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More news organizations sue OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement
29 Feb

More news organizations sue OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement

John RoutledgeLatest News
Legal claims are starting to pile up against Microsoft and OpenAI, as three more news sites have sued the firms over copyright infringement, The Verge reported. The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet filed separate lawsuits accusing ChatGPT of reproducing news content "verbatim or nearly verbatim" while stripping out important attribution like the author's name.The sites, all represented by the same…
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EA is laying off over 650 employees
28 Feb

EA is laying off over 650 employees

John RoutledgeLatest News
Video game company Electronic Arts will lay off 5 precent of its workforce according to a report it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. More than 650 EA employees will lose their jobs as a result of the move, part of a broader restricting that will see the company cutting back on office space and ending work…
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Biden executive order aims to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data
28 Feb

Biden executive order aims to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data

John RoutledgeLatest News
President Joe Biden will issue an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern,” including Russia and China. The order specifically targets the bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial, biometric, health and other personally identifying information.During a briefing with reporters, a senior administration official said that the sale of such data to…
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TikTok is muting all Universal Music-related songs
28 Feb

TikTok is muting all Universal Music-related songs

John RoutledgeLatest News
TikTok is being forced to take down more music from its platform as a royalties spat with Universal Music Group (UMG) rumbles on. UMG recently yanked recordings it owns or distributes from TikTok including tracks from the likes of superstars Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and The Weeknd. The standoff is now impacting songs published by UMG."We are in the process…
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The Apple Car never felt real
28 Feb

The Apple Car never felt real

John RoutledgeLatest News
Apple has reportedly pulled down the shutters on Project Titan, its initiative to build the future of transportation. If the reports are accurate, the project chewed through billions of dollars and several high-profile leaders as its mission shifted and shifted again. What may have started as a control-free autonomous vehicle was eventually scaled down to a generic EV but, ya…
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Lucas Pope’s Mars After Midnight hits the Playdate console on March 12
28 Feb

Lucas Pope’s Mars After Midnight hits the Playdate console on March 12

John RoutledgeLatest News
Panic just held a games showcase for its portable Playdate console, revealing over a dozen upcoming exclusives. The company also announced a March 12 release date for the long-anticipated Mars After Midnight, which is likely the console’s first marquee title.Mars After Midnight is a game created by renowned developer Lucas Pope, the guy behind Papers, Please and Return of the…
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Substack has direct messages now
28 Feb

Substack has direct messages now

John RoutledgeLatest News
Substack newsletter writers and readers can now send direct messages to each other. The company says this was a highly requested feature and it adds to the platform's slate of social networking tools.You'll find DMs in the Chat tab on the app and website. You can start a private conversation from that tab, someone's profile page or by selecting the…
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Samsung’s new microSD card is faster than some SSDs
28 Feb

Samsung’s new microSD card is faster than some SSDs

John RoutledgeLatest News
Samsung’s upcoming microSD card will offer a dramatic speed boost. The company’s 256GB SD Express microSD — Samsung’s first SD Express card — can read data at up to 800 MB/s, significantly faster than the microSDs you can buy today. However, we don’t yet know how much it will cost, and the card won’t be available until later this year.The 256GB…
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