Ubisoft delayed reporting its Q2 results after auditors found it improperly booked sales from a partnership as revenue, forcing it to restate its accounts
Ubisoft's first half financials for fiscal year 2026 are now available, following a delay of about a week. Craig Chapple / PocketGamer.biz : Tencent's €1.16bn Ubisoft investment on track to close in c...
OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created “disrespectful depictions”
OpenAI responded, but is it enough? Mary Cunningham / CBS News : OpenAI blocks Sora 2 users from using MLK Jr.'s likeness after “disrespectful depictions” Katrina Morgan / WUSA : OpenAI takes away abi...
Sequoia's 14,000-word SBF profile by journalist Adam Fischer was mishandled and, since being deleted, has served no purpose other than to embarrass the firm
A now-infamous profile of the fallen FTX founder illustrates the predictable dangers of corporate content creation. But first... Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @ashleevance , @shonaghosh , @ericjang11 , and...
Replying to tweets from right-wing users, Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives Vijaya Gadde and Jim Baker, leading to more users joining the attacks
Yesterday, with as little fanfare as possible, I downloaded my archive and deactivated my Twitter account. Dirt : White hot — Dirt is a daily email about entertainment. … not.not.reading Karissa Bel...
A look at the brewing rivalry between Meta and Apple over VR and AR headsets, smartwatches, smart home devices, and digital services
all thanks to AR/VR Mike Peterson / AppleInsider : Apple, Meta on ‘collision course’ in wearables, home, and AR markets Tweets: @thefalcondive : #Metaverse is going to be huge. I don't understand why ...
Clubhouse has raised a Series C led by Andreessen Horowitz, with DST Global, Tiger Global, and Elad Gil participating
led by @AndrewChen at @a16z, w/ support from DST Global, Tiger Global, & Elad Gil 🙏 #CHTownhall https://www.joinclubhouse.com/ ... Nikitha Rai / @rotiandrye : I didn't see this until now. Apparently t...
UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers should be classified as workers, not independent contractors, concluding an almost five-year legal battle
Ramifications of the UK supreme court's landmark ruling could go far beyond Uber Bloomberg : Uber's U.K. Court Loss Spells a Reckoning for Gig Work in Europe Kelvin Chan / Associated Press : UK top co...
How UK game studio Mediatonic created Fall Guys, which generated an estimated $130M revenue in its first month and has been downloaded ~7M times on Steam
Shona Ghosh / Business Insider : Tweets: @shonaghosh and @shonaghosh Tweets: Shona Ghosh / @shonaghosh : My big profile on @FallGuysGame and the British studio behind it is out. CEO Dave Bailey descr...
An issue with Facebook SDK, which lasted for about 3 hours, crashed iOS apps for TikTok, Spotify, Tinder, Pinterest, and others that use Facebook Login
what you need to know [Update] Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors : Facebook SDK Issue Again Causing Numerous iOS Apps to Crash or Freeze Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : iOS apps crashing on opening - here's a fix...
UK Competition and Markets Authority, the country's antitrust watchdog, launches an investigation into Facebook's acquisition of Giphy
key question is how much revenues Giphy made & if that meets baseline for UK antitrust authorities to review deal. Major issue w/ current competition rules: you have to meet a certain $$ threshold for...