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Hasbro to cut 1,100 jobs despite Dungeons & Dragons thriving Dec 12, 2023

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Hasbro is laying off 1,100 employees, according to an SEC filing. The company behind franchises like Dungeons & Dragons and Transformers, Hasbro already laid off 800 employees in January.

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US-China tech war escalates over EV battery dominance Dec 12, 2023

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Semiconductors have in recent years become a focal point in the U.S.’s efforts to impede China’s technological advancement.

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TikTok to invest $1.5B in GoTo’s Indonesia e-commerce business Dec 11, 2023

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ByteDance’s TikTok will take a 75.01% controlling stake in a joint venture entity formed in partnership with GoTo’s e-commerce unit Tokopedia.

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Threads is rolling out its hashtags without the hash symbol globally Dec 11, 2023

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Meta’s social network Threads got a major update Thursday as the company started rolling out tags (without the hash symbol) on the platform.

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Google’s best Gemini demo was faked Dec 08, 2023

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Google’s new Gemini AI model is getting a mixed reception after its big debut yesterday, but users may have less confidence in the company’s tech or integrity after finding out that the most impressive demo of Gemini was pretty much faked.

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EU ‘final’ talks to fix AI rules to run into second day — but deal on foundational models is on the table Dec 08, 2023

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As European Union lawmakers clock up 20+ hours of negotiating time in a marathon attempt to reach agreement on how to regulate artificial intelligence a preliminary accord on how to handle one sticky element.

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Meta finally starts rolling out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger Dec 07, 2023

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After years of promises and limited tests, Meta has started rolling out default end-to-end encryption protection for Messenger.

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Bing’s new ‘Deep Search’ feature offers more comprehensive answers to complex search queries Dec 07, 2023

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Microsoft Bing is getting a new “Deep Search” feature powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4.

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X is now licensed for payment processing in a dozen U.S states Dec 06, 2023

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Elon Musk is moving forward with his plans to turn the company formerly known as Twitter, now called X, into an “everything app” that includes its own payments system.

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Meta set to discontinue cross-messaging between Instagram and Facebook Dec 06, 2023

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Meta has silently updated its support pages to indicate that the company won’t let users on Instagram message their Facebook contacts anymore.

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