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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
FTC v. Microsoft: new documents detail an Xbox Series X refresh in 2024, codenamed Brooklin, including a new controller and cylindrical, disc-less design — Microsoft is planning to refresh its Xbox Series X console in 2024 with an all-new design and features.
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Forums: r/MicrosoftRewards, r/xboxone, r/gme_meltdown, r/quake, r/Games, r/GyroGaming, r/Games, r/gaming, and r/gaming
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FTC v. Microsoft: in mid-2020, Phil Spencer discussed acquiring Warner Bros Interactive alongside Bethesda and said buying Nintendo would be a “career moment” — “It'd be a good move for both companies” — A genuinely dystopian email sent by Xbox chief Phil Spencer … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
FTC v. Microsoft: docs show Microsoft's gaming plans for 2028, aiming for “full convergence” of its cloud platform and hardware to deliver “cloud hybrid games” — The documents may also reveal Microsoft's far future plans for 2028 — by which the company believed it could achieve …
More: Windows Central, Engadget, Metro, TechRadar, Video Games Chronicle, Tom's Guide, MSPoweruser, GameSpot, and Cryptopolitan
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
On a livestream, Elon Musk says X is “moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system”, as it's “the only way to combat vast armies of bots” — - Tesla, SpaceX and X Corp. leader Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke in a livestream …
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Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam and r/elonmusk
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google updates Bard to use data from Gmail, Docs, and Drive, not just the web, to help find and summarize emails, highlight points in a document, and more — Google's Bard AI chatbot is no longer limited to pulling answers from just the web — it can now scan your Gmail, Docs …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon is hiring Microsoft's former CPO Panos Panay to run the Alexa and Echo unit; longtime hardware chief Dave Limp said in August he is retiring — Amazon.com Inc. is hiring Microsoft Corp.'s product chief to run the division responsible for Alexa and the Echo smart speakers …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
At an all-hands, Unity discussed potential changes to its controversial new fees, like capping fees to 4% of a game's revenue for customers with $1M+ in revenue — Maker of video-game development tools backtracks after customers threaten boycott — Video-game tool maker Unity Software Inc …
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 review: a bigger bet on widgets and the modularization of apps, and needed Stage Manager fixes, but visionOS stole the spotlight this year — Well, last year was weird. — For the first time since I started writing annual reviews of Apple's two mobile operating systems …
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
A look around MGM's Vegas properties, where a September 10 cyberattack has led to broken slot machines and payment kiosks, strained employees, and long waits — Las Vegas's hottest new attraction is an interactive ransomware exhibit, currently playing out across every MGM property in the city.| Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: |
Filing: FTX sues SBF's parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, to “recover millions of dollars in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds” — The filing, redacted in parts, asks the court to award the FTX estate damages, the return of any property given or payment made to the parents.
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/ethtrader
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A look at ShadowDragon, which offers social media surveillance tools that gather data from games and more, used by ICE, the State Department, the DEA, and more — ShadowDragon tracks BabyCenter, a website for people expecting children, as well as social media sites specifically for Black people, bodybuilders, and the fetish community.
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Instacart prices its 22M shares at $30 a piece, raising $660M in its IPO at a fully diluted valuation of ~$10B; Instacart was valued at $39B in 2021 — - Instacart priced its IPO at $30 a share on Monday, at the top end of the expected range of $28 to $30.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft adds layers and image transparency to Paint, 38 years after the app's launch, rolling out to Windows Insiders first, after adding background removal — Microsoft is finally rolling out support for layers and image transparency to the Paint image editor application 38 years after its launch.
More: Windows Blog, Ars Technica, PCWorld, BetaNews, TechRadar, Ghacks, Digit, Windows Latest, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, and XDA Developers
X: @windowsinsider, @thejohnjansen, @vrgadekar, and @thiojoe
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Trend Micro: Chinese cyberespionage group Earth Lusca used a new Linux malware dubbed SprySOCKS to target government agencies in multiple countries in H1 2023 — A Chinese espionage-focused hacker tracked as ‘Earth Lusca’ was observed targeting government agencies in multiple countries, using a new Linux backdoor dubbed ‘SprySOCKS.’
More: Ars Technica, Security Affairs, Trend Micro, and MacSecurity.net
| Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: |
A US federal judge rejects the SEC's request to inspect Binance.US' tech infrastructure and to force the company to share other requested information — - Regulator says it is not getting enough access in lawsuit — Magistrate judge didn't grant expedited discovery request| Leo Lewis / Financial Times: |
Location and mapping platform Mapbox raised $280M led by SoftBank, sources say at a ~$1.3B pre-money valuation; PitchBook: Mapbox had previously raised $360M — Son's decision to back US mapping company in $280mn investment round comes in wake of Arm listing
More: Bloomberg
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find a GitHub repo run by Microsoft's AI research unit that exposed 38TB of sensitive data, like secret keys and 30K+ Microsoft staff Teams messages — Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed tens of terabytes of sensitive data, including private keys and passwords …
More: Wiz, Microsoft Security …, BleepingComputer, Insider, Silicon Republic, Engadget, Hackread, ITPro, TechCircle, Digital Trends, The Register, Infosecurity, Digit, PC Gamer, Cybernews.com, The Hacker News, Cryptopolitan, and Bloomberg
Mastodon: @paul@oldfriends.live and @AAKL@noc.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/technology, r/hacking, r/cybersecurity, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Plan A, which offers a SaaS sustainability tool to help track net zero efforts, raised a $27M Series A extension, taking its total funding to $42M — Plan A, a carbon accounting and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting platform for corporations … | Derek Strickland / TweakTown: |
FTC v. Microsoft: in April 2022, Xbox Game Pass may have generated around $231.5M in revenue, or $9.26 per subscription, and most subscribers pay full price — Microsoft reveals more details about how much money Xbox Game Pass actually makes. — VIEW GALLERY - 4 IMAGES| Catherine Thorbecke / CNN: |
Filing: Alyssa Henry, the CEO of Block's Square unit, plans to step down on October 2 after nine years at the company; Jack Dorsey will become the “Square Head” — Alyssa Henry, the CEO of Square - a unit of Jack Dorsey's fintech company, Block - will leave her post at the company next month.| Financial Times: |
How the UK CMA blocking Microsoft's Activision deal, at odds with the US and the EU, shows its newfound influence after Brexit and forced a revised proposal — When Sarah Cardell announced in August that a takeover she had blocked just four months earlier would be investigated afresh … | Zen Soo / Associated Press: |
After Hong Kong police arrested six following allegations of fraud at unlicensed crypto exchange JPEX, the government plans to tighten its crypto regulations — Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday that the territory will tighten regulation of digital assets after police arrested six people following allegations … Sponsor Posts
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