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Music-licensing startup Audiosocket hits play on effort to get more digital creators using its products

GeekWire

Founded in 2009, Audiosocket is seeing growth of its music licensing software products used by social media creators, movie production studios, and others. Now the company is making a play to startups that need music for their games, apps, creator tools, metaverse worlds, and more. Audiosocket Image) The company has raised $3.5

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US Navy pays German company $154,400 after losing piracy lawsuit

TechSpot

German company Bitmanagement Software brought a federal lawsuit against the Navy back in 2016. The complaint claimed the Navy agreed to license the 3D virtual reality software BS Contact Geo on a limited and experimental basis in 2011 and 2012. The trial involved installing the program on 38 computers for.

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Former Uber security chief charged with paying hush money to cover up 2016 hack

The Verge

Joseph Sullivan, who was Uber’s chief security officer from April 2015 to November 2017, allegedly concealed the hack that occurred in October 2016 , which exposed confidential data of 57 million drivers and customers, including drivers’ license information. Sullivan was later fired.).

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Microsoft buys AI speech tech company Nuance for $19.7 billion

The Verge

Nuance has licensed this tech for many services and applications, including, most famously, Apple’s digital assistant Siri. billion acquisition of Nuance is Microsoft’s second-largest behind its purchase of LinkedIn in 2016 for $26 billion. Last month, the company completed its $7.5 billion acquisition of games company ZeniMax.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. However, Companies House, the UK register of commerce, has no record of such a company, and it’s not until 1997 that Lynch creates another company, called simply Neurodynamics.

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Microsoft’s ‘Verified ID’ will confirm that LinkedIn members actually work where they say they do

GeekWire

Employees of companies that issue credentials using Microsoft’s Verified ID will see a prompt in LinkedIn to verify their workplace. Employees of participating companies will see a prompt in LinkedIn to confirm their workplace using these credentials. Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for more than $26 billion in 2016.

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Microsoft earnings preview: Tech giant’s results will test AI traction

GeekWire

Satya Nadella speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2016. That’s the big question going into the Redmond company’s earnings report on Thursday afternoon, for the third quarter of the company’s 2024 fiscal year. ChatGPT maker OpenAI represents the company’s biggest AI investment. billion a year ago.