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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
PlayStation shutters Firewalk, which released shooter game Concord earlier in 2024 before taking it offline, and mobile studio Neon Koi, impacting ~210 jobs — The company will also close the mobile game studio Neon Koi, which hasn't released a game, according to a blog post from Sony on Tuesday.
More: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Kotaku, The Verge, Game Developer, OC3D, Polygon, Cryptopolitan, KitGuru, Gameranx, 80 Level, TweakTown, Press Start, MobileSyrup, IGN, VICE, Aftermath, Dexerto, PlayStation LifeStyle, TechRaptor, Digital Trends, Comic Book, Video Games Chronicle, Eurogamer.net, Neowin, Fast Company, Screen Rant, Windows Central, Game World Observer, PC Gamer, XboxEra, Gematsu, VentureBeat, Wccftech, and TheGamer
X: @firewalkstudios, @ethangach, @franmirabella, @legacykillahd, @muradmgaming, @evanreadscomics, @lordbalvin, @chris_dring, @jeremypenter, @jasonschreier, @jelly_pack, @wario64, @airbagged, @marioprime, @elderlyapple, @silcris88, @modernvintageg, and @jwhitbrook
Forums: r/gamecollecting, r/technology, and r/playstation
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Sundar Pichai says “more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers” — Google is building a bunch of AI products, and it's using AI quite a bit as part of building those products, too. “More than a quarter of all new code …
More: The Keyword, The Economic Times, Silicon Republic, Business Insider, CryptoGlobe, NewsBytes, PhoneArena, The Cyber Express, Moneycontrol, Business Today, Android Authority, Financial Times, and Benzinga
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @moonalice
Forums: r/technology, r/artificial, r/OpenAI, r/ChatGPT, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $88.27B, Search revenue up 12%, net income up 34%, and traffic acquisition costs up 9%; GOOG jumps 5%+ pre-market — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 29, 2024 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
More: 9to5Google, Silicon UK, Search Engine Journal, NewsBytes, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, MediaPost, Channel NewsAsia, Capital Brief, Android Central, Shacknews, Thurrott, Constellation Research, ZeroHedge News, Business Insider, and 9to5Google
Threads: @daveleebbg. X: @waymo, @sundarpichai, @divestech, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @sundarpichai, @sundarpichai, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @patrickmoorhead, @patrickmoorhead, @sundarpichai, @munster_gene, @sundarpichai, and @munster_gene. Forums: Hacker News
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
More: Moneycontrol, Reuters, Benzinga, The Information, Deadline, Cord Cutters News, The Desk, The Wrap, and Proactive. X: @sundarpichai
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Chrome desktop to let users choose how aggressively it frees up inactive tab resources across three modes, and adds a Performance Detection tool — Last year, Chrome introduced Memory and Energy Saver modes, and Google is now updating its desktop browser with Performance issue alerts.
More: The Keyword, Android Authority, Cult of Mac, MakeUseOf, SlashGear, MacRumors, How-To Geek, Android Police, NewsBytes, and The Verge. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
GitHub says Copilot will support Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI models, unveils an AI tool to build micro web apps called Spark, Copilot for Xcode, and more — GitHub is going multi-model for its Copilot code completion and programming tool. Developers will soon be able to choose models from Anthropic …
More: The GitHub Blog, GitHub Next, Ars Technica, Anthropic, Silicon Republic, Forbes, The GitHub Blog, The Rundown AI, TechCrunch, Runtime, Bloomberg, MacRumors, The GitHub Blog, The GitHub Blog, The Hindu, AppleInsider, Simon Willison's Weblog, Yahoo Finance, Neowin, and AIM
X: @thomasortk, @holman, @amasad, @ashtom, @nickadobos, @alexdima123, @hkarthik, @ashtom, @aravsrinivas, @mark_k, @lexfridman, @nickadobos, @github, @code, @mattppal, @thekitze, @johnvandivier, @googledevs, @javi, @altryne, @david_dossett, @ashtom, @azure, @perplexity_ai, @aravsrinivas, @officiallogank, @ghchangelog, @nickadobos, @code, @sundarpichai, @nearcyan, @martinwoodward, @dimillian, @ashtom, @satyanadella, and @tomwarren
LinkedIn: Michael Hanley and Thomas Dohmke
Forums: r/apple, r/cursor, r/ChatGPTCoding, and r/ClaudeAI
| The GitHub Blog: |
More: YourStory.com, Moneycontrol, The Straits Times, Maginative, and DevOps.com
X: @kennethreitz42, @brodriguesco, @benlesh, @satyanadella, @shanselman, @zeeg, @ashtom, @nitya, and @donvito
| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft says Russian hackers have sent “highly targeted spearphishing emails” to thousands of US officials, defense workers, and others in a phishing campaign — - Thousands targeted in spearphishing campaign during last week — Hackers said to impersonate Microsoft employees in some emails
More: Microsoft Security Blog, Cybernews.com, Infosecurity, TweakTown, The Kyiv Independent, and The Record
X: @fr0gger_ and @bushidotoken
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple updates the Mac mini with a smaller design, five USB-C ports, and up to 64GB of RAM, shipping from November 8 for $599+ with M4 and $1,399+ with M4 Pro — As part of the company's week of Mac-focused announcements, Apple has just introduced a smaller, yet even more powerful Mac Mini.
More: Apple on YouTube, Apple, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, MacRumors, AppleInsider, O'Grady's PowerPage, Shortlist, Gizchina.com, Boing Boing, The Hindu, GSMArena.com, Tom's Guide, TweakTown, Max Tech on YouTube, iDownloadBlog.com, Inc, MySmartPrice, Appleosophy, Brian Tong on YouTube, Press Start, iClarified, Gearrice, 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, Six Colors, Business Today, Laptop Mag, Pocket-lint, TechRepublic, KnowTechie, TechPowerUp, TechSpot, Six Colors, TechRadar, Gizmochina, ZDNET, TidBITS, HotHardware, Mashable, MacRumors, MacRumors, XDA Developers, AppleInsider, The Apple Post, 9to5Toys, Cult of Mac, CNET, MacRumors, The Verge, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Stuff, AppleInsider, Engadget, MacRumors, Wired, CNBC, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, and 9to5Mac
X: @leakerapple, @snazzylabs, @lukemiani, @luciascarlet, @vadimyuryev, @trungtphan, @tim_cook, @zollotech, @basicappleguy, @vadimyuryev, @elonmusk, @heyyoudvd, @tomwarren, @vadimyuryev, @tomwarren, @wholemarsblog, @chrisjbakke, @markgurman, @t3dotgg, @jguthmann, @jake_hansen_, @benbajarin, @bdsams, @maxwinebach, @vadimyuryev, @mkbhd, @benbajarin, @neilcybart, @ronaldmannak, @thurrott, @raywongy, @aaronp613, @connorjewiss, @tomwarren, @aaronp613, @maxwinebach, @dylanmcd8, and @maxwinebach. LinkedIn: Justin Joung
Forums: r/sffpc, r/gadgets, r/headphones, r/macmini, r/mac, and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Samsung's stock has dropped 32% from its 2024 peak on July 9, cutting $122B off its market cap, more than any other chipmaker worldwide on AI and foundry woes — - Stock sheds more value than any chipmaker on AI, foundry woes — Samsung is ‘losing its technology leadership’: Pictet's Lee| New York Times: |
Sources detail how TikTok quickly struck a deal with GoTo to buy a ~75% stake in Tokopedia, letting TikTok restart TikTok Shop in Indonesia in December 2023 — Agata Pinastika Kenastuti's children's clothing shop in Jakarta, Indonesia, was full of inventory when TikTok Shop shut.
More: CNN, Daily Mail, Silicon UK, ABC, The Sun, Digital Music News, Sky News, AfroTech, Tech in Asia, and AzerNews
| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
Visa and Coinbase partner to let eligible US and EU users deposit funds into their Coinbase accounts, sometimes instantly; Visa powers the Coinbase debit card — - Access to crypto used to be challenging but is becoming easier … Coinbase already has millions of connections …
More: crypto.news, Visa, Decrypt, CoinJournal, CryptoSlate, Blockhead, The Crypto Times, CryptoGlobe, CoinGape, and Cryptonews
X: @cuysheffield and @iamdcinvestor
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: xAI is in talks with investors to raise several billion dollars in a round that would value xAI at ~$40B, up from at $24B in May 2024 — New fundraising effort would substantially increase startup's valuation from spring — Elon Musk's xAI is in talks with investors for a funding round …
More: Proactive, Nairametrics, The Information, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, The Times, PYMNTS.com, and TechCrunch
X: @andrewcurran_, @sawyermerritt, and @molloxx
| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
AMD reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $6.82B vs. $6.71B est., Data Center revenue up 122% to $3.5B, and Q4 revenue forecast below est.; AMD drops 7%+ pre-market — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue just shy of estimates as supply chain constraints hamper … | Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit reports Q3 revenue up 68% YoY to $348.4M, vs. $312.8M est., DAUs up 47% YoY to 97.2M, vs. 96.5M est., ARPU of $3.58, vs. $3.24 est.; RDDT jumps 24%+ — Reddit shares jumped 22% in extended trading Tuesday, topping $100 for the first time, after the social media company reported third-quarter results …
More: The Verge, The Information, Reddit Upvoted, AdExchanger, Social Media Today, Reuters, Financial Times, Digital Trends, Investor's Business Daily, Benzinga, and Bloomberg
Threads: @mttaggart. X: @thetranscript_, @eric_seufert, @reddit, and @amitisinvesting. Forums: r/NewsAndPolitics
| Reuters: |
Sources: OpenAI has been working for months with Broadcom on its first in-house AI chip, for inference, built by TSMC, and has dropped its foundry plans for now — OpenAI is working with Broadcom (AVGO.O) and TSMC (2330.TW) to build its first in-house chip designed to support …
More: Bloomberg, The Register, AIM, Neowin, TweakTown, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, Motley Fool, Notebookcheck, TechCrunch, Quartz, and Benzinga
X: @koltregaskes, @hpc_guru, @hpc_guru, and @readkrystalhu
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Tess Owen / Wired: |
TTP data: US anti-government militia activity has grown on Facebook, with the platform even auto-generating some group pages, despite users flagging the issue — Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts.
More: New Republic. Threads: @renee.diresta and @mattnavarra
X: @mccarthyryanj, @moonalice, @jason_kint, @juliettekayyem, @leahfeiger, @edzitron, @ttp_updates, @daithaigilbert, and @patrickgaspard
Forums: r/esist, r/NewLondonCounty, r/politics, r/ParlerWatch, and r/technews
| Reuters: |
Dozens of sources share how Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger fumbled the company's revival, including offending TSMC with Taiwan comments and losing a deep TSMC discount — Pat Gelsinger took the reins as Intel (INTC.O) CEO three years ago with hopes of reviving the American industrial icon.
More: SamMobile, Reuters, and Financial News
Threads: @carnage4life. Bluesky: @mktguy.bsky.social. X: @jldastin, @ericjhonsa, @gregbensinger, @carlquintanilla, @kepler_l2, @hpc_guru, @jldastin, @jldastin, and @jldastin
Forums: r/AMD_Stock, r/intel, r/technology, r/hardware, and r/wallstreetbets
| Marianna Spring / BBC: |
Some users on X who share content that includes election misinformation, AI images, and conspiracy theories say they are being paid “thousands of dollars” by X — Some users on X who spend their days sharing content that includes election misinformation, AI-generated images …
Forums: r/centrist
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Elon Musk's PAC sends Republicans texts impersonating Kamala Harris that push policies Harris doesn't support, without disclaimers, and ups its social ad spend — An Elon Musk-funded super PAC has expanded an advertising campaign in which it is impersonating Democrats and targeting registered Republicans …
More: CNN and CBS News
Bluesky: @ebonibunni.bsky.social and @katemhartain.bsky.social
X: @steve_lafleur, @jusdayda, @joshtpm, @kimmasters, @jason_koebler, and @jsrailton
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam and r/RealTesla
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