From ExtremeTech: Electronic Arts is heading for private ownership after spending about 36 years as a publicly traded company. The video game publisher is known for its long line of Battlefield and Sims games, along with other titles that have helped shape the video game industry. The investors...

From TechCrunch: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed SB 53, a first-in-the-nation bill that sets new transparency requirements on large AI companies.

SB 53, which passed the state legislature two weeks ago, requires large AI labs — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind — to be...

From eWeek: Elon Musk’s xAI has taken OpenAI to court, alleging a sweeping campaign to plunder its code and business secrets through targeted employee poaching.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, claims OpenAI ran a “coordinated, unlawful campaign” to misappropriate xAI’s source...

From TechCrunch: On Tuesday, DoorDash unveiled Dot, a small robot it built in-house that can autonomously drive on roads, bike lanes, and sidewalks to deliver food and small packages at speeds up to 20 miles per hour. Dot is designed to look friendly and even cartoonish — painted bright red, with...

From Turtle Beach Press Release: Turtle Beach Corporation (Nasdaq: TBCH) and its Victrix brand, today announced the new Turtle Beach® Victrix™ Pro BFG™ Reloaded Wireless Modular Controller for PlayStation® consoles and Xbox is available globally and ready to dominate the competition. The Victrix Pro...

From CNET: If you've been mooching off someone else's Amazon Prime membership for free shipping, but you don't reside in the same house, you may need to pay another subscription fee soon. According to Amazon's updated customer service page, the online retail giant is ending its Prime Invitee benefit...

From PC Mag: Microsoft is making complex Word and Excel tasks easier to handle with a new Agent Mode in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

With this addition, you don't necessarily need to be a Word or Excel wizard to generate high-quality documents or spreadsheets. You can start with a simple prompt in the...

From PC World: Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite is once again threatening to upend the PC CPU market.

About two years ago, Qualcomm debuted the Snapdragon X1 Elite, an Arm chip that replaced the company’s mediocre 8-series Snapdragon chips and performed impressively. Now it’s the Snapdragon Elite X2...

From ComputerWorld: Accenture has announced plans to cut employees who are unable to train in artificial intelligence (AI). This is part of a wider restructuring strategy that will see the company focus on AI measures.

“Advanced AI is becoming part of everything we do,” announced CEO Julie Sweet...

From PC World: Google is expanding the features of YouTube Premium, bringing the benefits of the paid subscription service to more devices, according to a recent community thread post. YouTube Premium subscribers will see the following improvements:

High-quality audio: Enjoy a more immersive...