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September 4, 2023, 4:35 PM

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Matt Poskitt / GamesIndustry.biz:
Q&A with Bethesda Head of Publishing Pete Hines on releasing Starfield, working with Microsoft, Game Pass, triple-A games in 2023, debugging Starfield, and more  —  Head of publishing on why the developer prioritises player freedom over less buggy games, and facing expectations around its sci-fi epic
Bloomberg:
TechInsights teardown: Huawei's Mate 60 Pro uses a new Kirin 9000s chip that was fabricated in China by SMIC using a 7nm process, marking a blow to US sanctions  —  The company's Mate 60 Pro is powered by SMIC's 7nm chips, according to analysis that TechInsights conducted for Bloomberg News
Matt Binder / Mashable:
After ADL's CEO noted talking to X's CEO on August 30, anti-Semitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts  —  Anti-Semitic rhetoric has been especially rampant on the platform over the past 24 hours.  —  Over the past 24 hours …
Alex Blake / Digital Trends:
An interview with Apple executives Susan Prescott and Steve Sinclair on building Vision Pro apps and how Apple is trying to convince developers to create apps  —  Apple's Vision Pro headset hasn't launched yet, but already it's become one of the most hotly debated devices on the planet.
Financial Times:
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
A look at the endless battle being waged by a group of internet sleuths, trans engineers, and activists to banish stalking forum Kiwi Farms from the internet  —  The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider
Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
How LLMs like GPT-4 can have an equalizing effect in some cases, boosting the less-skilled workers and potentially leveling the human-capital playing field  —  An optimistic take on technology and inequality.  —  On the app formerly known as Twitter, I'm known for occasionally going on rants …
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Filing: Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma becomes the company's biggest investor, with a 19.42% stake, after acquiring shares from China's Ant Group  —  Billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and chief executive officer of India's biggest digital payments company …

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