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Baldur’s Gate 3’s second patch is right around the corner, with Larian Studios suggesting that it’s a ‘chonky’ one. In a community update post on Steam, the developer revealed that the patch will be focused on improving performance issues, specifically in Act 3, where players have reported laggy cutscenes and stutters when the camera pans […]

Quentyn Kennemer / The Verge: Apple announces a “special Apple Event” on May 7, where new iPads will likely be unveiled  —  After kicking off 2024 with the launch of the Vision Pro, the next act in Apple’s 2024 script is a May product launch event.  Apple has started inviting members of the media to

Over 1.9 million videos were removed between January and March 2023 in India for violating YouTube’s community guidelines, marking the highest removals among nations, according to a report released by the popular video streaming platform. During the same period, globally, YouTube removed over 6.48 million videos for violating community guidelines. The Community Guidelines Enforcement report

Dave Lee / Bloomberg: As Congress’ TikTok bill moves ahead, lawmakers must show the public on what grounds the government is banning a popular and culturally significant platform  —  Congress must show the evidence to gain Americans’ support for its proposed sale or ban of one of the world’s most popular social networks. Source link

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, plans to launch video and audio calls as owner Elon Musk races to build an “everything app” to stay ahead of competition from Meta Platforms-owned Threads.  Users will not need a phone number for the features that will be available on Apple‘s iOS, Google‘s Android and personal computers, Musk

Washington Post: Google fires ~20 more staff the company says participated in protests denouncing an Israeli cloud contract; an activist workers’ group says the total is now 50+  —  Some employees protested the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government.  They’ve been let go. Source link

The board of India’s Paytm Payments Bank is independent and capable of addressing regulatory concerns, the chief executive officer of digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, (OCL) said on Monday. “I, personally or anyone from OCL, have no connection with the payments bank,” Vijay Shekhar Sharma said at a webinar. “There

Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg: Sources: two SEC lawyers resigned after a US federal judge sanctioned and sharply rebuked the SEC for “gross abuse” of power in crypto platform DEBT Box’s case  —  – Judge sanctioned regulator for ‘gross abuse of power’ in March  — Utah crypto firm was put into receivership on staff’s advice Source

Soccer’s global governing body FIFA is close to an agreement with Apple to give the tech company worldwide television rights for a new, month-long club tournament, the New York Times reported on Monday. The deal with Apple could be announced as soon as this month and valued at around $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,333 crore),

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Kaiko: in the past year, Binance’s bitcoin trading share outside the US fell from 81.3% to 55.3%, OKX’s rose from 3% to 7.3%, and Bybit’s rose from 2% to 9.3%  —  – Share of non-US Bitcoin trading slid after fee promotion ended  — Rivals are chasing licenses as regulations tighten globally