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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
The EU ends its DMA investigation into iMessage and Microsoft Bing, Edge, and Advertising, deciding not to regulate the services due to their lack of dominance — - Services not dominant enough to face Digital Markets Act … A probe concluded that the services don't hold a dominant enough position …
More: European Commission, The Verge, MacRumors, Engadget, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Android Authority, Macworld, CNBC, Tom's Guide, BGR, GSMArena.com, Thurrott, The Verge, Windows Latest, TechRadar, MobileSyrup, Global Competition Review, Supercharged, MSPoweruser, Appleosophy, PCMag, TechCrunch, The Verge, Silicon Republic, 9to5Mac, Android Headlines, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, iThinkDifferent, Mobile World Live, and Business Post
Forums: r/technology and MacRumors Forums
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to launch select Xbox games on the PS5 and Switch, starting with Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Sea of Thieves, a seismic strategy shift — With rumors of some Xbox games coming to PS5 and Switch, Microsoft gets ready to lay out its vision for the future of Xbox.
More: PCMag, GameRevolution, Multicore, IGN, Tom's Hardware, GameSpot, Gameranx, My Nintendo News, TechSpot, TrueAchievements, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pure Xbox, Forbes, MSPoweruser, SamMobile, Push Square, Video Games Chronicle, Dexerto, Metro.co.uk, Game Rant, MobileSyrup, Press Start, Neowin, Dot Esports, GamingBolt, ComingSoon.net, KitGuru, Gematsu, and GamesIndustry.biz
Forums: r/Games, r/technology, r/kindafunny, and r/XboxSeriesX
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans an Xbox business update event on February 15 at 12PM PT, delivered via a podcast hosted by Xbox's Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty — After weeks of rumors of Xbox exclusives coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch, Microsoft is now planning to discuss its vision for the future of Xbox at an event later this week.
More: Engadget, Game Rant, T3, TechRadar, PC Gamer, BGR, Gameranx, MobileSyrup, TechRaptor, Kotaku, Polygon, 9to5Toys, Windows Central, Pure Xbox, GameSpot, IGN, GamingBolt, GamesIndustry.biz, Cryptopolitan, Video Games Chronicle, Benzinga, Dot Esports, and TrueAchievements
X: @xbox, @genepark, @jezcorden, @destinlegarie, @tomwarren, @dustincanfly, and @ordinarygamers. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia releases an early version of Chat with RTX, an app that lets users run an AI chatbot on a PC powered by an RTX 30- or 40-series GPU with 8GB+ of VRAM — Nvidia is releasing an early version of Chat with RTX today, a demo app that lets you run a personal AI chatbot on your PC.
More: NVIDIA, TechSpot, PCWorld, HotHardware, Engadget, TechCrunch, NVIDIA GeForce on YouTube, CIO Dive, TechRadar, Hypebeast, Dexerto, TechEBlog, ExtremeTech, PCMag, MSPoweruser, Wccftech, TweakTown, and XDA Developers
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @firstadopter, @nvidiageforce, @_akhaliq, @nvidiaaidev, and @prathkum. Forums: Hacker News
| Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: |
Flipper Zero multi-tool device maker Flipper Devices announces a $49 Video Game Module, powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2040, that turns a Flipper into a controller — The creators behind the popular Flipper device have teamed up with Raspberry Pi to expand its capabilities.
More: VICE, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Register, ZDNet, Flipper Blog, Liliputing, Dexerto, Tom's Hardware, PCMag, and The Verge
| Vanessa Gera / Associated Press: |
Polish PM Donald Tusk says state authorities under the previous government used NSO's Pegasus spyware illegally against a “very long” list of hacking victims — Poland's new prime minister said Tuesday he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used … | Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
Interviews with 40+ developers detail the reasoning behind layoffs in gaming, including high costs, growing risks, and executives with little regard for staff — An estimated 10,000 game workers lost their jobs in 2023 alone. — In August of last year, Ascendant Studios developer Aaron …
More: Video Games Chronicle, Game Rant, Kotaku, GamesRadar, PC Gamer, Gameranx, TweakTown, Metro.co.uk, Wccftech, Game World Observer, TrueAchievements, Push Square, Pure Xbox, and GamingBolt
X: @domsplaying, @duckvalentine, and @mooresaiyan
Forums: r/pcgaming, r/Games, r/gaming, and r/XboxSeriesX
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
OpenAI starts testing a “memory” feature that is on by default and lets ChatGPT and custom GPTs remember info about users and their conversations over time — Talking to an AI chatbot can feel a bit like Groundhog Day after a while, as you tell it for the umpteenth …
More: OpenAI, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Engadget, TechCrunch, Axios, Benzinga, The Decoder, Android Headlines, Wired, and Gizmodo
Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Sierra, an enterprise-focused conversational AI startup from Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, launches with $110M in fundraising led by Sequoia Capital and Benchmark — Bret Taylor, right, launches Sierra, a conversational AI platform for businesses, with former Google executive Clay Bavor, left.
More: Sierra, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, and TechCrunch
Threads: @jonfortt. X: @saranormous, @kokoxsu, @gregkamradt, @msquinn, @btaylor, @trace_cohen, @claybavor, and @guptark22
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out its Companion Mode to Meet for Android and iOS, letting users check in, share an emoji reaction, raise their hand, turn on captions, and more — Originally introduced for the web and Nest Hub Max, Google is now bringing its second screen “Companion Mode” to the Meet app on Android and iOS.| Zachary Small / New York Times: |
GLAAD's first gaming industry survey featuring nearly 1,500 participants: <2% of console video games include LGBTQ characters, 17% of gamers are queer, and more — In its first survey of the video game industry, the advocacy group GLAAD determined that few console games include queer characters.
More: GLAAD, Game Developer, Engadget, GoNintendo, TechRadar, NBC News, PC Gamer, TheGamer, TechRaptor, IGN, Kotaku, and GamesIndustry.biz
| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
US court notice: the sentencing of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao for money laundering has been postponed until April 30, 2024; CZ is free on a $175M release bond — - The sentencing of former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on a money laundering rule charge has been postponed until April 30, a notice in Seattle federal court shows.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
A researcher finds a bug in fertility tracking app Glow's online forum that exposed the personal data of ~25M users; fixing the bug took Glow about a week — A bug in the online forum for the fertility tracking app Glow exposed the personal data of around 25 million users, according to a security researcher.| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Shopify Q4: revenue up 24% YoY to $2.1B, vs. $2.08B est., $657M net income, vs. a $623M loss YoY, and GMV up 23% YoY to $75.1B, vs. $71.6B est.; SHOP drops 10%+ — - Fourth-quarter sales and profit beat analysts' estimates — Company earlier this month raised prices it charges merchants
More: Shopify, Constellation Research, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, The Information, Reuters, BetaKit, Proactive, MarketWatch, and The Logic
X: @harleyf, @economyapp, and @thetranscript_
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Proofpoint: unknown hackers are targeting hundreds of Azure accounts, some belonging to senior executives, to steal sensitive data and financial assets — The wide range of employee roles targeted indicates attacker's multifaceted approach. — Hundreds of Microsoft Azure accounts …
More: PCMag, The Register, TechRadar, Cybersecurity Dive, WinBuzzer, SC Media, ITPro, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Windows Report, SiliconANGLE, BleepingComputer, GovInfoSecurity.com, SecurityWeek, and Infosecurity
X: @rootsecdev, @proofpoint, and @proofpoint
Forums: r/cybersecurity and Ars OpenForum
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Internet infrastructure startup Meter raised a $35M Series B extension at, a source says, a $350M+ valuation led by Sam Altman and Lachy Groom — Meter, led by brothers Anil and Sunil Varanasi, has raised $35 million at a valuation of more than $350 million to bring networking tech into the AI age.
LinkedIn: Alex Konrad
| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
Elliptic: an exploit of NFT gaming platform PlayDapp let hackers mint 1.8B PLA tokens, “worth” ~$290M; before the hack, only 577M PLA tokens were in circulation — - Crypto gaming and NFT platform PlayDapp was exploited on Feb. 9 and again on Feb. 12.
More: BleepingComputer, Binance, Elliptic, Crypto Daily, and Cryptonews
X: @peckshield, @playdapp_io, @mcasto_, @playdapp_io, and @playdapp_io
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