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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
To appease the UK, Microsoft restructures its Activision deal by committing to sell Activision's cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft; the UK CMA will now investigate — Microsoft is restructuring its proposed Activision Blizzard deal to transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, GOV.UK, Activision Blizzard King, The Verge, VentureBeat, Seattle Business Journal, Ubisoft, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, IGN, The Register, Bloomberg, BBC, CNBC, Pocket Gamer.biz, ExtremeTech, TheGamer, CityAM, Android Headlines, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Fortune, Thurrott, MobileSyrup, SlashGear, TrueAchievements, Invezz, iPhone in Canada Blog, New York Post, TechSpot, Techaeris, NBC 7 San Diego, Game Developer, Tom's Hardware, GameSpot, Coinspeaker, PC Gamer, GeekWire, The Hill, CNN, PCMag, Video Games Chronicle, Gameranx, Digital Trends, Insider, OnMSFT.com, Forbes, Watcher Guru, New York Times, Stevivor, Push Square, Silicon Republic, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Politico, Appuals.com, Metro.co.uk, Neowin, Gamereactor UK, Engadget, Dot Esports, Eurogamer.net, GamesIndustry.biz, Wccftech, Windows Central, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, RTÉ, Financial Times, and Variety
X: @ubisoft, @lulumeservey, @kellen_browning, @charlieintel, @steffanpowell, @aarmstrong_says, @martinsfp, @tomwarren, @stephentotilo, @loudmouthjulia, @samuelstolton, @cmagovuk, @john_stepek, @stephentotilo, @fosspatents, @kprescott, @bradsmi, @tomwarren, @swiftonsecurity, @lewis_crofts, and @jamesrbuk. LinkedIn: Ronan Scanlan
| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
A look at the dire state of Americans' privacy, worsened by credit bureaus' data policies; Telegram bots sell troves of personal info on targets for ~$15 in BTC — Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus.
More: New York Times. Mastodon: @evacide@hachyderm.io, @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org, and @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @evacide, @justfutureslaw, @dcuthbert, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @realhackhistory, and @josephfcox. LinkedIn: Jason Koebler. Forums: Hacker News
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft releases a public preview of Python in Excel, which will run Python calculations in Azure, first on Windows and then other platforms “at a later date” — Microsoft is bringing popular programming language Python to Excel. A public preview of the feature is available today …
More: Microsoft Tech Community, SiliconANGLE, The Register, ZDNet, Ars Technica, ITPro, Tom's Hardware, Anaconda, Neowin, TechCrunch, The Windows Club, BleepingComputer, PCMag, Anaconda, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, Gizchina, and OnMSFT.com
Mastodon: @MattHodges@mastodon.social and @Cmastication@mastodon.social
X: @excelhumor, @wynhopkins, @vxunderground, @anacondainc, @vxunderground, @tobeech, @john_lam, @tomwarren, and @oterocarlos
LinkedIn: Matthew Osment and Longhow Lam
Forums: Hacker News, r/blueteamsec, r/Python, r/programming, r/Accounting, and r/technology
| Dave James / PC Gamer: |
Nvidia announces DLSS 3.5 with AI-powered Ray Reconstruction, designed to recognize patterns within a noisy image and improve clarity, available on all RTX GPUs — Bringing AI to bear on those noisy traced rays. — Nvidia has announced a gorgeous new update to its Deep Learning Super Sampling technology.
More: NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce on YouTube, NVIDIA, The Verge, VideoCardz.com, TechPowerUp, VentureBeat, Windows Central, GameSpot, TechSpot, HotHardware, The Decoder, Digit, Wccftech, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, Digital Trends, TechRadar, KitGuru, ExtremeTech, Dexerto, TweakTown, XDA Developers, Gameranx, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Engadget, Neowin, Blue's News, and DSOGaming
X: @tomwarren and @videocardz
Forums: r/Games, r/pcgaming, r/hardware, r/hardware, and r/pcmasterrace
| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Elon Musk says that X plans to remove preview headlines from posts linking to articles, so that the previews show only the article's lead image and the URL — X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, is planning a major change in how news articles appear on the service …
More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, The Hill, MobileSyrup, Techdirt, New York Post, Tech.co, ZDNet, WinBuzzer, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, Android Headlines, TechRadar, Techaeris, Insider, Mashable, Neowin, Livemint, Politico, Social Media Today, The Wrap, and The Verge
Mastodon: @JBrodkinWebb@journa.host, @cspam@mastodon.cloud, @TodayInTwitter@mastodon …, and @jef@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @timstevens.bsky.social, @dylanljmartin.bsky.social, @malwaretech.com, @intelwire.bsky.social, @andrewbaron.bsky.social, and @caseynewton.bsky.social
X: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @xdaily, @kyliebytes, @lexnfx, @yashar, @tomcoates, @beijingpalmer, @dandrezner, @pattymo, @daveleebbg, @kyliebytes, @edzitron, @iwriteok, @whstancil, @matthewstoller, @beijingpalmer, @yashar, @jeffsharlet, @michaelehayden, @petersterne, @mcwm, @erinkwoo, @kyliebytes, @kyliebytes, @lauraloomer, @parismarx, @kronykal, @karaswisher, @lauraloomer, @annevedingell, @jason_kint, @mollyjongfast, @rmac18, @kyliebytes, @cit_uprising, @jen_mcfadden, @killedbygoogle, @kwalkertweets, @phil_lewis_, @kyliebytes, @lum_, and @ivanthek
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/inthenews, and r/TheTwitterEnd
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Meta plans to let Instagram and Facebook users in the EU opt out of its recommendation algorithms for Reels, Stories, Search, and more, to comply with the DSA — Instagram and Facebook users in Europe are getting more options to opt out of Meta's recommendation algorithms, the company has explained in a blog post today.
More: Meta, The Information, Fortune, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, CyberScoop, Cybernews.com, 9to5Mac, PetaPixel, Mashable, BGR, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, and Engadget
Mastodon: @gedankenstuecke@scholar …. Bluesky: @andipalmur.bsky.social. X: @metanewsemea and @kpmacleod
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
A look at CivitAI, a site for sharing AI models that generate images mostly trained on material scraped without consent, as non-consensual AI porn proliferates — Generative AI tools have empowered amateurs and entrepreneurs to build mind-boggling amounts of non-consensual porn.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Meta releases SeamlessM4T, an AI model that can translate and transcribe nearly 100 languages across text and speech, and SeamlessAlign, a translation dataset — In its quest to develop AI that can understand a range of different dialects, Meta has created an AI model, SeamlessM4T …
More: Meta, Meta, Ars Technica, iTnews, VentureBeat, Mashable, Hugging Face, iPhone in Canada Blog, Voicebot.ai, The Decoder, MobileSyrup, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, AI News, Axios, Engadget, The Verge, TechEBlog, and Rest of World
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta is rolling out a Threads web app over the next few days that will let users post, interact with other posts, and look at the feed — Meta is finally launching a much more capable web app for Threads, the company announced on Tuesday. You'll be able to post, interact with other posts …
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Threads: @zuck, @mosseri, @crumbler, @brianstelter, @moskov, @0xjessel, @threads, and @carnage4life. Forums: r/technology
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Ivanti warns of a Sentry API authentication bypass flaw being exploited in the wild, after hackers used another Ivanti zero-day to breach Norway's government — US-based IT software company Ivanti warned customers today that a critical Sentry API authentication bypass vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
More: forums.ivanti.com, Tenable Blog, SC Media, DataBreachToday.com, and Infosecurity
| Bloomberg: |
Arm spent 3,500+ words in its 330-page IPO prospectus explaining its risks in China, its single biggest market that accounted for ~24% of its FY 2023 revenue — - Geopolitical tensions, China economic woes hurting sales — Power struggle with fired China unit CEO still casts shadow
More: Reuters, Fortune, Light Reading, Financial Times, and The Economic Times
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More: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Arm, DatacenterDynamics, Crunchbase News, Reuters, Tom's Hardware, Fast Company, Cryptopolitan, Digits to Dollars, TechSpot, Silicon Canals, RCR Wireless News, Tech Startups, Tech Xplore, Livemint, 24/7 Wall St., Total Telecom, TechCrunch, ChinaTechNews.com, AnandTech, The Economic Times, Financial Times, TNW, Bloomberg, Silicon Republic, MacDailyNews, and PitchBook
Bluesky: @tristanr.bsky.social. X: @arjunkharpal, @ecommerceshares, @_hasanc, @tiernanraytech, @natebecker, @_hasanc, @tanayj, @maxwinebach, and @maxwinebach. Forums: r/hardware
| The Information: |
Sources: Tiger Global nears a deal to sell a ~2.1% stake in AI startup Cohere for ~$63M at a $3B valuation, up 40% from June 2023; Tiger will retain a ~5% stake — Tiger Global Management is nearing a deal to sell part of its stake in OpenAI rival Cohere at a roughly $3 billion valuation …
X: @alexktong, @tomaxwell, and @amir
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Meta says it remains committed to rolling out default E2EE for Messenger, which has opt-in E2EE, by the end of 2023, and shortly afterwards for Instagram DMs — Meta plans to roll out default end-to-end encryption for its Messenger product by the end of this year, the company confirmed in a blog post Tuesday.| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Asus ROG Strix Scar X3D review: the $3,700, 17" gaming laptop outperforms a pricier Intel Core i9-13980HX-based rival by up to 20% due to AMD's Ryzen 9 7945HX3D — AMD proclaimed that its Ryzen 9 7945HX3D would be the world's fastest mobile gaming chip. It was right.
More: Tom's Hardware, VideoCardz.com, AnandTech, Windows Central, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Wccftech, and Guru3D.com. LinkedIn: Sasa Marinkovic
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Fandom CEO Perkins Miller on the wiki hosting service's origin as Wikipedia's sister company, Pottermore, acquiring TV Guide, ads, FanDNA, AI, and more — Today, I'm talking with Perkins Miller. He's the CEO of Fandom, which runs thousands of wikis for everything from Disney …
Forums: r/giantbomb
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Ramp, which offers credit cards and expense management tools, raised $300M at a $5.8B valuation from Founders Fund and others, down from $8.1B in March 2022 — - Firm raises $300 million from Founders Fund, Thrive, others — Startup valued at $8.1 billion in financing last year
More: FinSMEs, Reuters, Ramp, Crunchbase News, Finextra, and TechCrunch
X: @generalcatalyst, @packym, @eglyman, and @eglyman
LinkedIn: Rex Salisbury, Alex Song, and Colin Kennedy
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Thoma Bravo plans to close its $2.3B acquisition of ID verification software maker ForgeRock this week after the US DOJ declined to challenge the deal — - Justice Department probed identify management software overlap — Thoma Bravo LLC will close its $2.3 billion acquisition …
More: The Information and SiliconANGLE
| The Information: |
Sources: Salesforce is leading a ~$200M funding round in Hugging Face at a $4B+ valuation, more than doubling its share price and private valuation — Salesforce is leading a financing round in Hugging Face, one of the most highly valued startups helping businesses use artificial intelligence …
X: @amir
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