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The New York Times says users played its puzzles and games more than 8B times in 2023, led by Wordle with 4.8B plays, and the NYT Games app had 10M downloads (Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios)

    Alex Fitzpatrick / Axios: The New York Times says users played its puzzles and games more than 8B times in 2023, led by Wordle with 4.8B plays, and the NYT Games app had 10M downloads  —  The New York Times’… Read More »The New York Times says users played its puzzles and games more than 8B times in 2023, led by Wordle with 4.8B plays, and the NYT Games app had 10M downloads (Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios)

    The US ODNI appointed cyber expert Jason Barrett in October 2023 to help the intel community harness open-source intel, an area US agencies have struggled with (Bloomberg)

      Bloomberg: The US ODNI appointed cyber expert Jason Barrett in October 2023 to help the intel community harness open-source intel, an area US agencies have struggled with  —  Scouring open-source intelligence may not have the same cachet as undercover work,… Read More »The US ODNI appointed cyber expert Jason Barrett in October 2023 to help the intel community harness open-source intel, an area US agencies have struggled with (Bloomberg)

      How Japan’s $6.4B takeover of key photoresists supplier JSR and ~$4.7B buyout of Fujitsu’s chip-packaging arm Shinko Electric rankled many in the chip industry (Financial Times)

        Financial Times: How Japan’s $6.4B takeover of key photoresists supplier JSR and ~$4.7B buyout of Fujitsu’s chip-packaging arm Shinko Electric rankled many in the chip industry  —  Tokyo’s $6.4bn swoop for JSR has rekindled memories of heavy state intervention and… Read More »How Japan’s $6.4B takeover of key photoresists supplier JSR and ~$4.7B buyout of Fujitsu’s chip-packaging arm Shinko Electric rankled many in the chip industry (Financial Times)

        Source: Japanese telecom NTT and Intel plan to build tech to mass-produce next-gen chips using optical tech to reduce power consumption, a possible game changer (Nikkei Asia)

          Nikkei Asia: Source: Japanese telecom NTT and Intel plan to build tech to mass-produce next-gen chips using optical tech to reduce power consumption, a possible game changer  —  SK Hynix to also join, with Tokyo providing $300m government support  — … Read More »Source: Japanese telecom NTT and Intel plan to build tech to mass-produce next-gen chips using optical tech to reduce power consumption, a possible game changer (Nikkei Asia)

          Apple updates Shazam to add support for identifying songs from other apps while listening via wired or Bluetooth headphones (Oliver Haslam/iMore)

            Oliver Haslam / iMore: Apple updates Shazam to add support for identifying songs from other apps while listening via wired or Bluetooth headphones  —  Apple’s Shazam is now better than ever.  —  Shazam has long been the go-to app for… Read More »Apple updates Shazam to add support for identifying songs from other apps while listening via wired or Bluetooth headphones (Oliver Haslam/iMore)

            China’s chipmakers are ramping up production capacity, helped by the country’s subsidies, raising concerns among western nations about China flooding the market (Chris Miller/Financial Times)

              Chris Miller / Financial Times: China’s chipmakers are ramping up production capacity, helped by the country’s subsidies, raising concerns among western nations about China flooding the market  —  The oversupply of certain types of semiconductors is going to be a… Read More »China’s chipmakers are ramping up production capacity, helped by the country’s subsidies, raising concerns among western nations about China flooding the market (Chris Miller/Financial Times)

              At Pwn2Own’s first automotive-focused event, a total of $1.3M+ was awarded across 49 car-related zero-days, which included gaining root access to a Tesla modem (Brandon Vigliarolo/The Register)

                Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: At Pwn2Own’s first automotive-focused event, a total of $1.3M+ was awarded across 49 car-related zero-days, which included gaining root access to a Tesla modem  —  ALSO: SEC admits to X account negligence; New macOS malware… Read More »At Pwn2Own’s first automotive-focused event, a total of $1.3M+ was awarded across 49 car-related zero-days, which included gaining root access to a Tesla modem (Brandon Vigliarolo/The Register)

                China has approved more than 40 large language models for public use since authorities began the approval process in August 2023; 14 were approved last week (Josh Ye/Reuters)

                  Josh Ye / Reuters: China has approved more than 40 large language models for public use since authorities began the approval process in August 2023; 14 were approved last week  —  China has approved more than 40 artificial intelligence (AI)… Read More »China has approved more than 40 large language models for public use since authorities began the approval process in August 2023; 14 were approved last week (Josh Ye/Reuters)

                  The Browser Company releases Arc Search, an iOS browser with a feature that takes a user’s query, browses the web, and builds a custom webpage to answer it (David Pierce/The Verge)

                    David Pierce / The Verge: The Browser Company releases Arc Search, an iOS browser with a feature that takes a user’s query, browses the web, and builds a custom webpage to answer it  —  A few minutes ago, I opened… Read More »The Browser Company releases Arc Search, an iOS browser with a feature that takes a user’s query, browses the web, and builds a custom webpage to answer it (David Pierce/The Verge)

                    A look at Warner Bros. Discovery’s push to expand its gaming division with live services and mobile games, by leveraging its franchises like Game of Thrones (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

                      Jennifer Maas / Variety: A look at Warner Bros. Discovery’s push to expand its gaming division with live services and mobile games, by leveraging its franchises like Game of Thrones  —  David Zaslav’s most critical mission is leading Warner Bros.… Read More »A look at Warner Bros. Discovery’s push to expand its gaming division with live services and mobile games, by leveraging its franchises like Game of Thrones (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

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