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Ubisoft is blaming a “technical error” for a fullscreen pop-up ad that appeared in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey this week. Reddit users say they spotted the pop-up on Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game, with an ad appearing just when you navigate to the map screen, The Verge reported. “This is disgusting to experience while playing,” remarked one Reddit user,
Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URL’s on the platform again after removing titles last month, TechCrunch reported. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Musk said in an upcoming update, the company will overlay the title in the upper portion of the image of a URL Card. He didn’t mention
A report commissioned by TikTok confirms what we’ve all known since the social media platform went mainstream in 2020: TikTok drives music streaming, Mashable reported. Conducted by entertainment data and research company Luminate, the “Music Impact Report” boasts TikTok’s positive influence on the music industry. It found TikTok users are twice as likely to find and share new music on
X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk’s threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters, The Verge reported. Media Matters reported last week that X “has been placing ads for major brands” like Apple and IBM “next to content that touts Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party.” According to The Verge, Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino
As the tech world watches Microsoft suck in top execs and AI engineering talent from OpenAI, the generative AI giant in which it already holds a minority stake worth several billion dollars, one question to consider is what, if anything, can competition regulators do about the visible flight of AI expertise and value into Microsoft’s commercial empire? TechCrunch reported. According
Sunbird has been promising iMessage support on Android for about a year now, but the company has always seemed rather sketchy, 9TO5 Google reported. Now, as Nothing Chats, built on Sunbird, has launched, the privacy nightmare is coming true - not only is the app not end-to-end encrypted as promised, but image files from other users are pretty easy to access in plain text.
Sam Altman, the chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI has been ousted from his own company after its board accused him of “being not consistently candid in his communications”, The Guardian reported. Altman’s dismissal is a major shakeup in Silicon Valley. Following the launch of ChatGPT, the widely popular chatbot developed by OpenAI, Altman became one of the world’s most