Nvidia is quietly preparing to abandon its purchase of Arm from SoftBank Group Corp after making little to no progress in winning approval for the $40 billion chip deal, according to people familiar with the matter. Nvidia has told partners that it doesn’t expect the transaction to close, according to Read more…
YouTube is exploring adding nonfungible token features for its video creators, Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki wrote to the siteâ(TM)s broadcasters on Tuesday. From a report: Although Wojcicki didn’t say exactly what her team is planning, or when, it marks the first time Alphabet’s Google, YouTube’s owner, is becoming involved Read more…
The knives are out for Peloton and CEO John Foley. Blackwells Capital, an activist investor that owns less than 5% of Peloton, says it has “grave concerns” about its performance and is calling on its board of directors to fire Foley immediately and explore a sale. In an open letter Read more…
Slashdot reader DevNull127 shares this transcript of James Cameron’s new interview with the BBC — which they’ve titled “The Danger of Deepfakes.” “Almost everything we create seems to go wrong at some point,” James Cameron says… James Cameron: Almost everything we create seems to go wrong at some point. I’ve Read more…
How exactly could Russia be deterred from invading Ukraine? The U.S. government is now “threatening to use a novel export control to damage strategic Russian industries, from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to civilian aerospace,” according to Stars and Stripes (an editorially-independent newspaper for the American military). The administration may Read more…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange scored a small win in court in London on Monday, when a judge granted him the right to appeal to the UK’s Supreme Court over his extradition to the US. The High Court ruled that Assange has points that Supreme Court justices may want to consider Read more…
A little-known Chinese technology company that took over a WeChat social media account set up for Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday it wanted to buy an account with a large fanbase in Australia, and was unaware it was his. Australian politicians said Morrison’s office lost access to Read more…