Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company signed a binding, 10-year contract to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo consoles on the same day as Xbox
Microsoft's deal with Nintendo to bring “Call of Duty” games to Nintendo systems — if Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion acquisition …
Sony rolls out its GT Sophy AI to Gran Turismo 7, an experiment announced in February 2022, letting players race against Sophy in GT Sophy Race Together mode
GT Sophy beat the world's best players in 2022; now you can race it yourself. — Last year, Sony AI and Polyphony Digital …
A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from an Islamic State attack in Paris in 2015, and Twitter v. Taamneh on Wednesday
By Robert Barnes and Cat Zakrzewski — Updated just now — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google …
Apple launches an unlisted Car Key Tests app on the App Store, letting manufacturers test integration with Apple's Car Key feature, announced in July 2020
Apple's Car Key feature was originally announced in July 2020 as a way to unlock your car using the Wallet app on your iPhone.
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 6.2, the first mainstream Linux kernel to support Apple's M1 chips, which is expected to become Ubuntu 23.04's default kernel
Linux 6.2 was released yesterday, and Linus Torvalds described the latest Linux kernel release as, “Maybe it's not a sexy LTS release …
A look at Apple's smartphone dominance among Gen Z, who make up an estimated 34% of all US iPhone owners, as Samsung and Android struggle against iMessage
Younger Americans prefer an iPhone over Android by huge margins, creating unusual pressure over how they communicate
Sources: Amazon's stock decline over the past year has roiled its stock-heavy compensation plans, causing pay in 2023 to drop by 15%-50% below Amazon's targets
Stock-heavy compensation plan means employees to receive 15% to 50% below projected pay targets
Building on ForcedEntry, Trellix researchers find now-fixed bugs in iOS and macOS, which focus on NSPredicate and could let attackers bypass Apple's sandbox
Security researchers found a class of flaws that, if exploited, would allow an attacker to access people's messages, photos, and call history.
Cybersecurity company Resecurity says hackers obtained login credentials for customer support services used by Amazon, Alibaba, Apple, Goldman, BMW, and others
In an episode that underscores the vulnerability of global computer networks, hackers got ahold of login credentials for data centers …
A Microsoft forum post from November 23, 2022 describes AI chatbot Sydney “misbehaving” and being “so rude”, suggesting the company knew about its quirks
A new discovery that makes a curious story a whole lot more curious — We all know by now just how off the rails Bing can get.
Google updates Chrome for Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS with new Memory Saver and Energy Saver features that are on by default
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India and Singapore link their UPI and PayNow digital payment systems to enable instant transfers between the two countries, initially capped at S$1,000 per day
Breaking: Polygon has laid off 100 people as part of a broader company restructuring … Andrew Gazdecki / The Economic Times : UPI is now linked with Singapore's PayNow; IAMAI urges Delhi govt not to p...
Exploring likely reasons why the new Bing is reckless, like launching without sufficient reinforcement learning training with human feedback compared to ChatGPT
Meta plans to update its TOS for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users in the UK and begin moving those users from its Irish subsidiary onto US agreements
Meta Platforms Inc. will begin moving its UK users away from the company's Irish subsidiary and onto US agreements in a move the social-media giant flagged post-Brexit.
Ampere: streamers will spend $8.5B on sports rights across 17 countries in 2023, up 64% YoY; DAZN accounted for 54% of streamers' 2022 sports rights spending
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost : Source: Advanced Television .
Preqin data: VC firms raised $20.6B in new funds in Q4 2022, down 65% YoY and the lowest Q4 amount since 2013; LPs backed 226 funds, the fewest in Q4 since 2012
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal :
The European Commission plans to propose a law in Q2 2023 aimed at improving cooperation between national regulators investigating cross-border GDPR violations
Clothilde Goujard / Politico :
Microsoft partners with Web3 infrastructure company Ankr to offer blockchain node services on Azure's marketplace, letting users deploy smart contracts and more
- Tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Ankr to offer a blockchain node service for enterprise clients.
SpaceX invites select Starlink customers to test its Global Roaming Service, a $200 per month option offering internet “almost anywhere on land in the world”
Emma Roth / The Verge :
TrendForce: DRAM's average price fell 31.4% in Q3 and 34.4% in Q4 2022, among the worst drops since 2006; Samsung plans to spend $30B+ in 2023 to grow capacity
but it's not enough to beat Samsung José Adorno / BGR : iPhone 15 will feature up to 8GB of RAM, TrendForce reports Omar Sohail / Wccftech : Apple To Increase RAM ‘Capacity And Specifications’ Of The ...
A look at executives, engineers, scientists, and other employees experimenting with ChatGPT and other AI tools to speed up tasks or avoid being left behind
Mumbai-based Mintoak, which lets banks deploy and scale services like payments and lending to their SMB customers, raised a $20M Series A led by PayPal Ventures
Bhavya Dilipkumar / Moneycontrol :
TikTok plans to let more researchers at US-based nonprofit universities access “public, anonymized” data through its API, after testing access in November 2022
Mia Sato / The Verge :
London-based quantum computing startup Quantum Motion raised a £42M Series B led by Robert Bosch Venture Capital, bringing its total funding to £50M
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :
A survey in January 2023 of 300 HR leaders at US companies found 98% say software and algorithms will help them make layoff decisions in the coming year
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Tweets: @byheatherlong and @wbm312 Tweets: Heather Long / @byheatherlong : AI is starting to pick who gets laid off HR departments have become increasingly data driv...
Ride-hailing service inDrive, which increased gross revenue 88% in 2022, raised $150M in debt from General Catalyst that links repayment to company performance
Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
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Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.