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Swedish game developer Embracer Group plans to split into three publicly traded companies, focused on tabletop, indie, and AAA games; EMBRAC-B.ST jumps 5%+ — - Embracer shareholders to get stock in new firms as dividend — Includes €900 million refinancing and new ownership structure
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Researchers: files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint local animators worked on upcoming Prime Video and HBO Max TV shows, possibly via a Chinese front — Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Memo to US staff: TikTok vows a legal battle if the US' divestment bill becomes law, saying the bill is “a clear violation” of its users' First Amendment rights — TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app …
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Tesla cuts Full Self-Driving's US price from $12K to $8K, after a price cut from $15K to $12K in September 2023, and drops the $6K Enhanced Autopilot option — Tesla has once again lowered the price of its Full Self-Driving software by $4,000, now costing $8,000, down from a previous price of $12,000 in the US.
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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Stanford Internet Observatory: federally authorized CSAM clearinghouse CyberTipline, which gets tens of millions of tips per year, could be overrun by AI images — A flood of AI-generated child pornography threatens to overwhelm the nation's creaky reporting system for child exploitation, Stanford report warns| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Tinder announces Share My Date, letting users share their date plans with friends via a link that includes their match's name, meeting location, date, and time — It's not uncommon for people to screenshot dating profiles and send them to their friends and loved ones, either to get feedback …
More: Engadget, Business Today, Livemint, Android Police, PCMag, Tinder Newsroom, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, Mashable, and PhoneArena
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
A look at Home Assistant, an open-source smart home platform with an estimated 1M users, as its creators announce a foundation to help reach the mainstream — How Home Assistant plans to transition from an enthusiast platform to a mainstream consumer product.
More: Open Home Foundation. Mastodon: @dotcolm@mastodon.ie, @TechDesk@flipboard.social, @pee@mastodon.online, and @oh_that_courtney@hachyderm.io
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| Drake Bennett / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Aleksanteri Kivimäki, a hacker wunderkind with a mean streak, who stood trial over a ransomware attack on Finnish psychotherapy provider Vastaamo — Aleksanteri Kivimäki was a hacker wunderkind with a mean streak. Now he's on trial for the largest crime in Finland's history.| Washington Post: |
Analysis: the 25 most-cited US news organizations lost 75% of their Facebook engagement and 58% of their Instagram interactions between Q1 2022 and Q1 2024 — Waves of layoffs and policy shifts are forcing campaigns to change tactics, potentially transforming the 2024 election| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Japan's FTC says Google blocked Yahoo Japan from accessing targeted ad revenue from mobile searches between 2015 and 2022; Alphabet changed its practices — - FTC slaps its first administrative act against search leader — Alphabet faces growing pressure from antitrust enforcers| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Discord CEO Jason Citron on creating a private internet, developers, community, video game origins, moderation, layoffs, Loom video meetings, and more — For teens and gamers, Discord has become their entire online social lives. Co-founder Jason Citron thinks the internet is headed more in that direction.| Anirban Sen / Reuters: |
Source: Salesforce has backed away from its talks to acquire cloud data management company Informatica, after the two companies could not agree on terms — Business software maker Salesforce (CRM.N) has backed away from its talks to acquire data-management software firm Informatica (INFA.N) … Sponsor Posts
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