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| Bryant Francis / Game Developer: |
Unity apologizes and says games made with Unity Personal will be exempt from its Runtime Fee, which will only apply to games made with Unity versions from 2024 — Unity's updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/gamedev, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Games, r/Unity3D, r/XboxSeriesX, r/gamedev, and r/gaming
| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA says Microsoft's revised offer to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69B, which includes selling some gaming rights to Ubisoft, addresses its concerns — - CMA says revised offer opens the door to deal approval — Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. looks set …
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Forums: r/GeForceNOW, r/XboxSeriesX, r/PS5, and r/Games
| Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to run limited ads on Prime Video in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada starting in early 2024, charging $2.99/month extra in the US to avoid ads — - Prime Video will offer a more expensive ad-free option — Streamers want to increase revenue as production costs soar
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| Counterpoint Research: |
The number of smartphone brands fell from 720+ in 2017 to almost 250 in 2023, as local brands lose market share due to a maturing userbase, 5G shift, and more — - The number of active brands is down to almost 250 in 2023 so far from over 700 in 2017. — The decline in the number …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft adds AI-powered features to its SwiftKey keyboard app for iOS and Android, including Snapchat camera lenses, stickers, an AI-powered editor, and more — Along with AI advances in Windows 11 and Bing, Microsoft also this week announced it's bringing new AI-powered features …
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| Louise Matsakis / Semafor: |
Sources: The White House is weighing requiring cloud companies to disclose when a client buys computing resources above a set threshold, as part of an EO on AI — The White House is considering requiring cloud computing firms to report some information about their customers to the U.S. government …
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| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Documents: Coinbase explored acquiring FTX Europe after FTX's November 2022 bankruptcy, as part of Coinbase's goal to expand its overseas derivatives business — In its pursuit to build out crypto derivatives offerings worldwide, Coinbase explored an acquisition of FTX's European entity following …
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Google veteran Luiz André Barroso, who overturned many computing design conventions and conceived “the data center as a computer”, died on September 16 at 59 — Brazilian engineer Luiz André Barroso, who ripped up the rulebook at Google, has died.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Austin-based Diligent Robotics, which makes “socially intelligent” hospital service robots, raised $25M and plans to have 100+ robots in 22 US hospitals by 2024 — The pandemic had a profound impact on countless careers, but few jobs were hit quite like nursing.
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| Wired: |
A look at the UK NHS' plans for a federated data platform and the doctors, privacy campaigners, and others concerned that Palantir could win the £480M contract — US-based Palantir is favored to win a $595 million NHS contract, but activists and doctors worry about its controversial ties …
Forums: r/technology
| Sam Schube / GQ: |
How Apple SVP of Services Eddy Cue led the company's push into live sports streaming and is using its MLS deal to test reshaping how sports are consumed — Longtime Apple executive Eddy Cue happens to be an enormous sports fan. And with Apple entering the wild west of broadcasting live sports …
More: AppleInsider and Supercharged
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
An interview with Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin about his “decentralized lifestyle”, avoiding countries like Russia, the US' growing crypto crackdown, and more — - Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the second-most-popular cryptocurrency, sat down with CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos in Prague, one of the new crypto hotbeds in Europe.
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/ethtrader
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK says it's moving forward with the US data bridge deal, which would let UK citizens' data be exported to the US under protections in line with the UK GDPR — The UK government has officially confirmed it will piggyback on a transatlantic data transfer deal between the European Union …
More: GOV.UK, BankInfoSecurity.com, ComputerWeekly.com, TechRadar, and The Register
| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces a unified Copilot built into Windows 11, launching on September 26 across all its apps and services, including Microsoft 365, Edge, and Bing — Microsoft today announced a new, unified Copilot experience launching on September 26th. The new “AI companion,” …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Threads: @tomwarrenuk. X: @windows, @windows, @davidspringate, @maryjofoley, @reedalbergotti, and @patrickmoorhead
Forums: r/Windows11, r/microsoft, and Slashdot
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces the Surface Hub 3, offering 50" or 85" 4K PixelSense displays with anti-glare, smart rotation, and portrait mode, available later in 2023 — Microsoft has revealed the Surface Hub 3, the latest version of the company's all-in-one collaborative touchscreen device.
More: Microsoft Tech Community, Windows Central, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, and Engadget
X: @cullend, @dndsm, and @maryjofoley
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
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