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16 Aug

Fubo wins injunction to delay Disney-Fox-Warner’s live sports streamer Venu

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The sports streaming service Fubo has temporarily fended off a huge financial threat from Disney-Fox-Warner’s potential competitor Venu Sports and its collection of sports broadcasting licenses thanks to a recent court ruling. A federal judge in the Southern District of New York granted Fubo’s request for an injunction in its antitrust case against the joint sports streaming venture and its…

16 Aug

OpenAI shut down an Iranian influence op that used ChatGPT to generate bogus news articles

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OpenAI said on Friday that it thwarted an Iranian influence campaign that used ChatGPT to generate fake news stories and social posts aimed at Americans. The company said it identified and banned accounts generating content for five websites (in English and Spanish) pretending to be news outlets, spreading “polarizing messages” on issues like the US presidential campaign, LGBTQ+ rights and…

16 Aug

Google acknowledges it ‘missed the mark’ with onerous demands for Pixel 9 influencers

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If you thought Google might be taking a break after unveiling new Pixel 9 devices at its Made By Google event this week, you would be mistaken. A recent post on Threads appears to show part of the sign-up form to receive Pixel devices, and the language in question mandates that signees feature Google's hardware "in place of any competitor…

16 Aug

The adorable building game Tiny Glade is coming to Steam on September 23

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The castle construction game Tiny Glade that’s got the Internet uttering a collective “Awwwww, ain’t that cuuuute?” has a release date. Wholesome Games announced today in a new trailer that Tiny Glade will be released on September 23 on Steam. If you can’t wait that long or just wanna get a head start on your virtual village, a demo is…

16 Aug

San Francisco aims to take down AI undressing websites in new lawsuit

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San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced he intended to shut down 16 of the most popular AI “undressing” sites at a press conference on Thursday.The Verge reported that the City Attorney is accusing these sites of violating federal laws regarding revenge pornography, deepfake pornography and child pornography. Chiu’s office also accused the sites of violating the state of California’s…

16 Aug

Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32’s partition size limit after nearly three decades

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Microsoft righted an age-old “wrong” (at least for those who geek out on disk formatting) earlier this week. With its latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Preview Build (via The Verge), the company increased the maximum FAT32 partition size limit from 32GB to 2TB when using the command line. The boost from the previous limit, which its creator thought would be…

16 Aug

EU regulators question Meta about the shutdown of CrowdTangle

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Meta’s decision to shut down CrowdTangle, an analytics tool that was an “invaluable” resource to the research community, is drawing fresh scrutiny from European Union regulators. The EU Commission, which had already raised concerns about the social network’s plan to discontinue the tool ahead of global elections in 2024, is now pressing Meta for more details about its work with…

16 Aug

Texas Instruments awarded $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act funding for domestic silicon production

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Texas Instruments is the latest recipient of CHIPS Act funds. The 2022 law, signed by President Biden to boost domestic silicon production in the face of increasing Chinese chip imports, will award TI $1.6 billion in grants. The company will also receive $3 billion in loans and tax credits that could amount to $6 to $8 billion.The effort is expected…

16 Aug

Meta puts Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR on ice

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Here’s some bad news for those longing to run over civilians in a monster truck while in virtual reality. The VR-focused remake of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is “on hold indefinitely,” according to reporting by IGN.This refresh was announced three years ago and was originally to be a Quest 2 title. Here we are, deep in the lifecycle of…

16 Aug

Take $150 off a set of Sony noise-canceling headphones, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals

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The ASUS ROG Ally is down to $500 at Best Buy, which is a $150 discount and a new all-time low for the config with AMD's Z1 Extreme chip. This deal comes with a heavy caveat: ASUS recently released the ROG Ally X, an upgraded model with better battery life, more RAM and storage, improved ergonomics, an extra USB-C port…