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Mark Zuckerberg And Meta Deride “Headline-Seeking” Damages Sought By State AGs In Social Media Safety Suit: “Untethered From Reality”
Meta and Mark Zuckerberg have hit back at a group of US state attorneys general who are seeking up to $1.4 trillion in damages in a federal lawsuit alleging the company misled consumers over its data practices. In a court filing this week, Meta’s lawyers dismissed the figure as “untethered from reality” and without precedent,…
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Bethesda union says company HR forced staff to remove a display honoring their laid-off colleagues
The union representing workers at Bethesda, the studio behind Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, has alleged that the company’s human resources department ordered staff to take down a display honouring colleagues who had been laid off. The claim matters because it points to tensions between the unionised workforce and management over how recent job losses…
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Autonomous drone delivery startup Manna plots major U.S. expansion
Manna Aero, the Ireland-based autonomous drone delivery startup, has announced a significant push into the United States, marking a shift from its previously modest American presence. Backed by $50 million in venture capital raised in April, the company will build a US operations and manufacturing centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that is expected to employ around…
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Right-to-repair extended to John Deere tractors under FTC settlement
The US Federal Trade Commission, together with five states, has reached a settlement with Deere & Company, the maker of John Deere farm equipment, over allegations that the firm unfairly restricted farmers’ ability to repair their own machinery. The regulator, which sued Deere last year, argued that the company’s policies forced equipment owners and independent…
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SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an ‘Opus-class model’
Elon Musk’s tech company released the newest version of Grok on Wednesday, promising a cheaper, more efficient alternative to other powerful AI models.
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Over 220,000 People Petition Sony Not To Kill Physical PlayStation Game Discs
More than 220,000 people have reportedly signed a petition urging Sony not to phase out physical PlayStation game discs, according to a GameSpot report. The campaign reflects growing concern among gamers that the industry is drifting towards an all-digital future, and it matters because it signals significant consumer resistance to losing physical ownership of games.…
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This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
General Intuition, a startup building “embodied AI”, argues that robotics is on the verge of a shift comparable to the arrival of ChatGPT and foundation models. Its chief executive, Pim de Witte, contends that instead of building specialised robot models trained on vast amounts of task-specific real-world data, the industry should develop general-purpose foundation models…
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Xbox Kills Obsidian’s Avowed Sequel In The Wake Of Layoffs – Report
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Roku is the most popular streaming TV, but lacking more than you think
Roku remains the most popular streaming platform in the United States, but a new survey from Horowitz Research suggests its users are far from the most satisfied. The findings, published shortly after Fox announced a $22 billion acquisition of the company, indicate that Roku trails its main rivals across almost every measure of user experience,…
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Magic the Gathering community stunned as Path of Exile co-creator shows one of the biggest collections in the world, including 14 Black Lotuses, years after selling his cards to “fund the company”
Grinding Gear Games co-founder Jonathan Rogers, best known as one of the creators of the action RPG Path of Exile, has surprised the Magic: The Gathering community by revealing that he owns one of the largest and most valuable card collections in the world. The revelation is notable because Rogers had previously sold off a…