Take-Two acquires Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the Embracer Group for $460M in stock; the deal is expected to close by the end of June 2024
A new Homeworld game is also in development. — Embracer Group has officially divested Gearbox Entertainment …
NYC launches a 90-day pilot to test Evolv's AI-based gun detectors on the subway; Evolv is facing two government probes and scrutiny over its machines' accuracy
Evolv, the company supplying the scanners, is being investigated by both the FTC and SEC.
In a lawsuit, four Canadian school boards seek damages of CA$4B+ from Meta, Snap, and TikTok for allegedly causing learning and mental health crises in students
Four Canadian school boards have sought more than C$4 billion ($2.96 billion) in damages from social media firms such as Meta Platforms …
Experts and documents: the US is years from having a reliable alternative source for time and navigation services if adversaries were to interrupt GPS signals
GPS has become essential for modern life, but its satellites and signals are vulnerable to attack. China is years ahead in developing alternatives.
AI21 Labs launches Jamba, an AI model that integrates two architectures: transformer and Mamba, which is based on the Structured State Space model
Increasingly, the AI industry is moving toward generative AI models with longer contexts. But models with large context windows tend to be compute-intensive.
Signal's president says the TikTok bill won't offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but will further entrench the dominance of US social networks
Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act … Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @olaf@social.secr...
A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+
Past 6 pm on December 29 … Matthew Russell Lee / Matthew Russell Lee's Newsletter : Aftermath: SBF Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Coin Flip and Presidential Aspirations Cited by Judge - Ellison...
Apple sues an ex-employee for allegedly leaking details about the Journal app and more to journalists, to “kill” products and features with which he took issue
https://www.macrumors.com/... @Laukidh@infosec.exchange : @Techmeme “In a November 2023 interview, Apple alleges that Aude denied leaking confidential information to anyone. However, during that inte...
Huawei reports fastest growth in four years for 2023, as revenue up 9.63% to $97.48B, net profit up 144.5% to ~$12.04B, consumer revenue up 17.3% to ~$34.79B
China's Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) saw its fastest growth in four years in 2023, with a rebound in its consumer segment and income …
An inside look at the Windows and Surface leadership changes that could help Microsoft capitalize on AI PCs and transition Surface consumer devices to ARM chips
After Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay departed Microsoft last year, the software giant quickly split his two divisions into two different teams. X: @tomwarren . Forums: Hacker News X: Tom Warren...
A look at the MGM hack, carried out by Star Fraud group, part of the Com online community of teenagers from English-speaking countries that also spawned Lapsus$
A gang of young criminals. A more than $30 million ransom. Casinos in disarray. Six days inside the cyberattack that put corporate America on notice.
Sources: Apple plans to launch new iPad Pro and iPad Air models in early May; iPad Pros will get OLED displays, while iPad Air will get a 12.9" screen option
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The US OMB releases new AI guidance, requiring that all federal agencies submit an annual AI report and have a senior leader overseeing all AI systems they use
Given the widespread usage of machine learning in software this sounds so broad as to be useless. … X: Vice President Kamala Harris / @vp : At the first-ever Global AI Summit last year, I laid out our...
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth
- Chip exports continue to grow, boosting optimism for economy — High-performance memory chips supplied to Nvidia among drivers X: @samkimasia X: Sam Kim / @samkimasia : South Korea produced the most...
Reddit shares plunge almost 25% in two days, after soaring 30% on Monday, and finish the week at $49.30, below the first trading day close of $50.44
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Cybersecurity startup Zafran, which develops risk mitigation services, emerges from stealth with a $25M Series A co-led by Sequoia Capital and Cyberstarts
We built Zafran to transform risk mitigation by mobilizing security controls against evolving threats … Zafran Security : Exciting news! 🏹 We are proud to announce that Zafran is out of stealth with ...
How the chip industry can build a multichiplet GPU with 1T+ transistors, which will be needed within a decade if the AI revolution continues at its current pace
Advances in semiconductors are feeding the AI boom — In 1997 the IBM Deep Blue supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov. X: @pstasiatech and @justindross . Forums: Hacker News X: P...
YouTube now lets creators share exclusive Shorts with paying viewers, says Shorts average 70B+ daily views and 25%+ of creator partners monetize via Shorts
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
A researcher finds that X is testing a feature that lets users create or join communities focused on “adult content” or other “not safe for work” material
It was Musk's intent, make X into a platform that props up his businesses, RW ideology … Bluesky: Harle / @quinzel.bsky.social : What is EM up to now maybe getting rid of the constant porn bots that p...
Sources: the Biden administration is making a list of advanced Chinese chip factories barred from receiving key tools, which could be released in a few months
The United States is drawing up a list of advanced Chinese chipmaking factories barred from receiving key tools …
Scammers are using sample videos of influencers with modest social media presence to create AI deepfake ads that often push offensive products and ideas
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas X: @robleathern , @nitashatiku ...
Sources: Accel is in talks to lead a round in Scale AI at a ~$13B valuation, up from $7.3B in 2021; Scale AI generated $675M+ in revenue in 2023, up ~150% YoY
Venture capital firm Accel, an early investor in the data labeling startup Scale AI, is in talks to lead a new round of funding … X: @kateclarktweets X: Kate Clark / @kateclarktweets : Scoop: Accel pl...
Sources detail Grindr's push to monetize, including plans for an AI chatbot that can engage users in sexual conversations and may be trained on opt-in user data
with new details on the company's AI ambitions, and its plans to train models on internal user data, pending user consent: https://www.platformer.news/ ... Casey Newton / @crumbler : New from @reporte...
Amazon One launches apps that use AI to scan users' palm vein structure, letting them sign up for the palm-scanning service without visiting a physical location
https://www.theverge.com/... LinkedIn: Dilip Kumar : It just got easier to sign up for Amazon One, our palm recognition service for entry, identification, and payment. … Sriram Krishnamurthy : Today, ...
Google plans to add Gemini Nano to the Pixel 8 as part of the next Pixel Feature Drop, weeks after saying the phone can't get Nano due to “hardware limitations”
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Google's charitable wing Google.org debuts an accelerator for generative AI, to be funded by $20M in grants and starting with 21 nonprofits, including Quill.org
Very excited about what we'll be bringing to the world in the next few months through … Michael Ellison : As we continue to leverage AI to transform higher education, CodePath is proud to be part of t...
Google updates Search to show crypto wallet balances across bitcoin and Ethereum Virtual Machine networks Arbitrum, Avalanche, Fantom, Optimism, and Polygon
New York-based The Brandtech Group, which provides generative AI-based tools for advertising and marketing campaigns, raised a $115M Series C at a $4B valuation
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How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg : X: @kantrowitz X: Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : Lots of top podcasts pay for followers via mobile game incentives. This is bullshit chart gaming that adds disinterested ...
Sources: the US and UK are reviewing $20B+ in Tether transactions made via Moscow-based crypto exchange Garantex, as part of a crackdown on sanctions evasion
Bolt told investors that it had revenue of $19.4M for the nine months ending in October 2023, essentially flat YoY; Bolt's troubles grow with a Fanatics lawsuit
The Information : X: @iatalkspace and @erinkwoo X: Abubakar / @iatalkspace : New w/ @erinkwoo: Bolt, the $11B checkout startup, is embroiled in yet another legal battle with a high-profile retail par...
Microsoft rolls out Azure AI Studio tools to stop users from tricking AI chatbots to behave in unintended ways, including “prompt shields” and falsehood alerts
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