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CrowdStrike and Dell unleash an AI-powered, unified security vision
Dell and CrowdStrike are joining forces today to help businesses battle against cyberattacks using AI to protect against generative AI, stealth social engineering and endpoint attacks. Dell is adding CrowdStrike’s Falcon extended detection and response (XDR) platform to its current managed detection and response (MDR) service.  Extended detection and... Read more
Could Hogwarts Legacy 2 actually be already under development?
Hogwarts Legacy was the biggest-selling game in the world in 2023. So let’s get one thing straight, it will be getting a sequel. Shareholders do not sit on that kind of success story without trying to eke out as much cash from the cow as possibly. The upside for... Read more
Apple’s Refreshed iPhone Cases and Apple Watch Band Come in Earthy Pastels
While all eyes were on Apple’s Monday drop of new MacBook Air models with its M3 processor, the company also delivered some new products for those who just want to freshen their phone or watch’s look. The company quietly launched new colors for its silicone iPhone cases and Apple... Read more
Apple Fined $2 Billion as Europe Sides With Spotify
Apple has a Spotify problem—and it just cost the iPhone maker a $2 billion fine from the European Commission. For years, the two companies have been at war as the streaming service lured users away from Apple’s iTunes and accused the tech giant of exploiting its dominance to stifle... Read more
Animoca Brands teams up with Japan’s KDDI on Web3 metaverse projects
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  Animoca Brands Japan and KDDI are collaborating to boost the adoption for Web3 through Animoca’s Mocaverse and a platform called αU (Alpha U). Animoca Brands Japan... Read more
The AI wars heat up with Claude 3, claimed to have “near-human” abilities
Enlarge / The Anthropic Claude 3 logo. On Monday, Anthropic released Claude 3, a family of three AI language models similar to those that power ChatGPT. Anthropic claims the models set new industry benchmarks across a range of cognitive tasks, even approaching “near-human” capability in some cases. It’s available... Read more
IRS Direct File Is a Good Start for Free Federal Tax Filing, But It Needs to Expand Quickly
IRS Direct File will be fully available to all eligible taxpayers in a dozen states on March 12, with a little over a month to go to file your federal tax return. This story is part of Taxes 2024, CNET’s coverage of the best tax software, tax tips and... Read more
Over 600 Google Workers Urge the Company to Cut Ties With Israeli Tech Conference
More than 600 Google workers and counting have signed a letter addressed to Google marketing leadership demanding that it drop its sponsorship of Mind the Tech, an annual conference promoting the Israeli tech industry taking place in New York this week. “Please withdraw from Mind the Tech, issue an... Read more
We’ve already reported on how the San Francisco startup Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI engineers and led by a brother-sister duo, today made AI history by announcing the most powerful consumer-facing family of large language models (LLMs) in the world to date, Claude 3. Also on how Amazon quickly... Read more
Hackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of it
Hackers backed by the North Korean government gained a major win when Microsoft left a Windows zero-day unpatched for six months after learning it was under active exploitation. Even after Microsoft patched the vulnerability last month, the company made no mention that the North Korean threat group Lazarus had... Read more