Journals

Sarah Whitten / CNBC: Disney plans to invest $1.5B for a stake in Epic Games and work with the gaming studio to create new games with content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and more  —  – Disney is investing $1.5 billion… Read More »Disney plans to invest $1.5B for a stake in Epic Games and work with the gaming studio to create new games with content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and more (Sarah Whitten/CNBC)

Reuters: Arm reports Q3 revenue up 14% YoY to $824M, vs. $761.6M est., and forecasts Q4 sales and adjusted profit above expectations; ARM jumps 21%+  —  Arm Holdings on Wednesday forecast fiscal fourth-quarter sales and adjusted profit above Wall Street… Read More »Arm reports Q3 revenue up 14% YoY to $824M, vs. $761.6M est., and forecasts Q4 sales and adjusted profit above expectations; ARM jumps 21%+ (Reuters)

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Adam Mosseri says Threads is testing the ability to save posts, a “heavily requested feature” that allows users to bookmark posts and revisit them later  —  Instagram Threads is getting a highly requested feature that puts… Read More »Adam Mosseri says Threads is testing the ability to save posts, a “heavily requested feature” that allows users to bookmark posts and revisit them later (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Mechanical Orchard, which helps companies migrate systems from mainframes to the cloud, raised a $24M Series A led by Emergence Capital at a $95M valuation  —  Mechanical Orchard has raised $24 million from Emergence Capital at… Read More »Mechanical Orchard, which helps companies migrate systems from mainframes to the cloud, raised a $24M Series A led by Emergence Capital at a $95M valuation (Alex Konrad/Forbes)

Sam Sabin / Axios: A report from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand: China-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon has had access to some key US infrastructure for 5+ years  —  China-backed hackers have had access to some major… Read More »A report from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand: China-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon has had access to some key US infrastructure for 5+ years (Sam Sabin/Axios)

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Microsoft updates Copilot with a redesigned look, a new AI model for Copilot’s Balanced mode called Deucalion, and new image creation and editing features  —  In a startling move, Microsoft today announced a redesigned look for… Read More »Microsoft updates Copilot with a redesigned look, a new AI model for Copilot’s Balanced mode called Deucalion, and new image creation and editing features (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Alexandre Rajbhandari / Bloomberg: Paris-based payments company Worldline plans to lay off around 8% of its global workforce, or ~1,400 jobs, as it seeks to cut annual costs by €200M from 2025  —  – Company seeks to cut annual costs… Read More »Paris-based payments company Worldline plans to lay off around 8% of its global workforce, or ~1,400 jobs, as it seeks to cut annual costs by €200M from 2025 (Alexandre Rajbhandari/Bloomberg)

Connor Jones / The Register: Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center says Iran’s cyber operations in Israel show how Iran could target the 2024 US elections, including fake news websites  —  Tactics are more sophisticated and supported in greater numbers  —  Iran’s… Read More »Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center says Iran’s cyber operations in Israel show how Iran could target the 2024 US elections, including fake news websites (Connor Jones/The Register)

Kate Knibbs / Wired: An interview with Nebojša Vujinović Vujo, who runs 2,000+ AI-generated news sites, often hosted on popular, dormant domains, and claims to have human editors  —  Serbian DJ turned internet entrepreneur Nebojša Vujinović Vujo floods abandoned news… Read More »An interview with Nebojša Vujinović Vujo, who runs 2,000+ AI-generated news sites, often hosted on popular, dormant domains, and claims to have human editors (Kate Knibbs/Wired)

Charlie Sorrel / iFixit News: Apple Vision Pro and battery teardown: 50 Vision Pro pixels fit into a single iPhone 15 Pro pixel, not technically 4K, a roughly 100° field of view, and more  —  After the whirlwind of team… Read More »Apple Vision Pro and battery teardown: 50 Vision Pro pixels fit into a single iPhone 15 Pro pixel, not technically 4K, a roughly 100° field of view, and more (Charlie Sorrel/iFixit News)