Unity cancels a town hall and closes two offices after receiving what the company says was a credible death threat, following its controversial install fee news
Management announced a controversial pricing decision two days ago — Unity Technologies Inc. canceled a planned town hall …
Arm closes up 24.69% to $63.59 in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the company at $65.24B, after Arm priced shares at the upper end of its expected $47 to $51 range
- Arm Holdings has started trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker “ARM.” — The chip design company is valued at a steep premium relative …
Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding it in breach of GDPR in relation to how it handles children's data and gives the company three months to comply
It's been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation …
MGM was likely hacked by Scattered Spider, an English-speaking group that previously used help desk calls to get passwords and planned to hack the slot machines
Person claiming to represent cybercriminals explains techniques used to evade detection by casino resort company
Apple plans a software update for iPhone 12 in France to address radiation concerns, says “this is related to a specific testing protocol” used by the regulator
Apple said on Friday it would issue a software update for iPhone 12 users in France, in what seemed to offer …
Filing: Caesars confirms the casino operator was hacked via a social engineering attack on an outsourced IT support vendor; sources: Caesars paid a ~$15M ransom
CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act … Thomas Barrabi / New York Post : Caesars Entertainment paid about $15M to hackers who stole customer Social Security num...
Unity acknowledges “the confusion and frustration” around its planned install fees but argues that “more than 90% of our customers will not be affected”
We have everything! … Kyle Thomas / Game Rant : Unity Thinks Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Will Shoulder Engine Fees Harrison Thomas / Dot Esports : Unity shuts down offices, cancels town hall meeting a...
Microsoft and Oracle expand their cloud partnership with Oracle Database@Azure, letting customers run Oracle workloads natively in Azure data centers
The new level of collaboration reflects how technology and customer demand have fostered more cooperation among software companies
Microsoft's Start news website published a garbled, seemingly AI-generated obit for former NBA player Brandon Hunter, headlined, “Brandon Hunter useless at 42”
Former NBA player Brandon Hunter passed away unexpectedly at the young age of 42 this week, a tragedy that rattled fans …
Sources: Meta is exploring whether to show ads in WhatsApp and charge a subscription fee to use the app without ads; WhatsApp denies working on such a feature
Talks are at an early stage, sources say, as Facebook parent looks for new ways to increase revenue
Google agrees to pay California $93M to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of tracking users' location for commercial gain even after they opted out
Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices.
Google confirms the company does not offer repair options for cracked Pixel Watch screens; Google's hardware warranty policy does not cover accidental damage
If you crack the screen on the Pixel Watch, getting it officially repaired by Google isn't in the cards.
At trial, the US DOJ asserted Googlers are trained to have sensitive conversations over chat with history off and avoid phrases like “market share” and “bundle”
Hi all, it's Tom Giles in San Francisco and Davey Alba in Washington.
Sources: Unity offered a 100% Runtime Fee waiver to studios using its LevelPlay mediation platform and 80% to 100% waivers to developers switching from AppLovin
Unity is quietly offering developers a Runtime Fee waiver if they switch to its LevelPlay mediation platform, we're told.
X partners with Au10tix to launch government ID-based account verification for paid users; verification is not yet available in the EU and the UK
X, formerly Twitter, has launched government ID-based account verification for paid users to prevent impersonation and give them benefits such as “prioritized support.”
Salesforce plans to hire 3,300 people for sales, engineering, and its data cloud product, after cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~8,000 jobs, in January 2023
- New hires will be split among sales, engineering, data cloud — Many hires will be boomerang employees, CEO Benioff says
Sources: Google gave a small group of companies access to an early version of its Gemini AI model, suggesting the company is close to launching the GPT-4 rival
Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its highly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence software …
Google plans to offer Chromebook software updates for up to 10 years, starting in 2024, so no current device expires within the next two years, to help schools
if the hardware lasts a decade Rik Henderson / T3 : Ambitious Google update plan means Chromebooks aren't just for Christmas, they're for life... almost Martin Brinkmann / Ghacks : Google increases Ch...
Sources: TSMC told its major suppliers to delay the delivery of high-end chipmaking equipment, as the chipmaker grows increasingly nervous about customer demand
Taiwan's TSMC (2330.TW) has told its major suppliers to delay the delivery of high-end chipmaking equipment …
SCOTUS pauses a lower court's order limiting the White House, FBI, and public health agencies from making social media requests, hours after the DOJ's request
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Sources: ByteDance and the US restart their negotiations over TikTok's operations after six months, as calls to ban the app fade ahead of the 2024 US election
Calls to ban the wildly popular app have faded ahead of the 2024 election — TikTok's China-based parent company and the U.S. government …
Microsoft unveils EvoDiff, a novel protein-generating AI framework that the company says can help create enzymes for new therapeutics and drug delivery methods
To download our code, we recommend creating a clean conda environment with python v3.8.5. bioRxiv : Protein generation with evolutionary diffusion: sequence is all you need Brenda Potts / Microsoft Re...
HP unveils the $5,000+ Spectre Fold, an OLED foldable PC that can be used as a 17-inch tablet, a 17-inch laptop, or a 12.3-inch laptop and weighs less than 3lbs
Monica Chin / The Verge :
Instacart raises its proposed IPO price range to $28 to $30, up from $26 to $28, seeking to sell 22M shares at an up to $10B valuation after Arm's stellar debut
Niket Nishant / Reuters :
A look at the race to develop tools that can identify AI-generated text and evade detection, such as GPTZero and WorkNinja, which were built by college students
And college students are developing the weapons, quickly building tools that identify AI-generated text—and tools to evade detection.
The US Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national security issues due to Elon Musk not extending Starlink to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships
The Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national-security issues raised by Elon Musk's decision not to extend the private Starlink satellite network to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russian warship...
Meta expands Horizon Worlds, previously exclusive to its VR headsets, to the web and Android in early access, and rolling out to iOS “in the coming weeks”
I actually use Horizon Worlds as I have a Meta Quest Pro. It's a ghost town. I'm not kidding, you can use it for an hour and not see anybody - it makes Second Life look like Woodstock. — https://w...
Adobe reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $4.89B, vs. $4.87B est., Digital Media revenue up 11% YoY to $3.59B, and Digital Experience revenue up 10% YoY to $1.23B
Brody Ford / Bloomberg :
DoorDash plans to transfer its listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq and begin trading there on September 27, 2023, under the same symbol, DASH
in layman's terms — a pretty big diss to the NYSE, which has aimed to secure more tech listings in recent years. @CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/...
How Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, both renowned Stanford scholars, opened doors for their son, Sam, and provided a halo effect for FTX before its implosion
Revolut appears to have withdrawn its US banking license application, after claiming in 2021 to have filed a draft; Revolut has 500K+ retail customers in the US
John Reynolds / Tech.eu :
Automattic releases ActivityPub 1.0.0 for WordPress, letting fediverse users follow WordPress blogs on apps like Mastodon and receive replies as blog comments
“ActivityPub 1.0.0 for WordPress has been released allowing WordPress blogs to be followed by others on apps like Mastodon and others in the fediverse and then receive replies back as comments on thei...
Greater Manchester Police confirms a ransomware attack on its ID supplier, potentially exposing officer identities, one month after a breach in Northern Ireland
Tel Aviv-based Playtika plans to acquire Tel Aviv-based mobile game studio Innplay Labs for an upfront fee of $80M and as much as $300M in total
Ore Gilron Oshri Bienhaker Elad Bitan you guys are role models how humbleness is a drive for success. … Daniel Mironov : Exceptionally proud of Innplay Labs founders Ore Gilron, Oshri Bienhaker, Elad ...
X changes its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature to show contributors other note proposals and see other viewpoints before they submit a rating
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : X: @communitynotes X: @communitynotes : When rating a note, it's important that contributors have as much helpful information available as possible. Starting today, when co...
Amazon adds IAP back to Prime Video for Android, letting users buy VOD rentals and more, after removing IAP from its apps in 2022 to avoid Google's 30% fee
Janko Roettgers / Lowpass :
London-based fintech Hyperjar, which offers digital payments, planning, and a personalized rewards platform, raised a $24M Series A led by Susquehanna
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu :
Sources: in H1 2023, Flexport burned ~$300M and its revenue fell nearly 70% to $700M; founder Ryan Petersen, back as the CEO, says Flexport has $1B+ in net cash
Maria Heeter / The Information :
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