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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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OpenAI Sued by Canadian News Companies Over Alleged Copyright Breaches
OpenAI has been sued by five news publications in Canada: Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada over alleged copyright infringement. The five news companies have accused the ChatGPT maker of regularly breaching copyright and online terms of use.
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Lenovo Legion Go S Gaming Console Firmware Reportedly Listed Ahead of Anticipated Launch
Lenovo Legion Go S could be launched by the company soon, according to a firmware listing published by Lenovo. The company's support website has also listed a details of a new handheld console with Wi-Fi 6E connectivity. Here's everything you need to know about the purported Lenovo Legion Go S.
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Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins
Microsoft reached a deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins that will allow the software company to use nonfiction titles from the book publisher to train its Artificial Intelligence models, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company isn’t planning to use the content to generate new books without human authors, the person said.
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Motorola's New Rollable Smartphone Patent Suggests Multiple On-Screen Fingerprint Sensors
Motorola debuted its rollable concept device in 2023 and we’ve seen more development in this space in the past few months with bigger manufacturers getting involved. A new patent from Motorola suggests fresh details about the company's rollable Rizr concept. The Lenovo-owned brand appears to be planning to incorporate multiple fingerprint sensors...
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ChatGPT First-Person Bias and Stereotypes Tested in a New OpenAI Study
ChatGPT, like other artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, has the potential to introduce biases and harmful stereotypes when generating content. For the most part, companies have focused on eliminating third-person biases where information about others is sought. However, in a new study published by OpenAI, the company tested its AI models’ firs...
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Disney to Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data: Report
Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, according to a report in the Status media newsletter.
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Warner Bros. Intends to Leverage Its IPs and Make More Games, License Franchises to Outside Studios
Warner Bros. Discovery intends to leverage its intellectual properties and publish more video games based on its biggest franchises, the company said at its second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. In addition to developing games in-house, Warner Bros. is also looking to license its IPs out to other studios.
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CrowdStrike Conducts External Review to Better Understand What Triggered the Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the US-based cybersecurity firm, caused a global outage on July 19 after an update resulted in Windows laptops and desktops crashing and getting stuck in the boot loop. After fixing the issue, the company published a post-incident report highlighting that its artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Falcon sensor caused an error. Now...
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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...
-
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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OpenAI Sued by Canadian News Companies Over Alleged Copyright Breaches
OpenAI has been sued by five news publications in Canada: Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada over alleged copyright infringement. The five news companies have accused the ChatGPT maker of regularly breaching copyright and online terms of use.
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Lenovo Legion Go S Gaming Console Firmware Reportedly Listed Ahead of Anticipated Launch
Lenovo Legion Go S could be launched by the company soon, according to a firmware listing published by Lenovo. The company's support website has also listed a details of a new handheld console with Wi-Fi 6E connectivity. Here's everything you need to know about the purported Lenovo Legion Go S.
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Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins
Microsoft reached a deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins that will allow the software company to use nonfiction titles from the book publisher to train its Artificial Intelligence models, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company isn’t planning to use the content to generate new books without human authors, the person said.
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Motorola's New Rollable Smartphone Patent Suggests Multiple On-Screen Fingerprint Sensors
Motorola debuted its rollable concept device in 2023 and we’ve seen more development in this space in the past few months with bigger manufacturers getting involved. A new patent from Motorola suggests fresh details about the company's rollable Rizr concept. The Lenovo-owned brand appears to be planning to incorporate multiple fingerprint sensors...
-
ChatGPT First-Person Bias and Stereotypes Tested in a New OpenAI Study
ChatGPT, like other artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, has the potential to introduce biases and harmful stereotypes when generating content. For the most part, companies have focused on eliminating third-person biases where information about others is sought. However, in a new study published by OpenAI, the company tested its AI models’ firs...
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Disney to Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data: Report
Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, according to a report in the Status media newsletter.
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Warner Bros. Intends to Leverage Its IPs and Make More Games, License Franchises to Outside Studios
Warner Bros. Discovery intends to leverage its intellectual properties and publish more video games based on its biggest franchises, the company said at its second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. In addition to developing games in-house, Warner Bros. is also looking to license its IPs out to other studios.
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CrowdStrike Conducts External Review to Better Understand What Triggered the Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the US-based cybersecurity firm, caused a global outage on July 19 after an update resulted in Windows laptops and desktops crashing and getting stuck in the boot loop. After fixing the issue, the company published a post-incident report highlighting that its artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Falcon sensor caused an error. Now...
