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Four Experts Explain How AI Will Change Hollywood
18 Aug

Four Experts Explain How AI Will Change Hollywood

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Good afternoon from 35,000 feet. I am en route to Cape Town for an extended break. The newsletter will continue in my absence; my colleagues are going to pitch in for the next couple of weeks. (If you insist on breaking news in the dead of August, please text me first.)Before I disappear, some additions to this year’s Screentime conference: Source link lol
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Apple Is Playing the Long Game With Switch From Qualcomm Modems
18 Aug

Apple Is Playing the Long Game With Switch From Qualcomm Modems

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Apple’s move to drop Qualcomm modem chips won’t have a payoff at the outset, but it could set the stage for bigger things later. Also: The company pushes ahead with a tabletop robot; Google’s new Pixel devices show how far ahead it is in AI; and the iPhone payment chip will be opened up to third parties. Source link lol
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Fortnite Publisher Debuts Mobile Storefront After Years in Court
16 Aug

Fortnite Publisher Debuts Mobile Storefront After Years in Court

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Epic Games Inc. is launching a new mobile storefront Friday after four years of legal wrangling with Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google over their app-store practices.Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney expects Epic Games’ mobile versions of the popular titles Fortnite, Rocket League and Fall Guys to draw in gamers on Android devices worldwide and iOS products in the European Union. By the end of the year, the company wants to attract 100 million new installs on mobile devices, which are responsible for half of the $188 billion games market. Source link lol
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AI Has a Way to Go to Become A Connections Puzzle Champ
16 Aug

AI Has a Way to Go to Become A Connections Puzzle Champ

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Are you a New York Times word game enthusiast? The Mini Crossword, Wordle and the infuriating Connections puzzle have drawn many fans, and some of them tested how AI might fare. But first... Source link lol
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USC Professor Lands $43 Million in Funding for AI Startup
15 Aug

USC Professor Lands $43 Million in Funding for AI Startup

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Sahara AI, a startup co-founded by a University of Southern California associate professor, has raised $43 million as it seeks to address thorny copyright and privacy issues surrounding artificial intelligence technology.The funding was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included investors such as Samsung, Matrix Partners, Nomad Capital as well as angel investors and founders from the industry, the startup said in a statement on Wednesday. It will deploy the capital to expand its team of experts and develop its technology. Source link lol
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Soros, Druckenmiller Pared Megacap Holdings Ahead of Summer Rout
15 Aug

Soros, Druckenmiller Pared Megacap Holdings Ahead of Summer Rout

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George Soros and Stanley Druckenmiller’s investment firms trimmed their holdings in “Magnificent Seven” stocks before this year’s ebullient run-up in technology companies gave way to a major downturn in mid-July.Soros Fund Management sold some of its stake in Alphabet Inc. totaling $58 million, and about $15 million of Amazon.com Inc., according to regulatory filings for the three months ended in June. Source link lol
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Google’s Search Dominance Leaves Sites Little Choice on AI Scraping
15 Aug

Google’s Search Dominance Leaves Sites Little Choice on AI Scraping

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The convenient artificial intelligence answers Google now puts at the top of its search results come at steep cost to websites that users would otherwise visit. But many site owners say they can’t afford to block Google’s AI from summarizing their content.That’s because the Google tool that sifts through web content to come up with its AI answers is the same one that keeps track of web pages for search results, according to publishers. Blocking Alphabet Inc.’s Google the way sites have blocked some of its AI competitors would also hamper a site’s ability to be discovered online. Source link…
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Alphabet Shares Face Months of Uncertainty on New Breakup Risk
15 Aug

Alphabet Shares Face Months of Uncertainty on New Breakup Risk

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Alphabet Inc. investors are facing a long period of uncertainty as they grapple with a scenario they previously saw as unlikely: a possible breakup of Google.A bid to break up Google is being considered by the Justice Department, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, with the most likely units for divestment the Android operating system and the Chrome web browser. The news surprised Wall Street, which had seen a breakup as unlikelyBloomberg Terminal even after a federal judge ruled earlier this month that Google has illegally monopolized the search market. Source link lol
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