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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,
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
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 social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is being investigated for allegedly breaking EU law on disinformation, illegal content and transparency, the European Commission has announced, The Guardian reported. The decision to launch formal infringement proceedings against the company, owned by the US billionaire Elon Musk, comes weeks after X was asked to provide evidence compliance with new laws designed
Apple announced a contingent pricing for subscriptions on its Developer blog, on December 15, 2023. “Contingent pricing for subscriptions on the App Store - a new feature that helps you attract and retain subscribers - lets you give customers a discounted subscription price as long as they’re actively subscribed to a different subscription. It can be used for subscriptions from
Meta Platforms rolled out Threads in Europe, months after the Facebook and Instagram parent launched the microblogging app in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch Thursday on Threads, writing that “we’re opening Threads to more countries in Europe.” Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta planned to launch Threads