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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: after closing several video game studios, Microsoft plans more cuts, 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
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LinkedIn: Rogelio Olguin, Desirée Rincón, 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 …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/pcgaming, and r/Gaming4Gamers
| 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
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Binance sources and docs: an internal investigator, dismissed in late 2023, found evidence of secret internal trading accounts and DWF Labs' market manipulation — Former company insiders say the firing of an internal investigator showed that the crypto exchange neglected evidence of market manipulation.| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Dell warns customers of a data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen data for ~49M customers, but says financial and payment data was not stolen — Dell is warning customers of a data breach, after a threat actor claimed to have stolen information for approximately 49 million customers.
More: TechCrunch, PCMag, The Register, PCWorld, Security Affairs, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Tom's Guide
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's first server chips for its upcoming AI features will be the M2 Ultra; simpler AI tasks will be processed directly on iPhones, iPads, and Macs — - Company puts Mac-grade chips in data centers for fall launch — Apple to offer features using on-device and cloud approaches
More: MacRumors, Reuters, 9to5Mac, Supercharged, TweakTown, BGR, and Macworld
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alphabet has been progressing in its talks to acquire marketing software provider HubSpot and has discussed deal terms; HubSpot has a $30B market cap — Alphabet has discussed terms of a potential deal with HubSpot, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.
More: PYMNTS.com, Yahoo Finance, Benzinga, and MarTech
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
As part of its Model Spec release, OpenAI says it is considering letting developers and users “responsibly” generate “NSFW content in age-appropriate contexts” — Critics say ChatGPT creator's proposal to allow erotica, slurs and other adult content undermines its mission statement
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
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| Financial Times: |
TikTok plans to start automatically labeling some AI content, including from DALL-E and Adobe's Firefly, and joins the Adobe-led content credentials coalition — Social media companies under pressure to identify deepfakes and prevent spread of misinformation
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| Emily Chang / Bloomberg: |
An interview with Sundar Pichai on playing the long game on AI, how Google got Gemini image generation wrong, AI search, the US DOJ lawsuits, layoffs, and more — In this episode of The Circuit with Emily Chang, the Alphabet CEO explains how he's in it for the long haul—and won't dance to anyone else's tune.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos responds to criticism of its app redesign, saying it takes “courage to rebuild” and that it's working to reintroduce missing features in the coming months — In the days since, customers have complained about missing features like sleep timers, broken local music library management …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: T-Mobile US is in talks to take over some operations and wireless spectrum licenses of US Cellular for $2B+; Verizon is also in talks with US Cellular — Regional wireless carrier has been seeking buyers for its operations, spectrum licenses — T-Mobile US and Verizon Communications …
More: Reuters, GeekWire, and Light Reading
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 1,423 US teens: 85% play video games, including 41% daily, 72% say gaming is a way to spend time with others, and 80% think harassment in an issue — 85% of U.S. teens say they play video games, and about four-in-ten do so daily. Teens see both positive and negative sides of video games … | Mark Stenberg / Adweek: |
OpenAI's pitch deck to news publishers promises priority placement to partners in chat conversations and payment contingent on “display success” — OpenAI's Preferred Publisher Program offers media companies licensing deals — The generative artificial intelligence firm OpenAI …
More: The Verge. Bluesky: @justinling.bsky.social. X: @markstenberg3 and @pkafka. Forums: Hacker News
| Counterpoint Research: |
US smartphone shipments fell 8% YoY in Q1 2024, the sixth consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung's market share grew to 31%; Apple's share remained flat at 52% — - US smartphone shipments declined 8% YoY in Q1 2024, the sixth consecutive quarter showing a YoY decline.
More: SamMobile, Wccftech, AppleInsider, and TechInsights Inc.
| Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: |
Huawei Pura 70 Pro teardown: most of its chips are designed and manufactured in China, and the 7nm Kirin 9010 is only marginally better than the Kirin 9000S — Huawei released the Pura 70 line of smartphones in April 2024 and it's already made a bit of a stir.
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| The Information: |
Sources: Gopuff, one of the last fast-delivery startups in the US after Getir's exit, burned ~$400M in 2023 and wants to start generating cash by early 2025 — Instant-delivery pioneer Gopuff is the last speedy-delivery startup left standing in the U.S. after its best-funded competitor … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: French AI startup Mistral AI is nearing a deal to raise ~$600M at a $6B valuation, after raising $500M at a $2B+ valuation in December 2023 — Mistral AI is nearing a deal to raise funds at a $6 billion valuation—nearly tripling its level from six months ago.
More: SiliconANGLE, Crunchbase News, TechCrunch, Benzinga, and Quartz
| 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 …
More: Ascension, PCMag, Detroit Free Press, CNN, Cybersecurity Dive, Pensacola News Journal, SC Media, Washington Post, BleepingComputer, The Stack, TechRadar, NBC News, CBS News, and Fierce Healthcare …
LinkedIn: Shaun van Niekerk and Wayne Shaw
Forums: r/nashville, r/medicine, r/Detroit, and r/baltimore
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian investment app Groww moves its domicile back to India from the US, as some Indian startups relocate overseas entities to align with India's new rules — Groww, an Indian investment app, has become one of the first startups from the country to shift its domicile back to India from the U.S. … Sponsor Posts
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