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Ubisoft is investigating reports of a new security breach after security research collective VX-Underground shared screenshots of the company's internal tools — Ubisoft is investigating whether it suffered a breach after images of the company's internal software and developer tools were leaked online.
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| Edd Gent / IEEE Spectrum: |
Experts warn against unrealistic expectations for quantum computers, citing the challenges in making fault-tolerant systems, qubits' slow operating speeds, more — Hype is everywhere, skeptics say, and practical applications are still far away — The quantum computer revolution …
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| Ethan Zuckerman: |
A study estimates that there are 13.3B+ videos on YouTube, of which 4B+ were posted to the platform in 2023, and the median YouTube video has 39 views — I got interested in this question a few years ago, when I started writing about the “denominator problem”.| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
A look at Take-Two's $12B Zynga deal in 2022, just as casual games peaked post pandemic, Apple introduced ATT, and the mobile game market headed into a downturn — Video-game giant's push into smartphone titles was expensive and late. — Excitement over the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI … | Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Elon Musk is fielding complaints about Grok giving liberal responses on diversity, transgender rights, and inequality, despite promising an “anti-woke” chatbot — Grok, launched this month on X, has angered conservatives by endorsing diversity. Musk says he's trying to fix it.
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| Washington Post: |
How Sam Altman, the dealmaking prodigy full of contradictions, became one of the best-known tech CEOs, including by cultivating close ties with Peter Thiel — Investing in everything from speakeasys to nuclear fusion, the Silicon Valley wunderkind, dealing-making prodigy is full of contradictions
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| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Nvidia and its staff donated $15M to Israeli nonprofits helping civilians affected by the Israel-Hamas war, the largest humanitarian fundraiser for the company — U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) and its employees have donated $15 million to Israeli non-profit organisations … | Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
GM pauses Chevy Blazer EV sales as it works to fix software problems, including the infotainment screen going blank, which affect a “limited number” of vehicles — General Motors has temporarily halted sales of the brand new Chevy Blazer EV after some of the first vehicles shipped encountered a number of software problems.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Bots registered as 13-year-old users on TikTok were shown highly polarized content about the Israel-Hamas war in the For You feed, within hours after signing up — Imagine your 13-year-old signs up for TikTok and, while scrolling through videos, lingers on footage of explosions …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Data.ai: puzzle app Royal Match has held the top spot for the biggest mobile game by monthly revenue globally since July, ahead of Candy Crush Saga — Istanbul-based developer Dream Games is on track to double revenue from its debut title despite a lacklustre year for mobile peers| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Micron says it has reached a global settlement agreement to end all lawsuits, including claims of IP theft, with Chinese state-backed chipmaker Fujian Jinhua — Fujian Jinhua did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment outside of office hours. — The settlement comes months …
X: @business
| Forbes: |
How AI defense tech developer Rebellion Defense is struggling to survive after failing to win a US DOD contract, losing its founders, and shuttering its UK arm — Launched with funding from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Rebellion Defense promised to deliver cutting-edge AI for the U.S.-U.K. alliance.Sponsor Posts
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