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You can all stop calling now — The Pokémon Company’s lawyers are on the case. In a statement posted on the company’s website, The Pokémon Company says it’s aware of a “game released in January 2024” and plans to “take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to the … Read more
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Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors, tried to send a 90-second video to regulators of an incident in which one of its driverless cars dragged a pedestrian 20 feet but was hampered by “internet connectivity issues,” according to a report compiled by a law firm investigating the incident. The law firm, Quinn Emanuel … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — General Motors is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a gruesome collision that critically injured a pedestrian and derailed its self-driving car ambitions. The Justice Department inquiry disclosed in a report Thursday is the latest twist in a debacle that began in October after a robotaxi operated by GM’s Cruise … Read more
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In a blog post, OpenAI said the updated GPT-4 Turbo “completes tasks like code generation more thoroughly than the previous preview model and is intended to reduce cases of ‘laziness’ where the model doesn’t complete a task.” The company, however, did not explain what it updated. Some ChatGPT users recently complained about the chatbot frequently … Read more
Intel shares dropped in extended trading on Thursday after the chipmaker issued an outlook for the first quarter of 2024 that lagged analyst forecasts even as results for the latest quarter beat Wall Street estimates. Here’s how Intel did versus LSEG (formerly Refinitiv) consensus expectations for the quarter ended in December: Earnings per share: 54 … Read more
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We’ve seen the original Xbox Series S in white dip below the $249.99 mark over the past several months. But if you missed out on those opportunities, Dell presents another with a sale that brings Microsoft’s entry-level gaming console down to $229.99. That’s a $70 discount compared to its retail price. We’ve seen it as … Read more
Microsoft is laying off around 1,900 workers in its gaming unit, extending tech job losses in early 2024. The cuts represent roughly a 9 percent reduction at Activision Blizzard and Xbox from the 22,000 employees. The president of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Ybarra, is leaving the company, according to a post on X, formerly known as … Read more
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet shares climbed to a record on Thursday, joining Microsoft and Meta, which have continued to rally since reaching fresh all-time highs earlier this month. Shares of Alphabet rose 2.1% to close at $151.87. Microsoft rose 0.6% to $404.87, closing with … Read more
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Epic doesn’t have a lot to share about its plans just yet. It says the store will launch “later this year,” and Fortnite will be available through it. Both will only be available in parts of Europe covered by the Digital Markets Act. “Stay tuned for details as we figure out the regulatory timeline,” it … Read more
Snap endorsed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a proposal that would add regulations to the social media company and its industry peers, a company spokesperson confirmed Thursday. The endorsement from the company behind Snapchat comes roughly a week before Snap CEO Evan Spiegel is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about … Read more
