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Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December — The Epic Games Store gives iPhone users in the EU an alternative to Apple's App Store for the first time.
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| Taylor Lyles / IGN: |
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using ChatGPT for an influence campaign targeting the US elections, and says the effort didn't gain much traction — The company said the Iranian effort, which used ChatGPT, did not gain much traction. — OpenAI said on Friday that it had discovered …
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| Representative Nancy Pelosi: |
Nancy Pelosi issues a statement in opposition to California's AI safety bill, saying it's “well-intentioned but ill-informed” and “more harmful than helpful” — San Francisco - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued this statement in opposition to California Senate Bill 1047:
More: SB 1047, Maginative, Cryptopolitan, The Register, and Reason
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened arrest if X didn't comply with “censorship orders”; the service remains available — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said today that it's ending operations in Brazil …
More: Reuters, The Verge, Engadget, Reclaim The Net, and CoinGape
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and cheaper model than Gen-3 Alpha, capable of generating 5- or 10-second-long video clips, available for all plans — After showing it off in preview late last month, Runway has officially released Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, the latest version …
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| Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: |
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment — The court found key parts of the landmark law probably violate the First Amendment, largely siding with an industry challenge.
More: NetChoice, The Verge, Reuters, State of California, Accountable Tech, Reuters, PCMag, Tech Policy Press, and The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Background check service National Public Data confirms a breach after hackers leaked a stolen database with millions of SSNs and other sensitive personal info — Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database … | Justin Bachman / Legal Dive: |
A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia, accusing it of scraping his content without consent to train AI models, weeks after also suing OpenAI — A video creator alleges that the companies scraped his videos, and millions of others, without permission to help train their generative AI learning models.| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Google says it “missed the mark” after leaked screenshots showed a Team Pixel program agreement threatened influencers who didn't showcase the Pixel over rivals — The tech review world has been full of murky deals between companies and influencers for years, but it appears Google finally crossed a line with the Pixel 9.
More: Android Police, Tom's Guide, On my Om, 9to5Google, NewsBytes, PhoneArena, CNET, PetaPixel, Engadget, Android Headlines, TechIssuesToday.com, iMore, and Xiaomiui.Net
Threads: @captain2phones, @film_girl, @andru, @snubs, @chriswelch, @vicmsong, @reckless1280, and @snubs. Mastodon: @magicalgirlsabrina …
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Forums: r/degoogle, r/technews, and r/technology
| Lynn Doan / Bloomberg: |
Ericsson to sell its network portability and data exchange services unit Iconectiv to Koch Equity Development for $1B; the deal is expected to close in H1 2025 — - Ericsson has been working to cut costs amid challenging market — Koch has long been a major investor in technology firms
More: Ericsson
| Jackson Ryan / New York Times: |
A profile of Anthony Tan, the solo developer of Way to the Woods, a game that received Epic Games funding and remains unreleased nine years after its conception — Anthony Tan was 16 when his idea for a video game about a deer caught the industry's eye. Nine years later, he's still working on it.
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| Bloomberg: |
A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit — US District Judge Margaret Garnett on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the $42.99-a-month service, Venu Sports …
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X: @ourand_puck, @eriqgardner, @thedeskdotnet, @davidgandler, @joepompliano, @leehepner, and @eriqgardner. LinkedIn: Leah Nylen. Forums: r/technology
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