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Trump’s social network has 30 days to stop breaking the rules of its software license

The Verge

The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) says former President Donald Trump’s new social network violated a free and open-source software licensing agreement by ripping off decentralized social network Mastodon. TMTG launched a special purpose acquisition company fundraising effort yesterday with promises to build a sweeping media empire.

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Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. 17 promise to reverse course. Unity, which has an office in Bellevue, Wash., ”

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Here’s why so many video game developers are suddenly abandoning the Unity engine

GeekWire

Unity image) In the wake of a controversial policy change by game engine developer Unity , dozens of small independent video game studios have announced they’ll abandon the engine and/or have called upon Unity to reverse course. 1, 2024, it would change the terms by which it licenses its engine. As an example, Vancouver, B.C.’s

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Media Revenue Models Framework: 12 categories of income sources for media companies

Trends in the Living Networks

As the world of media moves beyond its traditional boundaries, media operators need to broaden their thinking about potential revenue sources. In my recent article Creating the Future of Media: 4 Driving Forces, 4 Strategic Issues, 4 Essential Capabilities in Media Titles magazine I wanted to point to some of the possibilities.

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What is NLP? Natural language processing explained

CIO Business Intelligence

Patents, product specifications, academic publications, market research, news, not to mention social media feeds, all have text as a primary component and the volume of text is constantly growing. It was primarily developed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Apply the technology to voice and the pool gets even larger.

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Analysis: Microsoft’s regulatory concessions in Activision deal may tamper Xbox ecosystem growth

GeekWire

(Activision Blizzard Image) Microsoft may end up controlling a shocking amount of the most popular, beloved video game franchises in modern media if its $69 billion bid to buy Activision Blizzard passes regulatory scrutiny. The EU will require Microsoft to automatically license “popular” Activision Blizzard games to competing cloud services.

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Seattle studio Ridgeline Games, led by ‘Halo’ co-creator, closes as part of EA cuts

GeekWire

(Electronic Arts Image) A new wave of layoffs at video game mega-studio Electronic Arts has multiple impacts on the Pacific Northwest gaming industry, including the end of development on a Star Wars video game and the effective closure of a developer based in Seattle. Electronic Arts (EA), based in Redwood City, Calif.,

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