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On Sunday, two competitive esports players were apparently hacked during a live streaming game, prompting organizers to postpone the tournament. The players were participating in the Apex Legends Global Series, a competitive esports tournament for the popular shooter game Apex Legends with a total prize pool of $5 million. During two separate games, two different players suddenly acquired cheats in the middle of the match. “Wait, what the hell? I'm hacked, I'm hacked, brother, I'm hacked,” Gembarten said, raising his hands during the game. According to the video they posted on Xwas also posted on multiple YouTube channels. An in-game…

YouTube now requires creators to disclose to viewers when they use AI to create realistic content, the company announced Monday. The platform is introducing new tools in Creator Studio to help creators understand when content that viewers could mistake for real people, places, or events was created with modified or synthetic media, including generative AI. Require disclosure. With new generative AI tools making it harder to tell what's real and what's fake, this new disclosure means users can be tricked into thinking synthetically created videos are real. The purpose is to prevent The announcement comes as experts warn that AI…

Leading app analytics company Sensor Tower acquires rival Data.ai in a move to consolidate the mobile intelligence industry, creating a powerhouse that can dominate the space and proactively provide competitive insights into the app economy is about to be established. Sensor Tower and Data.ai help businesses and developers understand how their mobile apps are performing, providing estimates on downloads, active users, in-app revenue, traction in specific demographics, and competitive benchmarks. Masu. Sensor Tower said these platforms, which cost over tens of thousands of dollars for standard services, are currently available as standalone products, and no additional consumer-focused changes are planned…

Founders may have unintentionally given VCs too much power to block IPOs While some investors have loudly lamented that the IPO window cannot remain closed forever, the reality is that other VCs themselves are part of the problem. Lowenstein Sandler partner Eric Weiner told TechCrunch that the terms of many standard VC deals allow investors to block an IPO or acquisition if they believe the timing or price isn't right. That's what it means. While it's relatively rare for investors to say in direct terms that they can block an IPO, although he's seen it happen in the past, he…

The jobs of so-called “solution professionals” (sales engineers, solution architects, consultants, etc.) revolve around selling complex enterprise technologies to potential customers. It's an important job. But despite this, solution teams are rarely well-staffed and resourced, according to entrepreneur Dan Cheng. “The solutions team brings technical credibility to sales activities, helping customers understand exactly what they are buying and why,” Chen said in an interview with TechCrunch. “They are the unsung heroes of the business-to-business organization, yet they are consistently ignored.” Chen, a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital and co-founder of Hero, a Salesforce support app that HR…

Multinational technology giant Fujitsu acknowledged the cyberattack in a statement on Friday, warning that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information. Fujitsu stated on its website, “As a result of confirming the presence of malware on several of our company's work computers and conducting an internal investigation, we found that files containing personal information and customer information may be illegally taken out.'' announced. Translation from Japanese. Fujitsu said it has disconnected the affected systems from its network and is investigating how its network was compromised by the malware and “whether any information was leaked.” The technology conglomerate did…

Raising money sounds easy. You hand over the stock, the investor hands over the cash, and then everyone goes back to work. The reality is a little more complicated. If you're selling stock, are you selling it in a price round? Or through a convertible note, which is a bond that later converts to stock? Oh, and maybe a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity)? Are you using it? For new founders who don't want to get bogged down in the minutiae of fundraising and want to focus solely on their business, the acronym soup that forms when discussing venture…

Google is trying to create a buzz with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps, and services. However, as our unofficial review revealed, Gemini seems promising in some aspects, but falls short in others. So what is Gemini? How can it be used? And how does it compare to its competitors? We've created this handy guide to help you easily stay up to date with the latest developments in Gemini. This guide will be updated as new Gemini models, features, and news about Google's Gemini plans are released. What is Gemini? Gemini is Google's long-promised next-generation GenAI model…

According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is considering partnering with Google in a mega deal to leverage Gemini AI models for iPhone features. This puts Google in an advantageous position since the company already has a deal with Apple to be its preferred search engine provider for the iPhone's Safari browser. The publication cited people familiar with the matter as saying Apple is considering licensing Google's AI technology to introduce AI-powered features in an iOS update later this year. Additionally, the company has also discussed the possibility of using the GPT model with OpenAI, Bloomberg said. Apple is under…