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UK's CMA Raises Concerns About Apple and Google's Mobile Browsers
A final report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) independent inquiry group said the mobile browser market, dominated by Apple and Google, was not working well for consumers and businesses. Following provisional findings published in November, the CMA opened an investigation under its new powers in January.
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Google's AI Overviews Erode the Internet, US EdTech Firm Chegg Says in Lawsuit
Chegg, an online education company that offers textbook rentals, homework help, and tutoring has filed a lawsuit against Google. In the lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., Google is co-opting publishers' content to keep users on its own site, erasing financial incentives to publish.
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OpenAI Says it Does Not Use Indian Media Groups' Content to Train ChatGPT, Court Filing Shows
OpenAI is seeking to stop Indian media groups from joining a copyright lawsuit against it. The company has denied that it uses content from Indian media to train ChatGPT. The filing relates to a lawsuit by Indian news agency ANI last year, which alleges that ChatGPT uses its published content without permission to help train its AI chatbot.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons Will Feature Magnets and Mouse Functionality, Patent Suggests
Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 in January following several leaks about the hybrid console’s design and features. While the company stopped short of detailing the functionality and specifications of the Switch 2, the first-look trailer showed a revamped Joy-Con connecting mechanism. A patent from Nintendo published Thursday suggests the ...
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Google Updates AI Principles, Ditches Commitment to Not Use AI for Weapons and Surveillance
Google updated its artificial intelligence (AI) Principles, a document highlighting the company’s vision around the technology, on Tuesday. The Mountain View-based tech giant earlier mentioned four application areas where it would not design or deploy AI. These included weapons and surveillance as well as technologies that cause overall harm or c...
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Apple Will Reportedly Launch New iCloud-Based ‘Confetti’ Service for Event Invites This Week
Apple may roll out a dedicated service for events and invites as soon as this week, according to a recent newsletter published by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. It is likely to be iCloud-based and could build upon the company’s recent ambitions of revamping its Calendar app. The new service is said to be tied to the Cupertino-based technology giant’s...
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Has Reached Over 4 Million Players, Says Microsoft
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has hit over four million players, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed Wednesday at the company's second quarter earnings call for FY 2025. The action-adventure title from developer MachineGames and publisher Bethesda released on PC and Xbox Series S/X in December 2024.
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Apple Partners With SpaceX to Offer Starlink Satellite Connectivity on iPhone; Beta Testing Commences
Apple is bringing the Starlink network to iPhone, according to a recent newsletter published by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. It is speculated to work similarly to the Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on iPhone which users get in touch with emergency services when they do not have a cellular network or Wi-Fi connectivity. The Cupertino-based technolo...
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Apple May Bring Redesigned Mail App With AI Capabilities to iPad and Mac in April: Mark Gurman
Apple will soon be rolling out its redesigned Mail app to iPad and Mac, according to a recent newsletter published by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. It was first previewed at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 with the reveal of iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence — the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) suite. At the time, Apple announced...
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Nintendo Switch 2 Gets Bigger and Better, but Has a Monumental Legacy to Follow
After a string of leaks and months of speculation, Nintendo finally revealed its next hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch 2, Thursday. In a video published on its social media channels, the Japanese company showed off a bigger, blacker and better successor to the phenomenally successful Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in 2025 and run...
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Patent Suggests Nintendo Working on DLSS-Style AI Upscaling Technology Ahead of Nintendo Switch 2 Launch
A patent filed by Nintendo in the United States in July suggests the company has been working on an image upscaling technology, similar to Nvidia’s DLSS technology. The US patent, published Tuesday, details a computer technology for “converting images through the use of trained neural network,” where a source image is enhanced with contextual...
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Sega Says It's Considering Launching a Subscription Service for Its Games
Sega is planning launch its own video game subscription service along the lines of Netflix and Xbox Game Pass. The Japanese company, that produces popular game franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona and Yakuza, said it was currently assessing its options but could not disclose any details yet.
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Sony Confirms 'Initial Declaration of Intent' to Acquire FromSoftware Parent Kadokawa
Sony has confirmed its approach to acquire FromSoftware parent Kadokawa, weeks after a report claimed the company was in talks to buy the media and publishing firm. The PlayStation parent said it has made an “initial declaration of intent” to acquire Kadokawa.
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What Australia Is Doing To Make Big Techs Pay Media Publishers For News
Australia is planning to come up with new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news.
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Google’s AI-Powered Weather Prediction Model GenCast Outperforms Top Forecasting Systems, Says Study
Google introduced its weather predicting artificial intelligence (AI) model GenCast on Wednesday. The AI model was developed by the Mountain View-based tech giant’s AI research division Google DeepMind. The company’s researchers have also published a paper on the technology highlighting its capabilities in making medium-range weather forecasts....
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UK's CMA Raises Concerns About Apple and Google's Mobile Browsers
A final report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) independent inquiry group said the mobile browser market, dominated by Apple and Google, was not working well for consumers and businesses. Following provisional findings published in November, the CMA opened an investigation under its new powers in January.
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Google's AI Overviews Erode the Internet, US EdTech Firm Chegg Says in Lawsuit
Chegg, an online education company that offers textbook rentals, homework help, and tutoring has filed a lawsuit against Google. In the lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., Google is co-opting publishers' content to keep users on its own site, erasing financial incentives to publish.
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OpenAI Says it Does Not Use Indian Media Groups' Content to Train ChatGPT, Court Filing Shows
OpenAI is seeking to stop Indian media groups from joining a copyright lawsuit against it. The company has denied that it uses content from Indian media to train ChatGPT. The filing relates to a lawsuit by Indian news agency ANI last year, which alleges that ChatGPT uses its published content without permission to help train its AI chatbot.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons Will Feature Magnets and Mouse Functionality, Patent Suggests
Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 in January following several leaks about the hybrid console’s design and features. While the company stopped short of detailing the functionality and specifications of the Switch 2, the first-look trailer showed a revamped Joy-Con connecting mechanism. A patent from Nintendo published Thursday suggests the ...
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Google Updates AI Principles, Ditches Commitment to Not Use AI for Weapons and Surveillance
Google updated its artificial intelligence (AI) Principles, a document highlighting the company’s vision around the technology, on Tuesday. The Mountain View-based tech giant earlier mentioned four application areas where it would not design or deploy AI. These included weapons and surveillance as well as technologies that cause overall harm or c...
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Apple Will Reportedly Launch New iCloud-Based ‘Confetti’ Service for Event Invites This Week
Apple may roll out a dedicated service for events and invites as soon as this week, according to a recent newsletter published by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. It is likely to be iCloud-based and could build upon the company’s recent ambitions of revamping its Calendar app. The new service is said to be tied to the Cupertino-based technology giant’s...
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Has Reached Over 4 Million Players, Says Microsoft
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has hit over four million players, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed Wednesday at the company's second quarter earnings call for FY 2025. The action-adventure title from developer MachineGames and publisher Bethesda released on PC and Xbox Series S/X in December 2024.
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Apple Partners With SpaceX to Offer Starlink Satellite Connectivity on iPhone; Beta Testing Commences
Apple is bringing the Starlink network to iPhone, according to a recent newsletter published by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. It is speculated to work similarly to the Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on iPhone which users get in touch with emergency services when they do not have a cellular network or Wi-Fi connectivity. The Cupertino-based technolo...
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Apple May Bring Redesigned Mail App With AI Capabilities to iPad and Mac in April: Mark Gurman
Apple will soon be rolling out its redesigned Mail app to iPad and Mac, according to a recent newsletter published by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. It was first previewed at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 with the reveal of iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence — the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) suite. At the time, Apple announced...
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Nintendo Switch 2 Gets Bigger and Better, but Has a Monumental Legacy to Follow
After a string of leaks and months of speculation, Nintendo finally revealed its next hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch 2, Thursday. In a video published on its social media channels, the Japanese company showed off a bigger, blacker and better successor to the phenomenally successful Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released in 2025 and run...
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Patent Suggests Nintendo Working on DLSS-Style AI Upscaling Technology Ahead of Nintendo Switch 2 Launch
A patent filed by Nintendo in the United States in July suggests the company has been working on an image upscaling technology, similar to Nvidia’s DLSS technology. The US patent, published Tuesday, details a computer technology for “converting images through the use of trained neural network,” where a source image is enhanced with contextual...
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Sega Says It's Considering Launching a Subscription Service for Its Games
Sega is planning launch its own video game subscription service along the lines of Netflix and Xbox Game Pass. The Japanese company, that produces popular game franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona and Yakuza, said it was currently assessing its options but could not disclose any details yet.
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Sony Confirms 'Initial Declaration of Intent' to Acquire FromSoftware Parent Kadokawa
Sony has confirmed its approach to acquire FromSoftware parent Kadokawa, weeks after a report claimed the company was in talks to buy the media and publishing firm. The PlayStation parent said it has made an “initial declaration of intent” to acquire Kadokawa.
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What Australia Is Doing To Make Big Techs Pay Media Publishers For News
Australia is planning to come up with new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news.
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Google’s AI-Powered Weather Prediction Model GenCast Outperforms Top Forecasting Systems, Says Study
Google introduced its weather predicting artificial intelligence (AI) model GenCast on Wednesday. The AI model was developed by the Mountain View-based tech giant’s AI research division Google DeepMind. The company’s researchers have also published a paper on the technology highlighting its capabilities in making medium-range weather forecasts....
