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Law firm is strictly watching the Houser LLP data breach

Dataconomy

All details regarding the Houser LLP data breach In a disclosure made to the office of Maine’s attorney general on Wednesday, it was revealed that during the incident related to the Houser LLP data breach, certain documents were not only encrypted but also illicitly extracted from the company’s network.

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ViacomCBS wants to prove to skeptics it finally understands streaming

The Verge

The revamped streamer will carry live sports (including NFL games that air on CBS), live news, and thousands of films and TV shows from its networks. The latter is its ad-supported free streaming service that the company sees as straight advertising revenue play. Part of that includes offering live TV, like sports and news.

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There are more streaming choices than ever — why are prices going up?

The Verge

Big internet companies like Google, PlayStation, and Hulu swooped in to rescue consumers from the archaic TV services of Comcast and AT&T, with better apps and rock-bottom pricing that seemed almost too good to be true. Carriers do not like to license their content cheaply. Carriers do not like to license their content cheaply.

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Disney faces an Avengers: Endgame-sized hole as earnings plummet

The Verge

Disney didn’t release any major films last quarter, and the third quarter earnings report shows how much that impacted the company. billion, the company announced. A lone bright spot for the company. The company’s ad revenue in June alone fell 36 percent compared to 2019 due to the lack of sports, according to Variety.

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Bored Ape Yacht Club members want to build an empire, starting with weed

The Verge

Put him on cannabis packaging When Richard Lee first brought his business proposal to Backpack Boyz, he could sense skepticism from the California-based cannabis company. Now he wanted to license Crypto Painter out, and Backpack Boyz was his first stop. Oh, and he wants to license his ape to a local political candidate.

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Microsoft is giving businesses access to OpenAI’s powerful AI language model GPT-3

The Verge

Here’s an example scenario from Microsoft: “A sports franchise could build an app for fans that offers reasoning of commentary and a summary of game highlights, lowlights and analysis in real time. That means their service will offer tools like “access management, private networking, data handling protections [and] scaling capacity.”.

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

Dataconomy

However, engaging with these illicit platforms not only robs the creative industries, pay TV companies, and tax authorities of their rightful earnings but also hampers their ability to generate fresh content and employment opportunities within the industry. One major issue is the presence of malware.