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A GTAForums user uploads 90 gameplay videos of Rockstar's upcoming GTA VI, claiming they were behind last week's Uber hack and may leak GTA V and VI source code — Footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar's next entry in its open-world franchise, appears to have leaked online.
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| Ellen Barry / New York Times: |
How Russia's IRA troll factories tweeted a torrent of fabricated narratives against the US Women's March and its leaders for 18 months, fracturing the movement — As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia's disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Figma founder Dylan Field, who will become the wealthiest person from the Thiel Fellowship by far, as PitchBook estimates his stake is worth $2B+ — Dylan Field dropped out of an Ivy League school in 2012 to take a grant from the billionaire Peter Thiel and start a software company called Figma.
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition will likely face antitrust scrutiny over whether the deal would snuff out competition or harm consumers by taking away choices — Hello, and welcome to Pipeline. I'm Biz Carson, and I'm devastated after I lost my 149-day Wordle streak to “parer” yesterday.| Hunter Walk: |
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at the mounting challenges for Lingang, a Shanghai suburb meant to be China's next Silicon Valley, amid an economic slowdown and geopolitical tensions — This article is the fourth in an occasional series about the New Geography of Technology. You can read the first installment on Milan here …
Tweets: @donweinland, @mikelydon, and @citylab
| Joe Tidy / BBC: |
Hackers claiming to be a couple from Vietnam say they wiped some of IHG's data, accessed using the password Qwerty1234, after their ransomware attack was foiled — Hackers have told the BBC they carried out a destructive cyber-attack against Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) “for fun”.| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
An in-depth look at a 2019 cyberstalking campaign by eBay employees against two critics who are now suing the company, its former CEO, and others for harassment — The victims of a bizarre cyberstalking operation are trying to hold the chief executive and the culture of the company responsible.
Tweets: @patrick_hruby, @eperakslis, @jefftobiasspac, @bubbaprog, @rachaelmyrow, and @qhardy
| Matthew Gault / VICE: |
The US DHS awards a $699,763 grant to researchers to develop best practices and resources for monitoring and evaluating extremist activities in game communities — Several groups are coming together to study the little understood phenomenon. — Matthew Gault
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Department of Homeland …, Reclaim The Net, and Gizmodo
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
EVGA exits graphics cards, citing issues with Nvidia, after exclusively using GeForce GPUs, reportedly making up 80% of its revenue, since its founding in 1999 — EVGA will continue selling current-gen GeForce cards until it runs out of stock. — Graphics card manufacturer eVGA has made a name …
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Tom's Hardware, EVGA Forums, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, Gamers Nexus on YouTube, RD1234, Jon Peddie Research, Tom's Hardware, JayzTwoCents on YouTube, Engadget, Windows Central, TechSpot, TechRadar, Android Headlines, AnandTech, Kotaku, PC Gamer, ServeTheHome, PCMag, The Verge, Digital Trends, TheGamer, PCWorld, and VideoCardz.com
Tweets: @gamersnexus, @braethorn, @cohhcarnage, @nash076, @devinconnors, @usmanpirzada, @stevestreza, and @epro
| Qianer Liu / Financial Times: |
Despite a talent shortage, startups in the Chinese chip sector are cutting back on hiring plans due to the deteriorating macro environment and a funding crunch — Despite a talent shortage, cash-crimped companies are having to cut back hiring plans — Fresh from six months of training courses … | Matteo Wong / The Atlantic: |
How neural network chess engines redefined the game's creativity, leading some top players to use deception, misdirection, and other psychological techniques — It was as if a bottom seed had knocked out the top team in March Madness: At the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament in St. Louis earlier this month …
Tweets: @olimpiuurcan, @pokertube, @dlberes, and @matteo_wong
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Unsealed court docs in a privacy user profiling suit against Meta show that apps from Zynga, Yahoo, and others had extensive access to users' friends' data — It's not the crime, it's the cover up... The scandal-hit company formerly known as Facebook has fought for over four years to keep …
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