Before this week, Bluesky, the up-and-coming decentralized Twitter alternative, did not have a system in place to automatically prevent people from registering usernames that featured the n-word as part of their handle. On Wednesday, the company received multiple reports of someone who had the slur in their username. And while Bluesky eventually dealt with the issue, many are upset by the fact the…
Leica Camera has announced the addition of two new members to the L-Mount Alliance: Astrodesign and Samyang.
Samyang, a South Korean lens manufacturer, became increasingly well-known to photographers over the past few years thanks to its growing line of optics for…
Appeals court denies FTC request to stop $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
July 17, 2023
A federal appeals court denied a Federal Trade Commission request to stop the $68.7 billion Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard today.
The denial could clear the way for the deal to close in the next few days.
A three-judge appeals court panel denied the motion…
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Earlier in the week, it appeared that the FTC’s case against Microsoft had been summarily dismissed by Judge Corley, at least insofar as she wouldn’t grant an injunction against the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC wasn’t going down without a fight, as they…
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Microsoft and Sony have signed a binding deal to keep Call of Duty on the PlayStation platform.
The deal comes after a federal appeals court on Friday…
Capping two days of hearing from enterprise AI and data executives and leaders during the VB Transform 2023 conference in San Francisco was the announcement of the winners of the fifth annual AI Innovation Awards. This year’s conference, and the awards, were centered on…
Generative AI for enterprises is rapidly becoming a competitive differentiator. One of its most transformative powers is its impact on content creation and productivity, explained Anna Griffin, CMO at Commvault, in a conversation with May Habib, CEO and co-founder of Writer.com at VB Transform 2023.
“I realized the power of what ChatGPT was going to do in the name of synthesizing, time to…
Generative AI isn’t just a new craze or a shiny toy; it’s set to bring about major macroeconomic effects — including adding $7 trillion to the global GDP and lifting productivity growth by 1.5%. In other words, it’s not going to fall out of popularity — it’s…
Walmart’s bold plan to bring greater scale, speed, immediacy and insight to every in-person and virtual customer interaction is transforming its customers’ retail experiences.
The Emerging Tech group at Walmart has worked with conversational AI for two and a half…
Vector databases, a relatively new type of database that can store and query unstructured data such as images, text and video, are gaining popularity among developers and enterprises who want to build generative AI applications such as chatbots, recommendation systems and content creation.
One of the leading providers of vector database technology is Pinecone, a startup founded in 2019 that has…
