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Filing: Microsoft says Activision planned layoffs before its merger, responding to FTC’s claims that the layoffs contradict Microsoft’s representations in court (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

    Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: Microsoft says Activision planned layoffs before its merger, responding to FTC’s claims that the layoffs contradict Microsoft’s representations in court  —  – Xbox maker cutting 1,900 workers, including at Activision  — Tech giant responds to… Read More »Filing: Microsoft says Activision planned layoffs before its merger, responding to FTC’s claims that the layoffs contradict Microsoft’s representations in court (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

    LastPass warns users about a fake copy of its app on Apple’s App Store, with a similar name and logo, likely used as a phishing app to steal users’ credentials (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

      Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: LastPass warns users about a fake copy of its app on Apple’s App Store, with a similar name and logo, likely used as a phishing app to steal users’ credentials  —  LastPass is warning that a… Read More »LastPass warns users about a fake copy of its app on Apple’s App Store, with a similar name and logo, likely used as a phishing app to steal users’ credentials (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

      Sources: Flexport lost at least $2M/month in 2023 on its air freight deal with Apple, started in late 2022 to ship products from some Asian factories to the US (The Information)

        The Information: Sources: Flexport lost at least $2M/month in 2023 on its air freight deal with Apple, started in late 2022 to ship products from some Asian factories to the US  —  For Flexport, a logistics company billing itself as… Read More »Sources: Flexport lost at least $2M/month in 2023 on its air freight deal with Apple, started in late 2022 to ship products from some Asian factories to the US (The Information)

        The FCC outlaws scam robocalls featuring fake, AI-created voices, giving state AGs more legal tools to pursue illegal robocallers that use such voices (Brian Fung/CNN)

          Brian Fung / CNN: The FCC outlaws scam robocalls featuring fake, AI-created voices, giving state AGs more legal tools to pursue illegal robocallers that use such voices  —  The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is immediately outlawing scam robocalls… Read More »The FCC outlaws scam robocalls featuring fake, AI-created voices, giving state AGs more legal tools to pursue illegal robocallers that use such voices (Brian Fung/CNN)

          Plaid names Jen Taylor as its first president as it readies itself for an IPO; Taylor was most recently chief product officer at Cloudflare (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

            Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Plaid names Jen Taylor as its first president as it readies itself for an IPO; Taylor was most recently chief product officer at Cloudflare  —  – Firm names Cloudflare’s product head Jen Taylor as president … Read More »Plaid names Jen Taylor as its first president as it readies itself for an IPO; Taylor was most recently chief product officer at Cloudflare (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

            Filing: the FTC seeks a pause in Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition, arguing layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division contradict Microsoft’s prior claims (Jessica Conditt/Engadget)

              Jessica Conditt / Engadget: Filing: the FTC seeks a pause in Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition, arguing layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division contradict Microsoft’s prior claims  —  The FTC isn’t done questioning gaming’s biggest acquisition.  —  One week after Microsoft laid… Read More »Filing: the FTC seeks a pause in Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition, arguing layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division contradict Microsoft’s prior claims (Jessica Conditt/Engadget)

              Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker steps down to focus on AI and internet safety as chair of the nonprofit; Mozilla board member Laura Chambers will be interim CEO (Diane Brady/Fortune)

                Diane Brady / Fortune: Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker steps down to focus on AI and internet safety as chair of the nonprofit; Mozilla board member Laura Chambers will be interim CEO  —  Mozilla has named a new CEO effective immediately. … Read More »Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker steps down to focus on AI and internet safety as chair of the nonprofit; Mozilla board member Laura Chambers will be interim CEO (Diane Brady/Fortune)

                Filings: SoftBank’s stake in Paytm was ~5% in January vs. ~18.5% around Paytm’s 2021 IPO; SoftBank says it sold most of its stake due to regulatory scrutiny (Min Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)

                  Min Jeong Lee / Bloomberg: Filings: SoftBank’s stake in Paytm was ~5% in January vs. ~18.5% around Paytm’s 2021 IPO; SoftBank says it sold most of its stake due to regulatory scrutiny  —  The Tokyo-based tech investor saw uncertainty growing… Read More »Filings: SoftBank’s stake in Paytm was ~5% in January vs. ~18.5% around Paytm’s 2021 IPO; SoftBank says it sold most of its stake due to regulatory scrutiny (Min Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)

                  US House investigation: GGV, GSR, Qualcomm Ventures, Sequoia, and Walden invested $1B+ in China’s chip industry across 150+ deals between 2001 and August 2023 (New York Times)

                    New York Times: US House investigation: GGV, GSR, Qualcomm Ventures, Sequoia, and Walden invested $1B+ in China’s chip industry across 150+ deals between 2001 and August 2023  —  A Congressional investigation determined that U.S. funding helped fuel the growth of… Read More »US House investigation: GGV, GSR, Qualcomm Ventures, Sequoia, and Walden invested $1B+ in China’s chip industry across 150+ deals between 2001 and August 2023 (New York Times)

                    Google Gemini Advanced hands-on: clearly a GPT-4 class model, but doesn’t obviously blow away GPT-4 in benchmarks; Gemini is better than GPT-4 at explanations (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing)

                      Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: Google Gemini Advanced hands-on: clearly a GPT-4 class model, but doesn’t obviously blow away GPT-4 in benchmarks; Gemini is better than GPT-4 at explanations  —  And then there were two.  —  Right around the… Read More »Google Gemini Advanced hands-on: clearly a GPT-4 class model, but doesn’t obviously blow away GPT-4 in benchmarks; Gemini is better than GPT-4 at explanations (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing)

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