Potter heads: This new Harry Potter game is now available on Android and iOS

Warner Bros Games has globally launched the mobile game Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, which combines elements of a Collectible Card Game, Role Playing Game, and Massively Multiplayer Online game set in the wizarding world. Players experience a unique narrative, interact with familiar characters, and collect spells and charms to use in duels and adventures at Hogwarts. The game encourages collaboration and teamwork, with activities such as exploring the Forbidden Forest, attending classes, and participating in the Dance Club. It also offers duelling and special limited-time game modes for competitive play. The game is available for download globally. https://ift.tt/VUW2DHr

A US judge denies Sam Bankman-Fried's motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces; Bankman-Fried faces 100 years in prison if convicted (Colin Wilhelm/The Block)

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A US judge denies Sam Bankman-Fried's motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces; Bankman-Fried faces 100+ years in prison if convicted  —  A federal judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried's motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces.

MLB partners with Uplift Labs which uses AI to detect players' flaws forecast potential and flag injury risk based on images captured by two iPhone cameras (Lindsey Adler/Wall Street Journal)

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MLB partners with Uplift Labs, which uses AI to detect players' flaws, forecast potential, and flag injury risk based on images captured by two iPhone cameras  —  The most important thing a baseball team can do ahead of the amateur draft is predict future success for developing young ballplayers.

Sources: FTX abruptly halted the sale of its $500M stake in AI startup Anthropic; FTX's bankers had reportedly been shopping its Anthropic stake in early June (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: FTX abruptly halted the sale of its $500M stake in AI startup Anthropic; FTX's bankers had reportedly been shopping its Anthropic stake in early June  —  Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has abruptly halted the sale of one of its most sought-after assets: a stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic.

Tel Aviv-based NoTraffic an AI-based traffic management service raised a $50M Series B led by M&G Investments following a $17.5M Series A in July 2021 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

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Tel Aviv-based NoTraffic, an AI-based traffic management service, raised a $50M Series B led by M&G Investments, following a $17.5M Series A in July 2021  —  AI-based traffic management platform NoTraffic has bagged $50 million in Series B funding as it picks up momentum in cities across …

Oppo OnePlus and others may look at offering up to 24GB RAM in future smartphones

How much RAM is too much RAM? After all, tech companies have been consistently increasing the RAM on their phones and up until now, the highest we could have in a smartphone is 18GB, which is likely to come in Redmagic 8S Pro. In a recent development, it has been reported that BBK-owned brands like Oppo, OnePlus and Realme are planning to increase the RAM on their future smartphones. https://ift.tt/qX2ldEs

A look at Amazon's army of smaller AI-powered warehouse robots including Proteus which carries suitcase-sized bins of packages and works alongside humans (Will Knight/Wired)

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A look at Amazon's army of smaller AI-powered warehouse robots, including Proteus, which carries suitcase-sized bins of packages and works alongside humans  —  A wave of advanced machines is coming to the company's facilities thanks to better AI and robots smart enough to work with—and without—humans.

Some doctors say that their current best use for generative AI is to ease the heavy burden of documentation which takes hours a day and contributes to burnout (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

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Some doctors say that their current best use for generative AI is to ease the heavy burden of documentation, which takes hours a day and contributes to burnout  —  The best use for generative A.I. in health care, doctors say, is to ease the heavy burden of documentation that takes them hours a day and contributes to burnout.

IBM plans to acquire cloud IT management startup Apptio for $4.6B in cash from Vista Equity Partners which paid $1.94B to take Apptio private in 2018 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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IBM plans to acquire cloud IT management startup Apptio for $4.6B in cash from Vista Equity Partners, which paid $1.94B to take Apptio private in 2018  —  As cloud architecture continues to more ubiquitous among organizations, increasingly what is more apparent is that many organizations …

OnePlus' next Nord smartphone listed on Amazon

OnePlus is set to expand its Nord series of smartphones in India. The Chinese tech company is expected to launch the OnePlus Nord 3 smartphone in India. OnePlus has also opened applications for 'The Lab', its community review program for the next Nord series smartphones. While the company is yet to reveal the launch timeline of its upcoming Nord smartphone, the teasers for the smartphone are live on Amazon India and OnePlus India website. The smartphone is teased to feature a flat display and an Alert Slider– a feature that allows users to take control of volume and notifications. https://ift.tt/eiglBGv

A look at Harry and Meghan's Hollywood flop in streaming's era of slower growth; sources: Netflix is unlikely to renew their $100M deal which runs through 2025 (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
A look at Harry and Meghan's Hollywood flop in streaming's era of slower growth; sources: Netflix is unlikely to renew their $100M deal, which runs through 2025  —  They arrived three years ago with royal star power amid a streaming boom, but have notched more cancellations and rejections than produced shows

Japan announces a $6.3B deal to buy and privatize JSR a maker of photoresists that controls the global supply of key chipmaking chemicals with two other firms (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Japan announces a $6.3B deal to buy and privatize JSR, a maker of photoresists that controls the global supply of key chipmaking chemicals with two other firms  —  Japan's government unveiled a $6.3 billion deal to buy out and privatize JSR Corp., taking direct control of the world leader …

WhatsApp to soon roll out 'Message Pin Duration' feature: Heres what it means for users

WhatsApp recently rolled out two new privacy features on its platform. Now a new report has surfaced online revealing that the Meta-owned platform is working on a feature which will enable users to choose for how long messages stay pinned within chats and groups. https://ift.tt/lwmeHF2

Q&A with Microsoft's Jared Spataro on AI tools advancing knowledge work increasing worker creativity being "usefully wrong" automating work away and more (Kevin J. Delaney/Charter)

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Q&A with Microsoft's Jared Spataro on AI tools advancing knowledge work, increasing worker creativity, being “usefully wrong”, automating work away, and more  —  Microsoft over the past few years has released some of the most interesting research about how people work …

As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases lawmakers political consultants and election researchers push for creating new guardrails (New York Times)

New York Times:
As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases, lawmakers, political consultants, and election researchers push for creating new guardrails  —  Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology.