The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Apple is threatening an entire ecosystem of game developers in response to the Fortnite lawsuit, Epic alleged in a new filing on Sunday. The motion centers on iOS support for the Unreal Engine, which Apple has threatened to revoke as part of Epic’s broader loss of developer privileges. Epic has asked the court to restrain Apple from revoking that access while the case is ongoing.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 23, 2020

Microsoft filed a legal document in support of Epic Games to support its request to prevent Apple from cutting off support for Epic Games' Unreal Engine. Read More.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

You may think of physics as a way to explain the behaviors of things like black holes, colliding particles, falling apples, and quantum computers. But a small group physicists today is working on a theory that doesn’t just study individual phenomena; it’s an entirely new way to describe the universe itself. This… Read more.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 23, 2020

2020 has seen the emergence of a new wave of ethical AI – one focused on the tough questions of power, equity, and justice. Read More.

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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2020

New leaked images may have the first look at the Google Pixel 5 and the Pixel 4A 5G. The image showing what could be the Pixel 5 in black and the Pixel 4A 5G in white came from a since-deleted post on Reddit. They also include details about the phones’ specs which seem to match up with previously leaked information, according to XDA Developers. Google launched the Pixel 4A earlier this month and announced the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A 5G would be coming sometime this fall, likely early October.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 23, 2020

Connected cars require collaboration across auto makers, telcos, sensor-, infotainment-, and cloud-providers, and others. Fragmentation isn't an option. Read More.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

Lovecraft Country understands that the best horror always allows for its heroes to make at least a few poor decisions in service of the plot. Read more.

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The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2020

Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images. The World Health Organization has released its guidance on face masks for children , as students— in some parts of the country at least— return to their classrooms to start the new school year. Children age 5 and younger shouldn’t be required to wear masks, the WHO says, since most are not able to put them on without help.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 23, 2020

Some businesses hand the crucial responsibility of regulatory compliance to people who hold multiple titles and have no experience in compliance. Read More.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

Did it need lyrics? No. Am I going to pass up the opportunity to see Gillian Anderson do literally anything ? Also no. Read more.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 23, 2020

Influencer marketing platform CreatorIQ shares some demographics and audience statistics about three of the top female influencers in gaming. Read More.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

Two hurricanes are forecasted to slam the Gulf Coast this week, and Lousiana could see back-to-back landfalls in an unprecedented succession. Marco strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane over the weekend , and the latest National Hurricane Center forecast has it hitting the southeastern coast of… Read more.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 23, 2020

Oculus Quest sideloading platform SideQuest just got a big update introducing important new features for the community and improving discovery. Read More.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

Because I am, at my core, a basic b h, I have a sign in my office that says “Today is a good day for a good day” (in garish sparkly gold and white letters naturally). It’s a sentiment that’s been harder to believe in these days, what with the universe apparently going through its rolodex of cataclysmic events, but I… Read more.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 23, 2020

Let’s start with the big films.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

Generally speaking, I’m a skeptic of the “recreated in CGI” genre of fan work. But this one really is something special. Read more.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 23, 2020

Georg Petschnigg. (WeTransfer Photo). Georg Petschnigg learned a lot during an 11-year career at Microsoft, where he worked on various consumer products such as Word and Microsoft Courier. He also got an inside look at how the tech giant integrated various acquisitions of companies including Vizio and LinkedIn. We caught up with Petschnigg to get his take on Microsoft’s bid for TikTok, its new Surface Duo device, and more.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

The Flash ’s sixth season ended a little early. So the seventh is going to have a lot to untangle. Read more.

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The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Twitter has labeled a tweet from President Trump in which he questioned the use of mail drop boxes for the November election. The president claimed, without citing evidence, that the boxes made it “possible for a person to vote multiple times,” and are a “voter security disaster,” that “are not Covid sanitized.”.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

This isn’t an origin story. If anything, it’s Batman: Year Two. (No, not the one where he almost shoots Joe Chill.) Read more.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 23, 2020

Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 16, 2020. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Most popular stories on GeekWire. Here are the three Amazon execs who just joined Jeff Bezos’ elite ‘S-team’ leadership suite.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

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TechSpot

AUGUST 23, 2020

Rumors have been swirling for weeks about a potential legal backlash from TikTok over its ban in the United States. Between Friday and Saturday, multiple reports surfaced suggesting that a lawsuit is all but certain, and that legal filings could be finalized as early as next week. The Verge seems.

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AUGUST 23, 2020

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The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. A group of WeChat users is suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning transactions with the app, The Wall Street Journal reported. The group isn’t affiliated with WeChat or its owner Tencent, but seeks to block the president’s August 6th order which the group says is unconstitutional because it violates users’ due process and free speech rights, according to the Journal.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

Video Game Blowout | Woot! Read more.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 23, 2020

The Food and Drug and Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for convalescent blood plasma as an experimental treatment for covid-19 patients. And President Donald Trump, per his usual M.O., found a way to put himself at the center of the announcement—no doubt in a bid to drum up some good press on… Read more.

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