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Rumors are swirling that Microsoft has been considering bringing some Xbox exclusives to rival PlayStation and Nintendo Switch platforms. Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush have both reportedly been under cross-platform consideration, and when you combine the rumors with recent comments from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Xbox CFO Tim Stuart, it’s clear Microsoft is … Read more
Former President Trump vowed Wednesday night to block the creation of a federal digital currency, calling it a “dangerous threat to freedom.” “Tonight, I am also making another promise to protect Americans from government tyranny,” Trump said at a rally in Portsmouth, N.H. “As your president, I will never allow the creation of a central … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Another lawsuit was filed last week against Utah’s soon-to-be-enacted social media restrictions, which would mandate that platforms like TikTok and Instagram require teens to get parental consent to use the apps and all users to undergo age verification. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) filed a lawsuit Friday … Read more
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Game developers are overwhelmingly concerned about the ethics of using AI. The organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) have released their annual State of the Game Industry survey, in which 84 percent of the 3,000-plus respondents said they were somewhat or very concerned about the ethics of using generative AI. The survey’s results elaborated … Read more
Iowa sued TikTok on Wednesday, accusing the video-based social media app of misrepresenting the prevalence of inappropriate content on the platform to avoid parental controls. The lawsuit alleges that TikTok falsely claims there is only infrequent or mild sexual content and nudity, profanity or crude humor, mature and suggestive themes, and alcohol, tobacco or drug … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg hired Sheryl Sandberg as Facebook’s chief operating officer in 2008 as the social network was growing fast and trying to attract investment. Zuckerberg, who founded Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, was just 23 – Sandberg, then 38, was deemed “the adult in the room”. The former sales executive at Google and chief … Read more
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No one on North Sea TikTok ever seems to know how they got there. They were just innocently scrolling their feeds from dance challenge to gardening tip to relationship update to workout video to standup comedy clip, when suddenly, they’re dropped into some of the most treacherous waters on the planet. The videos are almost … Read more
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024. Denis Balibouse | Reuters OpenAI on Thursday announced its first partnership with a higher education institution. Starting in February, Arizona State University will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to use it … Read more
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TikTok is getting sued by the state of Iowa over claims that it’s lying to parents about the presence of sexual content, drugs, alcohol, profanity, and other inappropriate material in the app. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird claimed TikTok is making this kind of content “easily accessible” to young … Read more
Google’s chief executive has told employees to expect more job cuts this yearafter a recent round of layoffs that affected 1,000 staff. Sundar Pichai said in a memo to staff on Wednesday that “some roles may be impacted” as he said divisions within the tech company continued to make changes. Pichai’s memo acknowledged a further … Read more
