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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony and Microsoft sign a deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, ending a bitter battle between the companies — Sony has agreed to a deal for Call of Duty with Microsoft. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony and Microsoft have agreed to a …
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| Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters: |
Elon Musk says a ~50% ad revenue drop and a heavy debt load kept Twitter cash flow negative; he said in March 2023 the company could be cash flow positive in Q2 — Elon Musk said Twitter's cash flow remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue and a heavy debt load.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Mike Rockwell's division at Apple is now called Vision Products Group, hinting at an organizational change; Apple may hold an October event for M3 Macs — Apple's new Vision Products Group reflects a shift away from its famed product-development process.
More: The Verge, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, Neowin, Huawei Central, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, Supercharged, The Apple Post, and iClarified
Twitter: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
| Anastasia Stognei / Financial Times: |
Russia bans officials and state employees from using Apple devices for “work purposes”, after the FSB claimed Apple helped the NSA surveil Russian iPhone users — FSB enforces crackdown on use by state officials after claiming it uncovered an espionage operation using Apple devices
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| Alex Ivanovs / Stack Diary: |
Brave appears to be selling copyrighted data for AI training and giving third parties the “rights” to that data, while not disclosing its own robot crawler — And even though there are some concerns about the type of data that was used [...] — I'm fairly certain …
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Twitter: @eposvox, @glenngabe, @jbaert, and @kirillzubovsky
Forums: Hacker News, r/browsers, and r/privacy
| Amaka Nwaokocha / Cointelegraph: |
The US SEC acknowledges BlackRock's and Bitwise's spot bitcoin ETF applications, indicating the commencement of the official review process for the proposals — The SEC's acknowledgment indicates the commencement of the official review process for BlackRock's ETF proposal. — 2279 Total views
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Forums: r/ethtrader, r/Hedera, and r/CryptoCurrency
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Bluesky adds the N-word to a “reserved” words list, after users reported that some usernames include the slur, highlighting the site's ongoing moderation issues — The oversight highlighted an ongoing moderation issue at the platform. — Before this week, Bluesky …
More: Scripting News. LinkedIn: Scott Hirleman. Bluesky: @epro.social, @oldunclemalky.bsky.social, @ichneumonidae.bsky.social, @jaynova.bsky.social, @bsky.app, @rubyroberts.bsky.social, @richburroughs.dev, @sheenaquatro.bsky.social, @smenor.com, @jay.bsky.team, @reelearlypod.bsky.social, and @rasmansa.bsky.social. Mastodon: @silver_huskey@fandom.ink
Twitter: @kimcrayton1, @keithdsouza, @growing_daniel, @themckenziest, @thatdangphil, and @themckenziest. Threads: @carnage4life. Forums: Beehaw
| Financial Times: |
Sources: McKinsey, BCG, and other US firms are splitting their IT systems to decouple China data, as Beijing expands anti-espionage rules and data regulation — Beijing's move to expand anti-espionage rules and data regulation has companies racing to hive off systems
Twitter: @chadbown, @georgemagnus1, @hughhewitt, and @adam_tooze
| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Xiaomi plans to focus on retail stores to boost India sales after years of e-commerce bets, in a bid to revive smartphone sales after falling behind Samsung — - Xiaomi, one of India's top phone brands, has lost market share — Company plans to boost retail-store sales -Xiaomi exec| Zac Larkham / Wired: |
A look at ~123 real-time crime centers in the US that use CCTV, facial recognition, and social media monitoring, as critics warn of creeping surveillance — Cities across the US have established RTCCs that police say protect the rights of innocent people, but critics warn of creeping surveillance.
Twitter: @acluofga and @cendemtech
| Lewis Gordon / The Ringer: |
After DVDs and streaming, Netflix gears up for what appears to be its third and most ambitious act: video games, with 67 in its library and 86 in development — First came DVDs. Then came streaming movies and TV. Now, Netflix is betting big on video games—and new release 'Oxenfree II …
More: New York Times and MatthewBall.co
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft's disclosures about Chinese government hackers accessing US government email accounts try to obscure the role of the company's zero-days in the breach — Critics also decry Microsoft's “pay-to-play” monitoring that detected intrusions. — On Friday, Microsoft attempted to explain …
More: BleepingComputer, Microsoft Security Blog, CRN, GeekWire, The Record, and Reuters
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