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Catching up: Tencent wants to buy out Ubisoft amid stock slump, failed sales and delays

Tencent and the founders of Ubisoft, the Guillemot family, are considering buying out the French game developer after it has lost over half of its market value. According to insiders, the Chinese tech company and the Guillemot Brothers have been in ...

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IT specialists are to be banned from using FOP and simplified taxation system

Yuri Haidai, a senior economist at the Center for Economic Strategy, reported that Ukrainian IT specialists may face restrictions on the use of a simplified taxation system. This idea emerged during a working group discussion concerning a tax bill. T...

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Star Citizen developers are forced to work without days off - the company made $700 million on the game

Cloud Imperium Games, the developer behind Star Citizen, has mandated that employees work through the weekends in preparation for the Citizencon event on October 19. In an internal email sent to staff on October 1, the company stated that it needs t...

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OpenAI raised a record $6.6 billion at a $157 billion valuation - Apple turned down the investment

OpenAI has just concluded a historic funding round, raising $6.6 billion at a valuation of $157 billion. The funding was led by Thrive Capital, which contributed $1 billion and entered into a special agreement that allows it to invest another billion...

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Benefit for international parcels up to 150 euros will be canceled - Hetmantsev

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation, and Customs Policy, Daniil Getmantsev (from the "Servant of the People" party), announced that a separate bill regarding the taxation of international packages valued at up to 150 eur...

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Epic Games sues Google and Samsung over autoblocking third-party apps

The developer of Fortnite, Epic Games, has filed a lawsuit against Google and Samsung. The company claims that the Auto Blocker feature on Samsung devices hinders the installation of alternative app stores. Samsung introduced the Auto Blocker in Oct...

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Twitter/X has fallen in price by 80% since the days when it was "taken over" by Ilon Musk

In 2022, Elon Musk acquired Twitter for a staggering $44 billion, initiating a saga to transform the platform into a new service advocating for "free speech" called X. However, not all efforts to reboot Twitter have been successful: some new feature...

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At Tesla plant in Germany, 17% of workers are on sick leave and 200 haven't been to work since the beginning of the year - Ilon Musk shocked

Tesla's production facility in Germany is facing an unusual issue — sick leave. Employees are taking advantage of the social system, while unions claim that the workplace conditions are extremely tough. André Tirig, the production director at Tesla'...

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Meta fined nearly $102 million for storing passwords as plain text

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta $101.5 million. The penalty was imposed due to violations of user password storage regulations. The issue was discovered in January 2019 when it became clear that some user passwords were sto...

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Google spent $2.7 billion to rehire its I.T. guy - he was rejected for an "uninteresting" product

Three years ago, a software engineer proposed an AI chatbot project to Google, but it was rejected, leading him to leave the company and start his own venture. Noam Shazeer joined Google back in 2000 as one of its first hundred employees, but he depa...

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South Korea fined Samsung for exposing workers to radiation - more penalties expected

South Korean regulators have confirmed that Samsung violated nuclear safety regulations and exposed workers at a semiconductor manufacturing plant to radiation. The Nuclear Safety Commission imposed an administrative fine of 10.5 million won ($7,900...

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A new California law will force digital stores to come clean: they don't sell, just license content

Digital stores will be prohibited from using terms like "buy" or "purchase" unless they disclose licensing terms. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed law AB 2426 aimed at combating the "disappearance" of digital purchases. This new regulatio...

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The number of "closed" FLPs in Ukrainian IT grew by 157%, while registrations of new ones fell by 20%

According to YouControl (via Highload), the Ukrainian IT sector is experiencing a decline in the registration of new sole proprietors — for instance, the total dropped to 9.1 thousand during the summer (a decrease of 21% compared to last year and 48%...

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"The future of PlayStation": the failed Concord was invested with $400 million and high hopes

The disastrous launch of Concord continues to generate intriguing stories. With the game's closure, Sony PlayStation has incurred significant losses. Before its shutdown, the shooter managed to sell 30,000 copies and was reportedly valued at $200 mi...

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Black hole sucks in money: Microsoft pays $1 billion a year for Xbox Game Pass games

According to sources, Microsoft is investing $1 billion to ensure that third-party games are included in Xbox Game Pass. Among the many renowned brands with multimillion-dollar contracts are several well-known names. As reported by Bloomberg in an e...

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