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Source: Venture Beat SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, announced agreements to allow both students and game jam participants to work with union performers. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat Monument Valley 3 is moving from its Netflix exclusivity to a PC and console launch this summer, with profits benefiting flood victims. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More While many enterprises are now racing to adopt and deploy AI, credit bureau giant Experian has taken a very measured approach. Experian has developed its own internal processes, frameworks and governance models that…
Source: The Verge But Quick Machine Recovery should at least help prevent similar outages. It prompts a device to enter the Windows Recovery Environment, where the machine can access the network and provide Microsoft with diagnostic information. Microsoft can then remotely deploy fixes via the Windows Update system. The feature is enabled by default for…
Source: The Verge Microsoft is no longer playing around when it comes to requiring every Windows 11 device be set up with an internet-connected account. In its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview, the company says it will take out a well-known bypass script that let end users skip the requirement of connecting to the internet…
Source: The Verge A court took action on Friday to keep the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from shutting down a consumer watchdog agency while its court case plays out. Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a preliminary injunction to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from being further gutted while…
Source: The Verge @xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt). Since its founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI labs in the world, building models and data centers at unprecedented speed and…
Source: The Verge “As we have previously shared, Fitbit is now a part of Google, and Fitbit Account holders will need to transition to Google Accounts to continue using Fitbit,” the email says. “If you want to keep using Fitbit, you must move to a Google Account by February 2, 2026.” In addition to not…
Source: The Verge The company that has pushed to open up the deep sea for mining is cozying up to the Trump administration after years of hitting roadblocks in international negotiations. The island nation of Nauru initially sponsored The Metals Company (TMC) and its deep-sea mining effort. In 2021, that triggered a race to develop…
Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Unfortunately for Google, the release of its latest flagship language model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, got buried under the Studio Ghibli AI image storm that sucked the air out of the AI space. And…
