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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of hardware trade secrets
Apple has sued OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets in a push to build its own hardware device. The complaint alleges that OpenAI poached Apple employees and coaxed them into handing over confidential product designs, supplier details and other closely guarded information about unreleased technologies. The suit marks a sharp reversal…
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Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti on All3Media Mega-Merger and What Comes Next
The Banijay chief discusses the opportunities created by the new $8.5 billion super indie, expanding beyond TV and whether ITV Studios is on his radar.
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Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’
Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is “all in” on the unconventional social media platform.
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Microsoft responds to racist Xbox layoff conspiracy theory, says CEO Asha Sharma is ‘American born, raised, and educated’
There are a lot of good reasons to criticize the people responsible for Xbox layoffs, but racism isn’t one of them.
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StubHub CEO is helping fund mass scalpers on his own platform
Stubhub CEO Eric Baker is pouring millions of dollars into the ticket-scalping market, CBC reports.
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Guide a living landship through a deadly fungal world in Trailblazers, a roguelite colony sim inspired by Rimworld, Moebius, and Darkest Dungeon
If you are fond of Nausicaa, Moebius, Andrei Tarkovski, Jeff Vandermeer, Rimworld, FTL: Faster Than Light, fungus, coral, and furiously bright colours in general, you may wish to take an interest in Trailblazers: Into The March – a roguelite colony sim in which you guide a crustaceous landship through a ravishing wilderness. Amongst other things,…
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AC Black Flag Resynced Is A Hit, But People Are Particularly Upset About One Thing
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced launched on July 9, and the swashbuckling pirate adventure game got off to a great start. Vantage Studios, the new company in charge of the Assassin’s Creed brand, announced today that Resynced sold more than 2 million copies in its first 24 hours. It hasn’t been a total success story,…
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Neon, Oscar-Winning Studio Behind ‘Anora’ and ‘Longlegs,’ Sells Stake to Department M
Department M has closed a transaction to acquire a significant stake in Neon, the Oscar-winning indie studio behind “Parasite” and “Anora.” Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tom Quinn, the founder of Neon and an indie vet who has had stints at Radius and Magnolia, will remain CEO of the company. Michael Schaefer,…
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Neon Closes Deal to Sell Significant Stake to Department M
Founder Tom Quinn will remain CEO of the indie studio behind best picture winners ‘Anora’ and ‘Parasite’.
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‘Staff Are Being Asked to Do More with Less’: Brutal Xbox Layoffs Leave Those Spared in Limbo
Remaining employees on tenterhooks. Xbox may have avoided the PR disaster of studio closures this week, but by extending its layoffs over the course of the coming fiscal year, it’s leaving any remaining staff to work under a cloud. The company cut 1,600 jobs across its division on Monday, with a further four first-party studios…