The iconic video game company Atari is gradually coming out of a turnaround, CEO Wade Rosen tells Axios.
Why it matters: Atari, a brand that goes back 50 years, has had a few shaky decades, as various owners and executives have tried to recapture the glory of the pioneering company behind Pong and the Atari 2600.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Seattle-based Bittrex, less than a month after the crypto exchange said it was leaving the U.S. market due to regulatory uncertainties.
Driving the news: The SEC on Monday charged the platform for illegally operating a national securities exchange, clearing agency and broker, servicing U.S. investors.
A Delaware judge presiding over the landmark defamation case between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News said Monday that the delayed trial will now begin Tuesday at 9am ET.
Why it matters: The unexpected delay Sunday evening spurred rumors that the two parties were trying to work out a settlement ahead of the six-week planned trial. The judge did not mention anything about a potential settlement Monday morning.
AI programs like ChatGPT and DALL-E have impressed the world with their ability to take in a brief text prompt and produce a full-fledged image or essay — but some of the most valuable initial uses of this wave of generative AI lie in automating the steps of complex processes.
Why it matters: Generative AI can take on many roles, and one of the most powerful is as a time-saver. Even creative types who fear their jobs are threatened by AI may find the same technology can help with some of their most tedious and time-consuming tasks.
Sonic the Hedgehog and Red the Angry Bird are about to be corporate siblings, after Japanese game maker Sega agreed to purchase Finnish mobile studio Rovio.
Driving the news: Sega announced early Monday that it plans to buy Rovio for €706 million ($776 million) in a friendly offer approved by Rovio's board.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox News' highly anticipated defamation trial will kick off in a Delaware court Tuesday, more than two years after Dominion Voting Systems filed a massive $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox over its 2020 election coverage.
Why it matters: Barring a last-minute settlement, the trial is expected to last five to six weeks and will not be televised, limiting the public's visibility into the proceedings.
A new smart device called Companion bills itself as an all-in-one nanny/tutor for your dog, stimulating and entertaining Fido while you work (or run out to buy grain-free artisanal dog food).
Why it matters: The humanization of dogs continues apace, as Americans treat the pooches they adopted during the pandemic like fur babies and happily spend crazy money on them.
Chinese surveillance giant Hikvision has repeatedlydenied reports that the company is complicit in human rights abuses targeting Uyghurs in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang.
But new details from an internal review of its contracts with police agencies in the region reveal the company has known since at least 2020 that some of its Xinjiang contracts were a "problem" because they included language about targeting Uyghurs as a group, according to a recording of a recent private company meeting obtained by technology trade publication IPVM and exclusively shared with Axios.
Why it matters: The Chinese government is perpetrating an ongoing campaign of genocide and mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the country's northwest region of Xinjiang.
The humble and familiar barcode — a staple on consumer packaging for nearly 50 years — will soon be replaced with a more robust and muscular successor that offers far more information about the product inside.
The new "2D" barcodes will unlock reams of online extras (for consumers) and revolutionize inventory management (for retailers).
Scanning them may tell us the field where something was grown, the factory where a garment was sewn, the sustainability practices of the company that made it — or the washing instructions.
