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Microsoft signs 15-year cloud streaming deal with Ubisoft in latest bid to win Activision Blizzard approval

August 22, 2023
We’re thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of “Playing the Edge.” Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here.  Microsoft has signed a 15-year deal to license Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft in its latest bid to win antitrust…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Less noise, better signals: Why XDR and AI are the future of cybersecurity

August 22, 2023
Capitalizing on malware-free tradecraft to launch undetectable breaches, attackers rely on legitimate system tools and living-off-the-land (LOTL) techniques to breach endpoints undetected. Malware-free attacks trade on the trust of legitimate tools, rarely generating a unique signature and relying on fileless execution.  Across all malicious activity tracked by CrowdStrike and reported in their…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: August 21, 2023

August 22, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Amtrak just rolled out its first-ever electric bus

August 22, 2023
Amtrak has replaced a diesel-powered bus on the Pacific Northwest’s Cascades route with its first electric bus. Amtrak, which partnered with the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to roll out its new electric bus, will run it between Seattle and Bellingham, filling the gap between the morning and evening trains on the Cascades route. It uses buses all over the US to run thruway…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Generative AI datasets could face a reckoning | The AI Beat

August 22, 2023
Over the weekend, a bombshell story from The Atlantic found that Stephen King, Zadie Smith and Michael Pollan are among thousands of authors whose copyrighted works were used to train Meta’s generative AI model, LLaMA, as well as other large language models, using a dataset called “Books3.” The future of AI, the report claimed, is “​​written with stolen words.”  The truth is, the…
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