Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December
The Epic Games Store gives iPhone users in the EU an alternative to Apple's App Store for the first time.
OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using ChatGPT for an influence campaign targeting the US elections, and says the effort didn't gain much traction
The company said the Iranian effort, which used ChatGPT, did not gain much traction. — OpenAI said on Friday that it had discovered …
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment
The court found key parts of the landmark law probably violate the First Amendment, largely siding with an industry challenge.
Epic brings its games to AltStore for iOS in the EU and plans to bring them to Aptoide's iOS store in the EU, ONE Store on Android, and “other stores” globally
but there's a big catch RTÉ : Fortnite-maker Epic Games launches app store to bypass Apple & Google Daniel Griffiths / PocketGamer.biz : The Epic Games Store finally arrives on mobile Malcolm Owen / A...
Epic confirms that the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide, in addition to iOS users based in the EU
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Background check service National Public Data confirms a breach after hackers leaked a stolen database with millions of SSNs and other sensitive personal info
Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database …
A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit
US District Judge Margaret Garnett on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the $42.99-a-month service, Venu Sports …
Nancy Pelosi issues a statement in opposition to California's AI safety bill, saying it's “well-intentioned but ill-informed” and “more harmful than helpful”
San Francisco - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued this statement in opposition to California Senate Bill 1047:
Google says it “missed the mark” after leaked screenshots showed a Team Pixel program agreement threatened influencers who didn't showcase the Pixel over rivals
The tech review world has been full of murky deals between companies and influencers for years, but it appears Google finally crossed a line with the Pixel 9.
A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia, accusing it of scraping his content without consent to train AI models, weeks after also suing OpenAI
A video creator alleges that the companies scraped his videos, and millions of others, without permission to help train their generative AI learning models.
Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny SpaceX's request to waive rules, claiming Starlink's service with T-Mobile would interfere with existing networks
PETITION TO DENY OF AT&T I. INTRODUCTION AT&T Services, Inc. … Federal Communications Commission : Verizon Opposition To Petition For Waive Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : AT&T and Verizon have a beef w...
The European Commission asks Meta for more information about its Content Library tool and API under the DSA, following Meta's decision to deprecate CrowdTangle
The Commission is seeking more information from Meta following its decision to deprecate its CrowdTangle transparency tool.
Walmart and DroneUp end drone delivery in all 18 Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa hubs to focus on Dallas-Fort Worth; DroneUp cuts 70, or ~17% of its staff
- The three cities were part of a splashy rollout in 2022 that was described as the first large-scale drone delivery operation in the U.S.
A profile of Anthony Tan, the solo developer of Way to the Woods, a game that received Epic Games funding and remains unreleased nine years after its conception
Anthony Tan was 16 when his idea for a video game about a deer caught the industry's eye. Nine years later, he's still working on it. Mastodon: @dctrjack@aus.social Mastodon: Jack Ryan / @dctrjack@au...
The Biden administration approves $1.6B in CHIPS Act grants and $3B in loans for Texas Instruments, to help pay for one chip factory in Utah and two in Texas
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Ericsson to sell its network portability and data exchange services unit Iconectiv to Koch Equity Development for $1B; the deal is expected to close in H1 2025
- Ericsson has been working to cut costs amid challenging market — Koch has long been a major investor in technology firms
Revolut secures a $45B valuation, up from $33B in 2021, in a share sale by employees; Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global, and others bought the shares
Revolut becomes Europe's most precious private tech firm Nickie Louise / Tech Startups : British fintech startup Revolut valued at $45 billion after secondary share sale Finextra : Revolut hits $45bn ...
Amount, which provides digital lending services for credit unions and banks, raised $30M from Curql, Goldman Sachs, WestCap, Hanaco Ventures, QED, and others
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Chinese chip equipment maker AMEC sues the Pentagon for linking AMEC to the Chinese military, seeking to get off a blacklist that bars business with US firms
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Chainalysis: the value of crypto hacks increased ~84.4% YoY to $1.58B in the first seven months of 2024, likely due in large part to the rise in crypto prices
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Caresyntax, which is building AI-powered surgical data analysis tools, raised a $180M Series C extension consisting of $80M in equity and $100M in debt
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Appfigures: consumers spent $3.8B on entertainment mobile apps worldwide in Q1 2024, including $2.1B on streaming apps and $0.9B in short video apps like TikTok
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FanDuel founders and other early shareholders sue KKR and Shamrock Capital over the 2018 Paddy Power Betfair merger that wiped out the value of their holdings
https://www.axios.com/... … X: Dan Primack / @danprimack : FanDuel's parent company is worth $37 billion. Its founders and early employees got nothing. https://www.axios.com/... $FLUT
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