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/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24087547/STK138_Matter_K_Radtke_02.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The Matter smart home standard gains support for more devices, including heat pumps and solar panels")
Source: The Verge It’s been two long years since the launch of Matter — the one smart home standard designed to rule them all — and there’s been a fair amount of disappointment around a sometimes buggy rollout, slow adoption by companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google, and frustrating set-up experiences. However, the launch of…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25227019/Copilot_Pro_Hero_Static_Lockup_16x9.png?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Microsoft is bundling its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 subscriptions")
Source: The Verge Microsoft appears to be stepping back from charging Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscribers another $20 per month to get access to AI-powered Office features. The software giant quietly announced it’s making Copilot Pro features part of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions last week, but only in Australia, New Zealand,…
Source: Venture Beat Nintendo’s executives gave a slide show that told the state of the Nintendo Switch game console. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat If we can agree on end goals, then we can debate how to get there while working on getting there. And so the best founders understand this. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat Leaders of AI companies and other tech organizations cited the need to maintain American AI leadership in congratulating Donald Trump. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24643486/PD_GF_ProjectBloom_ConceptArt_3840x2160__1_.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Take-Two is selling its indie games label Private Division")
Source: The Verge Take-Two did not disclose the buyer of Private Division or how much they paid. In an emailed statement to The Verge, Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis wrote: We recently made the strategic decision to sell our Private Division label to focus our resources on growing our core and mobile businesses for the long-term….
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25718619/2182236802.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "NYT tech workers are making their own games while on strike")
Source: The Verge Striking New York Times tech workers have created a “Guild Builds” page dedicated to strike-themed games you can play, including a spin on Wordle, a word search, and the custom Connections I reported on earlier today. As part of its strike announcement on Monday, the New York Times Tech Guild requested that…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25262997/STK461_INTERNET_CHILD_SAFETY_E_Stock_CVirginia.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The FTC orders Sitejabber to stop faking product reviews")
Source: The Verge The Federal Trade Commission has charged Sitejabber, an online review platform, with violating its new fake reviews rules by using point-of-sale reviews to misrepresent what customers think about products. In one of its first enforcement actions under new rules banning companies from making or selling fake reviews, the FTC is ordering the…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25503644/DSCF7817_Enhanced_NR.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Microsoft’s new emulator could bring more games to Windows on Arm")
Source: The Verge This way, Qualcomm’s new chips can run more kinds of apps that don’t have native ARM64 versions and, until now, weren’t usable with emulation. It could even enable games that use AVX2, like Starfield and Helldivers 2, to work on Windows on Arm. With this update, Microsoft’s emulator will open up support…
Source: Venture Beat Take-Two revealed that several of its core franchises, including Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead, reached new sales milestones last quarter. Read Full Article
