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On Thursday, WhatsApp scored a legal victory by convincing a U.S. federal judge to publicly release three court documents that include new revelations about the inner workings of Pegasus, the spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech maker NSO Group.  The newly unsealed documents include information coming from depositions of NSO employees during the legal proceedings, … Read more

Nearly 28% of the global workforce works remotely, and 38% of the global workforce are freelancers who don’t commute to traditional office spaces: remote work is here to stay. While it offers a number of advantages both for employers and employees, it isn’t without its drawbacks, including a plethora of distractions and an increase in … Read more

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said this week it’s pressing criminal charges against X (Twitter) in France related to a Kremlin disinformation campaign that used the nonprofit as a prop to spread fake news. The organization said legal means are its “last resort” in its fight against the bogus stories, designed to foster pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine … Read more

NASA is partnering with Microsoft to develop an AI-powered chatbot geared toward making it much easier to sift through the enormous amounts of data collected by the space agency’s Earth-observing satellites. The app, called Earth Copilot and still in the prototype phase, uses Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service to enable NASA scientists and researchers to better … Read more

Coca-Cola just revealed three new holiday ads created with generative AI. One for Coke Zero is on its YouTube page, unlisted. The comments below the video are a war zone. People hate the ad. They love the ad. As things turn to shit on the internet and real life, people are consumed with a conflict … Read more

Whether you’re a modular synth nerd or the bassist of a troglodyte doom metal band, the chances that you’ve encountered a device that utilizes MIDI are nearly 100 percent at this point. The communication protocol is more than 40 years old, yet it’s hardly changed since head honchos from Roland, Oberheim, and Sequential Circuits collaborated … Read more

Significant changes are coming to ABL Space Systems. The leader of the seven year old startup took to social media last night to make a big announcement: the company will no longer be focusing on the commercial launch market, but will be turning instead to missile defense.  ABL had been developing a small launch vehicle … Read more

I hope you’re ready for the GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games event, our next conference for the GamesBeat community. I’ve been looking forward to talking about our next half-day event on December 12 in Los Angeles. It seems like we just finished GamesBeat Next 2024 to look at technologies and strategies at the edge … Read more

This is private eye Takayuki Yagami’s second adventure; a spin-off of Sega’s popular, pulpy and convoluted Yakuza saga. He lives in the same Kamurocho area, the same yakuza gangs roam the streets, and there’s the very occasional crossover of side-story characters and, well, weirdos. But instead of punching punks in the face in the name … Read more

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