Bloomberg Law: A US district judge denies the FTC’s motion to stay Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition; the FTC is still seeking emergency action by the 9th Circuit — The US Federal Trade Commission lost its request for a California judge to temporarily block Microsoft Corp. from closing …
Read MoreCrypto asset platform Celsius Network LLC and its former executives, Alexander Mashinsky and Roni Cohen-Pavon, are facing serious charges of securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, along with FBI New York Field Office Acting Assistant Director in Charge, Christie M. Curtis,
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence, also known as AI, has ushered in a profound metamorphosis in our realm. It has fundamentally altered numerous facets of our daily existence. AI is revolutionizing across diverse domains, including communication, healthcare, transportation, entertainment, education, and finance. Its influence permeates every aspect of our interaction with technology, redefining the very fabric of our
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is sunsetting its current coins and awards systems, meaning you soon won’t be able to thank a kind stranger for giving you Reddit Gold for one of your posts. Awards are little icons on posts you might have come across while scrolling around Reddit, and they’re given
Read MoreNew opportunities for both space exploration and defense are emerging as the aerospace industry undergoes radical transformation. Steve Isakowitz, CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, believes that artificial intelligence (AI) controlled satellites and permanent habitation of the Moon and Mars are in the cards for the future of space exploration and defense. Isakowitz argues that AI
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Reddit plans to sunset its current coins and awards systems used to show post appreciation by September 12, 2023; no new coins can be purchased starting today — Reddit is sunsetting its current coins and awards systems, meaning you soon won’t be able to thank a kind stranger for giving
Read MoreThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will launch an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research lab behind the widely used generative language model, ChatGPT, for allegedly violating consumer protection laws and endangering the privacy of its users. To determine whether OpenAI has engaged in unfair or deceptive practices that have
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard mull the sale of some UK cloud-based gaming rights to a telecom, gaming, or internet company to appease regulators — Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. are considering giving up some control of their cloud-gaming business in the UK …
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Read MoreXterio, a Web3 game platform and publisher, has received an investment commitment of $15 million from Binance Labs, the investment arm of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume. Xterio will be able to launch its own tokens and incorporate cutting-edge features like AI thanks to the money it has raised.
Read MoreBloomberg: China unveils the final version of its generative AI guidelines, which omits some restrictions present in its April draft, signaling a more flexible regulation — China has loosened some of the guardrails it proposed for ChatGPT-style services months ago, as it acknowledges the need to compete …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The biggest Reddit community that’s still private as part of the Reddit protest is now encouraging its users to congregate elsewhere: Discord and Substack. If you currently try to visit r/malefashionadvice, which has more than 5 million subscribers, you’ll be greeted with a page that suggests you visit
Read MoreGoogle’s YouTube depends on advertising revenue, which should come as no surprise if you’re regularly skipping two-minute ad breaks for products you have no interest in. Ads can be so pervasive that many people have turned to blockers to watch uninterrupted. More recently, however, Google has been testing warning messages threatening to limit web playback
Read MoreAoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: After the court ruling, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp resume XRP trading on their US exchanges, while Gemini is exploring the listing of the token — U.S. federal court ruled on Thursday that sale of XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts.
Read MoreWhen it comes to fighting and preventing wildfires, California has been at the forefront of the effort. The ALERTCalifornia program at the University of California San Diego and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) are working together to test an artificial intelligence program that has a price tag of $24 million.
Read MoreWhen it comes to mechanical keyboards, there’s no end to the amount of customization that can be done. The size and layout of the keyboard is the first thing to figure out, and then switches, keycaps, and then a bunch of other customizations inside the keyboard like the mounting plate and whether or not to
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft names Aptos as the next default font for its Microsoft 365 productivity apps, replacing Calibri; Aptos was available for two years as Bierstadt — – After considering user feedback on five options, Microsoft has picked the next default font for its productivity apps like Word and Outlook.
Read MoreThe AMPTP proposal will sound familiar to Black Mirror fans. | Image: Netflix During today’s press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator, revealed a proposal from Hollywood studios that sounds ripped right out of a Black Mirror episode. In a statement about the strike,
Read MoreImage: Laura Normand / The Verge The Elon Musk-owned X Corp. is suing four unnamed individuals over allegations they illegally scraped user data from Twitter, as first reported by CNBC. The lawsuit was filed in a Dallas County, Texas, court on July 6th and seeks over $1 million in damages. According to the complaint, the
Read MoreStability AI, the company behind the advanced image-generation model Stable Diffusion, is introducing a new product called Stable Doodle. This cutting-edge sketch-to-image converter utilizes the latest Stable Diffusion model to analyze the contours of a sketch and generate a visually appealing artistic interpretation. Stable Doodle is a powerful artificial intelligence tool that enables individuals with
Read MoreAmanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Twitter starts paying Twitter Blue creators who earned 5M+ impressions per month for three months a revenue cut from the ads beside the replies to their tweets — Twitter is now paying creators for a share of the ad revenue earned from ads served in the replies to their posts.
Read MoreDiane Bartz / Reuters: The FTC asks a federal court to temporarily halt Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition until after an appeals court has ruled on a separate stay request — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a federal court on Thursday for a stay that would prevent Microsoft (MSFT.O) …
Read MoreAwnings can be architecturally beautiful, and they provide lovely shelter from the sun and even a bit of rain. They don’t always like taking a pounding from high winds though. [Steve Carey] installed some nice awnings, but wanted to avoid any potential issues, so he built an automated system to extend and retract them for
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: Honor unveils Magic V2, a foldable phone measuring 9.9mm thick when folded and weighing 231g, is thinner and lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Pixel Fold — If there’s one thing Honor wants you to know about its new Magic V2, it’s how thin and light it
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Months after Elon Musk announced that some Twitter users will be eligible to earn money via ads on the platform, popular creators are finally getting an update: the money is coming “within the next 72 hours.” The revenue sharing program is only available to users who pay for a
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