Google is facing yet more scrutiny over its ad tech practices after the UK’s competition watchdog provisionally found that the company is abusing its dominant market position. In a statement of objections, the Competition and Markets Authority said Goo…
Continue reading "UK watchdog claims Google’s ad tech practices are harming competition"New Mexico's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing the company of failing to protect children from sextortion, sexual exploitation and other harms on Snapchat. The suit contends that Snapchat's features "foster the sh…
Continue reading "New Mexico sues Snap over its alleged failure to protect kids from sextortion schemes"A North Carolina man is facing fraud charges after allegedly uploading hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs to streaming services and using bots to play them billions of times. Michael Smith is said to have received over $10 million in royalties…
Continue reading "Alleged fraudster got $10 million in royalties using robots to stream AI-made music"The UK’s competition watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Ticketmaster after tickets for Oasis’ reunion shows went on sale last weekend. The Competition and Markets Authority said it will look into the company’s dynamic pricing practice and …
Continue reading "UK competition watchdog opens Ticketmaster probe after Oasis ticket debacle"The Department of justice (DOJ) has indicted two employees of the Russian state-owned broadcaster RT over an alleged pro-Russia influence scheme on social media platforms. Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva have been accused of being involved …
Continue reading "US charges Russian state media employees over a social media influence scheme"Phoenix Springs, a very stylish point-and-click game that caught our attention during the Summer Game Fest edition of Day of the Devs, will be arriving a little later than expected. The neo-noir detective title will hit Steam on October 7 rather than t…
Continue reading "Stylish neo-noir detective game Phoenix Springs is delayed until October 7"X will permanently avoid training its AI chatbot Grok on the public posts of users in the European Union and European Economic Area following pressure from a regulator in the region. Last month, the company temporarily suspended the practice after Irel…
Continue reading "X won’t train Grok on EU users’ public posts"Even though Concord evidently didn’t sell anywhere close to the number of copies it needed to be sustainable, the team shooter does have some dedicated players. Sony and Firewalk Studios have stopped selling the PS5 and PC game before taking it offline…
Continue reading "Concord players keep jumping off the map in a race to claim the Platinum trophy"IFA is upon us, which means that along with offering us some truly ridiculous new concepts, a whole bunch of manufacturers are giving their gaming laptops iterative upgrades and introducing some fresh variants. Acer is one of the companies doing just t…
Continue reading "The Acer Nitro V 16 gaming laptop now comes in an Intel flavor"Folks who are looking to upgrade their livestreaming setup or become more productive on their PC or Mac may be interested in picking up an Elgato Stream Deck Neo. The desktop device allows you to set up all manner of commands and shortcuts that you can…
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