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Microsoft plans Xbox business update after layoffs, gamer anger
Microsoft Corp video game chief Phil Spencer said he’ll reveal more information about his plans next week, after gamers expressed anger online about reports the company will bring some Xbox-exclusive titles to the rival Sony PlayStation and…
Tech layoffs continue to roil industry with 32,000 jobs cut
The tech industry has started 2024 with another wave of job cuts, paring back even further after widespread layoffs last year.
So far, some 32,000 tech workers have lost their jobs in 2024 according to Layoffs.fyi, a startup that has been…
Taylor Swift deepfakes originated from AI challenge, report says
The pornographic deepfakes of Taylor Swift that proliferated on social media late last month originated from an online challenge to break safety mechanisms designed to block people from generating lewd images with artificial intelligence,…
China’s Tencent fires more than 120 workers for fraud
BEIJING: Chinese tech giant Tencent said it last year dismissed more than 120 employees for violating its anti-fraud rules, including for corruption and embezzlement.
The Hong Kong-listed company is the world’s top video game maker and the…
Opinion: A judge voids Musk’s huge Tesla pay package as dishonest, and hoo boy, is he steamed
Elon Musk may be learning the hard way that his streak of always having things his own way is coming to an end.
The most recent clue was delivered Jan 30 by Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, who ordered his groundbreaking US$56bil…
Mark Zuckerberg gives impromptu apology at child safety Senate Hearing
In an unscripted scene during tense testimony Wednesday, Meta Platforms Inc chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg stood before a packed Senate hearing room and apologised directly to the families of children who were victims of sexual…
Elon Musk judge rules ‘unfathomable’ pay deal made Tesla CEO overpaid
In throwing out Elon Musk’s US$55bil (RM260.17bil) Tesla pay deal, a Delaware judge began her legal opinion with a simple question: “Was the richest person in the world overpaid?”
After about a year’s consideration and 200 pages of legal…
Could AI help shift attitudes on issues like climate change?
To what extent can AI software such as ChatGPT influence Internet users’ opinions on hot topics such as the climate crisis or the Black Lives Matter movement? To find out, researchers in the US conducted an experiment involving 3,000…
This tool protects online images from being scraped to train generative AI
Unveiled in the fall and now available for download, Nightshade is a tool capable of ‘fooling’ the artificial intelligence models currently used for automatic image generation. The idea is to help artists prevent their work from being…
Universal Music’s licensing agreement with TikTok set to expire
(Reuters) - Universal Music Group's agreement with TikTok will expire on Jan. 31 and the companies have not agreed on new terms, which will mean the music label will cease licensing content to TikTok and TikTok Music services, it said on…