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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft plans more cuts after closing several game studios, as the massive Activision acquisition has ramped up scrutiny on the Xbox division — Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative
More: The Verge, Silicon Republic, Gameranx, Pure Xbox, Push Square, Metro.co.uk, Windows Central, Pure Xbox, Game World Observer, MobileSyrup, Neowin, Pure Xbox, Video Games Chronicle, TheGamer, Wccftech, Windows Central, Kotaku, TheGamer, and IGN
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LinkedIn: Desirée Rincón, Rogelio Olguin, and Jason Schreier
| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Town hall: Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty discussed wanting small and prestigious games, after closing the studio behind small, prestigious hit Hi-Fi Rush — Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios …
More: Wccftech, Windows Central, Forbes, Pure Xbox, Push Square, and Press Start
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| Dallin Grimm / Tom's Hardware: |
Some Stack Overflow users say their account was suspended after they attempted to alter their posts in protest of its OpenAI partnership to supply data for AI — Stack Overflow is overflowing with salt. — Stack Overflow, a legendary internet forum for programmers and developers …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at potential successors to Tim Cook; sources say Apple's hardware engineering chief John Ternus is the most likely long-term successor — John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, is emerging as a potential successor to the CEO. — Tim Cook has transformed Apple Inc. since taking …
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI publishes Model Spec, which specifies how its models should behave, including objectives, rules, and default behaviors, and asks the public for feedback — OpenAI isn't done trying to live up to the “open” in its name. — While not making any of its new models open source …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
In a blog post, Neuralink details a problem with its implant in patient Noland Arbaugh's brain that reduced data collection after the implant's threads came out — Amount of data captured from the device declined, although the patient and the Elon Musk-owned company still staged a successful demonstration
More: Neuralink Blog, CNBC, Livemint, Bloomberg, Benzinga, Decrypt, and PCMag
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| Jesse Pound / CNBC: |
Robinhood reports Q1 revenue up 40% YoY to $618M, vs. $549M est., crypto transaction revenue up 232% to $126M, and a $157M net income, vs. a $511M net loss YoY — Shares of Robinhood rose in extended trading Wednesday afternoon after the retail brokerage announced stronger-than-expected first-quarter results.| Michael Peel / Financial Times: |
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs detail AlphaFold 3, an AI model to predict interactions and structures of proteins, DNA, RNA, more, beating many top methods — AlphaFold 3 aims to reveal biological secrets and boost drug search efforts — Google DeepMind has unveiled …
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| Pratik Jain / Reuters: |
US hospital operator Ascension reports disruptions to its clinical operations due to a suspected cybersecurity incident and engages Mandiant to help investigate — Hospital operator Ascension reported disruptions to its clinical operations on Wednesday due to a suspected cybersecurity incident …
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| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Boeing confirms that LockBit attempted to extort a $200M ransom in October 2023; the company reportedly didn't pay any ransom after ~43GB of its data was posted — That attempt was one of multiple “extremely large” ransom demands made by LockBit over the years, authorities said.
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| Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: |
Huawei Pura 70 Pro teardown: the 7nm Kirin 9010 is only marginally better than Kirin 9000S, and the majority of the chips are designed and manufactured in China — Huawei released the Pura 70 line of smartphones in April 2024 and it's already made a bit of a stir.
More: Reuters, Android Authority, Xiaomiui.Net, Huawei Central, and Reuters
X: @pstasiatech, @pstasiatech, @mokhtarishahram, @reuters, and @pstasiatech
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Airbnb reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $2.14B, vs. $2.06B est., Nights and Experiences Booked up 9.5% YoY, and Q2 guidance below est.; ABNB drops 8%+ — In this photo illustration, the Airbnb logo is displayed on a computer monitor and cell phone on February 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
More: PYMNTS.com, The Information, Benzinga, and Airbnb Newsroom
| Reuters: |
Arm reports Q4 revenue up 47% YoY to $928M, vs. $875.6M est., royalty revenue up 37% YoY, and forecasts FY 2025 revenue below est.; ARM drops 9%+ — Chip designer Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F), gave a fiscal first-quarter revenue forecast on Wednesday that beat Wall Street's expectations, but its full-year forecast was below expectations.
More: Proactive, Arm, The Information, SiliconANGLE, Barron's Online, and Financial Times
X: @maxwinebach, @thetranscript_, and @arm
| BBC: |
Ofcom proposes new rules requiring tech companies to change their algorithms to hide “toxic” material from children, have more robust age checks, and more — Ofcom has warned social media sites they could be named and shamed - and banned for under-18s - if they fail to comply with new online safety rules.
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LinkedIn: Emma Wright and Emma Martins
Forums: Hacker News and r/unitedkingdom
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