Hasbro wants more after “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” grossed $200 million worldwide. eOne, owned by Hasbro, launched a free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel for the popular role-playing tabletop game on Thursday. Variety broke the news. The 24-hour FAST channel Dungeons & Dragons Adventures launches this summer. It …
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Musk says Twitter has a new CEO
Musk claims he found a new Twitter CEO. The Wall Street Journal reports that NBCUniversal Head of Advertising Linda Yaccarino is “in talks” for the role. Musk did not specify. Musk tweeted that he will step down as CEO of the social network and become its executive chair and CTO. …
Read More »Australian software giant won’t reveal hack victims
After a cyberattack, TechnologyOne halted trading. The Brisbane-based software maker reported that “an unauthorized third-party acted illegally to access its internal Microsoft 365 back-office system” in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday. TechnologyOne said its customer-facing platform is not connected to the affected Microsoft 365 system and “therefore has not …
Read More »AMP Robotics receives Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund investment
Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund helped Denver-based AMP Robotics extend its Series C round to $99 million. It was $91 million in November. AMP raised $178 million in the extended Series C, led by Congruent Ventures and Wellington Management, Blue Earth Capital, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, Tao Capital Partners, XN, Sequoia Capital, …
Read More »AI2 is creating a large science-optimized language model
PaLM 2. GPT-4. Text-generating AI grows daily. Researchers cannot see how most of these models work because they are behind APIs. Open source AI is becoming as advanced as commercial AI. The Allen Institute for AI Research (AI2) will release the Open Language Model in 2024. AMD, the Large Unified …
Read More »EU lawmakers support generative AI transparency and safety
MEPs voted this morning to amend the bloc’s draft AI legislation, including requiring foundational models that underpin generative AI technologies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The amendment agreed by MEPs in two committees required foundational model providers to apply safety checks, data governance measures, and risk mitigations before releasing their models, …
Read More »JioCinema surpasses Hotstar by 8.4 million subscribers
Disney’s total subscriber base fell 2% in the quarter ending March this year. The decline is mostly due to Hotstar. Disney+ Hotstar, which serves India and Southeast Asia, lost 4.6 million subscribers in the quarter. For the second quarter in a row, the platform’s subscriber count fell. Hotstar has lost …
Read More »The US seizes more DDoS-for-hire domains
The U.S. has seized 13 more domains linked to popular DDoS-for-hire websites. These “booter” or “stressor” websites allow admins to stress-test websites. The services actually launch DDoS attacks to take down websites and networks. On Monday, the DOJ announced that the FBI had seized 13 more domains linked to some …
Read More »GDPR fine for MWC’s biometric ID checks due diligence
European conferences and other in-person events are rushing to use facial recognition without considering data protection risks. beware: Spain’s data protection watchdog fined Mobile World Congress (MWC) organizers €200,000 ($224k) for violating privacy rules at the 2021 show in Barcelona. The Agencia Espaola de Protección de Datos (AEPD) found MWC …
Read More »LinkedIn cuts 716 jobs to phase out its China app
LinkedIn will end its China local jobs app and cut 716 jobs. LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky wrote today that “fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate” forced the closure of InCareer, a standalone China app. LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft and with 20,000 employees, plans to add 250 jobs in some …
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