Friday, May 19, 2023
Take-Two hints GTA 6 may release in 2024: What to expect
Sources: media agency GroupM tells clients it no longer considers Twitter "high risk", a designation given in November, days after Linda Yaccarino's appointment (Financial Times)
Sources: media agency GroupM tells clients it no longer considers Twitter “high risk”, a designation given in November, days after Linda Yaccarino's appointment — WPP-owned GroupM removed designation of platform after appointment of Linda Yaccarino
Krafton receives a "trial approval" for three months from Indian authorities to relaunch battle-royale game BGMI, a year after it was banned (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Krafton receives a “trial approval” for three months from Indian authorities to relaunch battle-royale game BGMI, a year after it was banned — The South Korean giant Krafton has secured the approval from the Indian authorities to resume operations of Battlegrounds Mobile India …
Restaurant chefs are increasingly designing food that plays well on video for influencers on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube (Ezra Marcus/Grub Street)
Restaurant chefs are increasingly designing food that plays well on video for influencers on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube — The most important social-media food genre of the past decade is photos of avocado toast, bright and colorful and clean. But innovation is relentless …
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Google plans to migrate 1% of Chrome users to Privacy Sandbox and disable third-party cookies for them in Q1 2024 and deprecate third-party cookies in H2 2024 (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)
Google plans to migrate 1% of Chrome users to Privacy Sandbox and disable third-party cookies for them in Q1 2024 and deprecate third-party cookies in H2 2024 — Google's Privacy Sandbox aims to replace third-party cookies with a more privacy-conscious approach, allowing users to manage …
HTC U23 Pro with Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 launched: All the details
Here's when OnePlus may launch the new Nord series smartphone in India
A survey of 70 cybersecurity experts: 64% favored reauthorization of FISA's Section 702, set to expire at the end of 2023, with some kind of change (Washington Post)
A survey of 70 cybersecurity experts: 64% favored reauthorization of FISA's Section 702, set to expire at the end of 2023, with some kind of change — Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! It's good to be back from Denver. There, a 6-year-old repeatedly defeated me and/or incapacitated …
Q&A with FBI's Bryan Smith on how the agency generated over 300 decryption keys from Hive's servers and gave them to victims, saving ~$130M in ransom payments (The Record)
Q&A with FBI's Bryan Smith on how the agency generated over 300 decryption keys from Hive's servers and gave them to victims, saving ~$130M in ransom payments — While there was excitement when they actually got that access, there was no time to kind of enjoy that moment …
At a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister, TSMC, Samsung, Intel, Micron, and other chipmakers announce plans to expand investment and partnerships in the country (Financial Times)
At a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister, TSMC, Samsung, Intel, Micron, and other chipmakers announce plans to expand investment and partnerships in the country — Seven of the world's largest semiconductor makers have set out plans to increase manufacturing and deepen tech partnerships …
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
An investigation finds some US public housing agencies use surveillance cameras with facial recognition and AI to evict residents, sometimes for minor breaches (Douglas MacMillan/Washington Post)
An investigation finds some US public housing agencies use surveillance cameras with facial recognition and AI to evict residents, sometimes for minor breaches — Surveillance cameras purchased with federal crime-fighting grants are being used to punish and evict public housing residents …
A poll of 4,415 US adults finds 61% believe AI could threaten civilization and 66%+ are concerned over negative effects; 70% of Trump voters were concerned (Anna Tong/Reuters)
A poll of 4,415 US adults finds 61% believe AI could threaten civilization and 66%+ are concerned over negative effects; 70% of Trump voters were concerned — The swift growth of artificial intelligence technology could put the future of humanity at risk, according to most Americans surveyed …
Motorola's biggest smartphone launch of 2023 is set for June 1
Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$21.4B, above estimates and the fastest growth in over a year, and net income up 10% YoY to ~$3.6B, below estimates (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)
Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to ~$21.4B, above estimates and the fastest growth in over a year, and net income up 10% YoY to ~$3.6B, below estimates — Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s earnings missed estimates despite the fastest pace of revenue growth in more than a year …
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Apple announces a suite of features to improve cognitive, vision, and speech accessibility on iOS and iPadOS, rolling out later in 2023 (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
Apple announces a suite of features to improve cognitive, vision, and speech accessibility on iOS and iPadOS, rolling out later in 2023 — Apple previewed a suite of new features today to improve cognitive, vision and speech accessibility. These tools are slated to arrive on the iPhone, iPad and Mac later this year.
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter : Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone : A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say ...
