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An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order, BBC reported. Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who is autistic, was a key member of international gang Lapsus$. The gang’s attacks on tech giants including Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Games cost the firms nearly $10m. According to the BBC,
Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and Northeastern University have developed an AI model called 'life2vec' that can predict a person's death with 78% accuracy within four years. This groundbreaking model, featured in 'Nature Computational Science', analyzes extensive sociodemographic data of six million people, including health records and lifestyle factors. The AI, similar to deep learning models used in
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is stepping down officially December 29th, The Verge reported. Microsoft has not appointed a direct replacement and instead has rolled the suite of Activision Blizzard executives - including Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, Activision Publishing Rob Kostich, and Activision Blizzard vice chair Thomas Tippl - under Microsoft’s game content and studios president Matt Booty. Kotick’s departure
Google parent Alphabet agreed to pay $700 million and make certain changes to its app store, settling one of several antitrust challenges to the search-engine company, The Wall Street Journal reported. The settlement resolves claims by a group of states that Google operated its app store, Google Play, as an illegal monopoly, allegedly stifling competition from other app distributors using
After the OnePlus 12's initial reveal in China, the launch date for the rest of the world has been confirmed as 23 January 2024, which is something to look forward to in the darkness of winter after the post-Christmas buzz of CES. In a surprise move, OnePlus has confirmed that the 12R will be coming to Europe and USA. Normally
Today, Adobe and Figma announced that they have entered into a mutual agreement to terminate their previously announced merger agreement, originally announced on September 15, 2022, under which Adobe would have acquired Figma for a mix of cash and stock consideration, Business Wire reported. Although both companies continue to believe in the merits and procompetitive benefits of the combination, Adobe
The Internet Archive (IA) is appealing a court ruling that found its digital lending program copyright-infringing. IA's non-profit library scans and lends physical books digitally, allowing only one patron at a time to borrow each digital copy. The New York District Court sided with publishers who sued IA, claiming copyright infringement and financial harm. IA argues that its activities are