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With summer nearly over, the family and I squeezed in a week in the heat of Catalunya, España otherwise known as Catalonia, Spain. It was lovely: 30 C and sunny every day compared with 15 C and lashing rain back home in Northern Ireland as the tail end of hurricane Ernesto passed over. And if that wasn't enough, the pastries
Bloomberg is reporting that Visions of Mana developer Ouka Studios is about to the shuttered by parent company NetEase, GameDeveloper reported.
Apple is discussing investing in OpenAI in a new fundraising round that could value the ChatGPT maker at over $100 billion. Venture capital firm Thrive Capital is leading the round, with Apple and Microsoft expected to participate. This move would strengthen Apple's AI initiatives, particularly its integrating OpenAI technology into Apple Intelligence, which enhances Siri and other AI-driven features. Subscribe
Tumblr is making the move to Wordpress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale, the new owner has focused on improving Tumblr’s platform and growing its revenue. Now Automattic will shift Tumblr’s back end over to WordPress, Automattic said in a blog post published on Wednesday, TechCrunch reported. The company clarified that
Nvidia reported earnings after the bell that beat Wall Street expectations, and provided stronger-than-expected guidance for the current quarter, CNBC reported. Nvidia shares fell 8% in extended trading. Nvidia said it expects about $28.7 billion in current-quarter revenue, versus $31.7 billion expected by analysts, according to StreetAccount. That would be an increase of 80% from a year earlier. Revenue continues
Creators are unhappy with Meta’s decision on Tuesday to shut down its Spark platform, which allowed third parties to build augmented reality (AR) effects, TechCrunch reported. In posts published to the Meta Spark Community on Facebook, creators are posting about their disappointment in Meta’s decision, noting that for some them, the move will put them out of work - and
The recent arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram's founder, has sparked concerns about whether it is a justified move against illegal activities or a dangerous overreach threatening privacy and free speech. The vague charges, including issues around encryption, complicity in illegal activities, and refusal to cooperate with law enforcement, raise more questions than answers, leaving doubts about the legitimacy of the
Apple today announced that Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025. Maestri will continue to lead the Corporate Services teams, including information systems and technology, information security, and real estate and development, reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook. As part of a planned succession, Kevan Parekh, Apple’s Vice President of Financial Planning and
Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools, or if the context of those posts is short-lived. Earlier this month, Threads said it was testing ephemeral posts only as an internal prototype. Now, the company told TechCrunch that it was testing posts that disappear after 24
Apple will be unveiling new products on September 10, with the announced phones going on sale on September 20, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, TechCrunch reported. That lineup will reportedly include iPhone 16, with larger screens on the Pro models and a new button just for taking pictures. The phones should also support Apple Intelligence, the company’s
The U.S. Department of Justice and eight state attorneys general have filed an antitrust suit against the real estate software company RealPage accusing it of colluding with landlords to decrease competition and artificially inflate rental prices, Gizmodo reported. The complaint alleges that the Texas-based company feeds nonpublic information about rent rates and lease terms between competing landlords into its algorithms,
The bodies of UK Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and four of his guests on the superyacht Bayesian have been recovered, three days after it sank off of the coast of Sicily, according to Italian officials, Financial Times reported. The officials said the bodies of Christopher Morvillo of the law firm Clifford Chance and Johnathan Bloomer, chair of insurance group Hiscox
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