AvatarjilaxzoneFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoNintendo of America to lay off contractors ahead of Switch 2's release, according to reporttechradar.com - By Rhys WoodIn case you were wondering, yes, the games industry is still undergoing a period of mass layoffs. According to a new report, the latest round seems …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatar3 days agoCanva acquires Affinity to fill the Adobe-sized holes in its design suiteverified_publisherThe Verge - Jess WeatherbedFigures for the deal have not been disclosed, which includes Affinity’s Designer, Photo, and Publisher applications. Web-based design platform Canva has acquired the Affinity creative software suite, positioning itself as a challenger to Adobe’s grip over the digital design industry. Canva announced …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatar4 days agoEU rejects Apple’s European App Store changes: Company could be fined 10% of global turnoververified_publisher9to5Mac - Ben LovejoyThe EU has today announced that it is not satisfied that Apple’s App Store changes comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and the company is now officially under investigation for non-compliance. If that investigation confirms that Apple failed to comply with the antitrust law, then the iPhone …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatar4 days agoNvidia could be primed to be the next AWSverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ron MillerNvidia and Amazon Web Services, the lucrative cloud arm of Amazon, have a surprising amount in common. For starters, their core businesses emerged from a happy accident. For AWS, it was realizing that it could sell the internal services — storage, compute and memory — that it had created for itself …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatar6 days agoApple's Response to the DOJ's Lawsuit is a Lesson in How to Defend Your Companyverified_publisherInc Magazine - Kit EatonApple says the lawsuit merely strikes at its core as a consumer-centric business. Meanwhile, the tech giant's frenemies and competitors are applauding the move. Apple, facing a Department of Justice lawsuit that paints the iPhone maker as market-quashing monopolist, is not messing about when it …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatarSaudis To Bet Forty Billion On AI, Nvidia’s Nerd Woodstock, State Of UnrealForbes - Charlie FinkIt was a week of dueling conferences. First up, Nerd Woodstock, Nvidia GTC, back after a five year break for the pandemic and right sized for the world’s third most valuable company. A few dozen miles up the road in San Franciso, the annual Game Developers Conference drew developers and executives …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatarMeta, Microsoft, X band together against Apple’s App Store plansThe Mercury News - BloombergMeta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp., X Corp. and Match Group Inc. asked a federal judge to reject Apple Inc.’s plan for opening its App Store to …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatarHow Apple’s war on super apps became the center of its antitrust fightverified_publisherThe Verge - Emma RothThe Department of Justice claims Apple stifled the development of super apps because they would disrupt its “monopoly power.” Apple is facing a monumental antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice, and a large part of the agency’s argument centers around Apple’s alleged attempts to suppress …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatarReddit Jumps Up to 67% After $748 Million IPO Priced at Topverified_publisherBloomberg - By Ryan Gould, Amy Or, and Katie RoofReddit Inc. shares soared 48% above their initial public offering price, as investors embraced the social media company’s vision of profiting from …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatarMicrosoft hires DeepMind cofounder to lead its new consumer AI divisionverified_publisherEngadget - Will ShanklinMustafa Suleyman will lead Microsoft’s Copilot efforts, with Karén Simonyan joining as chief scientist. Microsoft now has a lone leader overseeing consumer AI for the first time. DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman is joining the company from rival Inflection AI. Suleyman will try to push the …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatarGoogle Fined €250 Million in French Clash With News Outletsverified_publisherBloomberg - By Samuel StoltonAlphabet Inc.’s Google was fined €250 million ($271 million) by France’s competition watchdog for failing to keep its pledge to broker fair …
AvatarjilaxzoneAvatarAvatarIntel awarded up to $8.5 billion in CHIPS Act grants, with billions more in loans availableverified_publisherCNBC - Kif LeswingThe White House said Intel has been awarded up to $8.5 billion in CHIPS Act funding, as the Biden administration ramps up its effort to bring …