory disclosures; Apple has not yet begun checking apps — Mobile app stores in China run by Tencent Holdings (0700.HK), Xiaomi (1810.HK) and others have started to bar app publishers … | Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma became the biggest investor in the company, with a 19.42% stake, after he acquired shares from China's Ant Group — Billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and chief executive officer of India's biggest digital payments company … | Emma Green / New Yorker: |
A look at Optima Academy Online, an all-virtual school launched in 2022 that lets US parents opt out of public school by putting their kid in a Meta Quest 2 — It's 6 a.m. A little girl, who looks to be about ten years old, hits the button on her alarm clock.| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Gala Games CEO Eric Schiermeyer sues co-founder Wright Thurston, alleging he stole 8.6B GALA tokens, worth $130M, from the Web3 gaming startup; GALA drops 13% — - The value of Gala Games' token has dropped 13% following a lawsuit filed by its CEO accusing the company's co-founder of theft of $130 million in GALA tokens.Sponsor Posts
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