A profile of Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who joined Nintendo in 1977 and says he has no plans to retire as representative director at the company
Few people have influenced global pop culture as much as the creator of Mario and Zelda, widely considered the father of modern gaming.
Sources: ASML canceled shipments of some of its machines to China at the US' request, weeks before export bans on the high-end chipmaking equipment took effect
- ASML canceled shipments of a liminted number of devices — Biden is cracking down on Beijing's semiconductor industry
Telegram rolls out version 10.5, offering “totally redesigned” voice and video calls with new animations and backgrounds while using fewer resources
Telegram is rolling out a new update, version 10.5.0, which delivers a new look and feel for voice and video calls …
Retiring generals and departing top Pentagon officials are increasingly flocking to VC firms that have pumped billions into defense tech startups like Anduril
Retired officers and departing defense officials are flocking to investment firms that are pushing the government to provide more money to defense-technology startups.
After UK regulators approved Microsoft's Activision deal in October, Brad Smith rows back on criticism of the UK, saying the CMA has been “tough and fair”
Microsoft's president, Brad Smith, has rowed back on criticism he made last year that the UK was “bad for business”.
Apple released no new iPads in 2023, the first year without a new tablet since the iPad's launch in 2010; rumors suggest all iPad models will get a 2024 update
Apple has broken a tradition it maintained for 12 years, releasing no new iPads in 2023 - the first time that the company …
A deal by OECD members, including the US and France, that took effect January 1 says platforms must report users' earnings made on their services to authorities
Apps like eBay and Airbnb will be reporting your earnings to tax authorities, under a new global agreement which took effect yesterday ...
In 2023, global premium smartphone sales are likely to grow 6% YoY; Apple had a 71% share, down from 75% in 2022, Samsung had 17%, and Huawei had 5%, up from 3%
- As against the decline projected for the overall global smartphone market this year, the premium (wholesale price ≥$600) …
A look at the future of Apple's $85B/year services business, as the company faces key US court cases in 2024 and prepares to allow iOS app sideloading in the EU
Landmark EU regulation and crucial US court cases due in 2024 will test the tech company — Apple faces a legal reckoning in 2024 …
Filing: Fidelity marks down the value of its X stake, estimating the company is worth ~28% of the $44B that Elon Musk paid, down from 33% in May 2023
yourself’ outburst Kwan Wei Kevin Tan / Business Insider : X is worth 71% less now after Elon Musk took over and burned its bridges with advertisers: Fidelity Anders Hagstrom / Fox Business : X now wo...
Bitcoin rises above $45K for the first time since April 2022, after gaining 156% in 2023, its best yearly performance since 2020, but far off its $69K peak
Bitcoin stormed above $45,000 on Tuesday for the first time since April 2022 as the world's biggest cryptocurrency started the New Year …
In his year-end report, SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts says AI is a mixed blessing for the legal field, urging “caution and humility” when adopting the tech
Chief Justice John Roberts. https://www.cnn.com/... Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : US Supreme Court's Roberts Urges ‘Caution’ as AI Reshapes Legal Field
HSBC plans to launch international payments app Zing in the UK in the coming days before a wider rollout, seeking to compete with Revolut and Wise
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Filing: Baidu terminates its $3.6B acquisition of Joyy's Chinese livestreaming business YY Live, as some conditions haven't been met; Joyy seeks legal advice
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California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to AV owners for violations
even if they crash: report Christianna Silva / Mashable : California self-driving cars exempt from traffic tickets Bluesky: Emil Protalinski / @epro.social : It doesn't matter if someone isn't in the ...
A profile of Alexander Reben, who will become OpenAI's first artist in residence for three months starting in January 2024, amid a debate over AI's use in art
The lawsuits against tech companies could shape what copyright means for AI, or simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals
The bar for fair use is typically that the new work doesn't compete with the original. … X: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : “If the NY Times successfully argues that reading a third party article to hel...
The scope and scale of layoffs in the video game industry in 2023 was far beyond a typical year, with an estimated 10,466 workers losing their jobs globally
BT says 99% of its UK “core traffic is now being served by non-Huawei kit”, missing the UK deadline to move data flows off Huawei's equipment after the 2020 ban
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A look at Wi-Fi 7, slated for certification in Q1 2024, with multi-link operations that allow devices to spread a data stream across multiple frequency bands
A look at AI chatbots modeled on real experts, like US psychologist Martin Seligman, that are often created without permission, highlighting a policy gray area
and it only gets weirder from there. https://www.politico.com/... Jason Colavito / @jasoncolavito : I don't suppose it occurred to anyone celebrating the A.I. “replicas” of scholars that draw on their...
Sources: Canva nears a deal to let longtime staff and investors sell $1B+ in stock to new investors at a $26B valuation, about the same as in a 2023 share sale
Design software startup Canva is nearing a deal that lets longtime employees and investors at the company sell more than $1 billion …
Employees, sources, and experts describe a crisis at Alibaba, as the company struggles to chart a new course and an ambitious restructuring didn't go as planned
Once Asia's most valuable company, the group has fallen behind rivals amid a chaotic restructuring X: @adam_tooze X: Adam Tooze / @adam_tooze : “It is the worst of both worlds. Even large profitable t...
Nikon, Sony, and Canon are developing camera tech that embeds digital signatures in images, to help distinguish the images from realistic AI-generated fakes
Counterpoint: companies sold ~16M foldable phones in 2023, or just 1.3% of all 1.2B smartphones, as foldables start to gain traction in the US and China
The chip industry is the new star on the political scene, bringing opportunities and challenges; Nvidia and others have rapidly built US lobbying operations
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Sources: Merck's bid for Japanese chip materials maker JSR, not disclosed to JSR shareholders, triggered a $6.4B offer by a state-backed fund in June 2023
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With its emphasis on user privacy, Apple is one of the few tech companies that could develop new AI data usage paradigms, setting much-needed industry standards
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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.