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GSC Game World decides to “cancel anything NFT-related” in its game Stalker 2 after fans criticize its plans for in-game NFTs in partnership with DMarket — It hasn't been a great week for the GSC Game World team — STALKER 2 developers GSC Game World announced yesterday that they'd be adding NFTs to the game.| Melanie Mitchell / Quanta Magazine: |
AI language models like GPT-3 can achieve up to 97% accuracy on some Winograd schemas, but understanding language doesn't equate to understanding the world — It's simple enough for AI to seem to comprehend data, but devising a true test of a machine's knowledge has proved difficult.| Wall Street Journal: |
Investigation: a dozen automated TikTok accounts, registered as 13-year-olds, were shown tens of thousands of weight-loss videos within a few weeks of joining — The app's algorithm can send users down rabbit holes of narrow interest, resulting in potentially dangerous content such as emaciated images …
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Disney fails to reach a deal with YouTube TV, removing 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, and FX; YouTube TV drops its price to $49.99/month — After a year of bitter disputes with its partners, YouTube TV just took a gut-punch from one of the entertainment world's biggest titans.
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Amazon issues an update to fix its Appstore and the issues that left some Android 12 users with apps that didn't work — Amazon has addressed the issue that had left those with Android 12 phones unable to use apps they had downloaded from the company's Appstore.
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JPMorgan Chase will pay fines of $125M to the SEC and $75M to the CFTC for letting some employees use WhatsApp and other unapproved channels to conduct business — JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay a $125 million penalty for allowing employees on Wall Street to use smartphone apps … | Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Lepaya, an Amsterdam-based power skills training provider helping companies upskill their workforce via its app, raises a $40M Series B led by Target Global — Amsterdam's power skills training provider Lepaya has raised $40 million in a Series B round. With its upskilling offer …
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Malaysia passes a bill to imprison illegal streaming pirates, primarily those involved in the provision or facilitation of illegal streams, for up to 20 years — Laws that forbid the illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted content are common around the world but the rise of streaming has sometimes exposed gaps in legislation.
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A look at Russia's efforts to censor Western social media with fines and takedown requests, as most posts Russia wanted removed in 2021 were pro-Navalny content — Google and Meta face the threat of multi-million-dollar fines for failing to delete content that the Russian government considers illegal …
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| Financial Times: |
Executives at US software companies have sold hundreds of millions of dollars of stock this year, as the SEC looks to tighten rules around sales by insiders — Chief of high-flying Snowflake sells $344m this week, capping a spate of insiders selling software shares
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
TikTok says it is removing “alarmist warnings” about a supposed day of school violence that prompted some US districts to cancel classes on Friday — It hasn't found any videos threatening school violence on Friday, the company said — TikTok said Friday that it's working to remove …
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
India's antitrust watchdog CCI suspends Amazon's $200M investment in Future Group and fines Amazon ~$27M for concealing facts while seeking regulatory approval — India's antitrust agency suspended Amazon.com's (AMZN.O) 2019 deal with Future Group on Friday, potentially denting …
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