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Tom Warren / The Verge: Q&A with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox-exclusive games to PS5 and Switch, the future of Xbox, next-gen hardware, regulation, and more  —  Microsoft has been gradually moving Xbox away from the idea… Read More »Q&A with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox-exclusive games to PS5 and Switch, the future of Xbox, next-gen hardware, regulation, and more (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft says its Xbox Game Pass service now has 34M subscribers, up 36% from the 25M subscribers Microsoft reported more than two years ago  —  Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service now has 34 million subscribers. … Read More »Microsoft says its Xbox Game Pass service now has 34M subscribers, up 36% from the 25M subscribers Microsoft reported more than two years ago (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple confirms that iOS 17.4 removes Home Screen web apps in the EU because of a DMA requirement that forces Apple to allow alternative browser engines  —  iOS 17.4 offers a number of changes for the… Read More »Apple confirms that iOS 17.4 removes Home Screen web apps in the EU because of a DMA requirement that forces Apple to allow alternative browser engines (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Steven Levy / Wired: OpenAI unveils its first text-to-video model, Sora, which can create up to a minute of 1080p video, as a research product for some creators and security experts  —  OpenAI’s entry into generative AI video is an… Read More »OpenAI unveils its first text-to-video model, Sora, which can create up to a minute of 1080p video, as a research product for some creators and security experts (Steven Levy/Wired)

Dan Primack / Axios: Filings: Sam Altman is the sole owner of the OpenAI Startup Fund, which reported $175M in total commitments in May 2023; Microsoft is an outside limited partner  —  – By last May it reported $175 million… Read More »Filings: Sam Altman is the sole owner of the OpenAI Startup Fund, which reported $175M in total commitments in May 2023; Microsoft is an outside limited partner (Dan Primack/Axios)

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: The SEC approves Truth Social’s SPAC merger with DWAC; Trump’s stake in the post-merger company would be valued at more than $4B at today’s price  —  The former president’s stake in the post-merger company would… Read More »The SEC approves Truth Social’s SPAC merger with DWAC; Trump’s stake in the post-merger company would be valued at more than $4B at today’s price (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Chainalysis: In 2023, crypto money laundering fell 29.5% YoY to $22.2B, 109 addresses each got $10M+ in illicit crypto, and five off-ramp services got 71.7% of illicit funds  —  Coming soon  —  The goal of money laundering is to obscure… Read More »In 2023, crypto money laundering fell 29.5% YoY to $22.2B, 109 addresses each got $10M+ in illicit crypto, and five off-ramp services got 71.7% of illicit funds (Chainalysis)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: YouTube adds the ability for users to incorporate, or “remix”, a music video in their Shorts, weeks after UMG pulled its song catalog from TikTok  —  YouTube is introducing the ability for users to incorporate or… Read More »YouTube adds the ability for users to incorporate, or “remix”, a music video in their Shorts, weeks after UMG pulled its song catalog from TikTok (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Sources: Sam Altman told people that the $7T figure represents the total investments needed for his chip project, including real estate, over some years  —  Contrary to popular belief, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman isn’t raising… Read More »Sources: Sam Altman told people that the $7T figure represents the total investments needed for his chip project, including real estate, over some years (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

David Pierce / The Verge: Google launches Gemini 1.5 to developers and enterprise users, offering support for 1M tokens, and says Gemini 1.5 Pro is on par with its Gemini Ultra model  —  Barely two months after launching Gemini, the… Read More »Google launches Gemini 1.5 to developers and enterprise users, offering support for 1M tokens, and says Gemini 1.5 Pro is on par with its Gemini Ultra model (David Pierce/The Verge)