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Netflix says the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight was ‘the most-streamed sporting event ever’
Of those simultaneous streams, 38 million were from households in the US, and the TVision data says it accounted for 56 percent of TV viewing between midnight and 1AM that day. Meanwhile, the match between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano broke the record for the “most-watched professional women’s sports event in US history,” with 47 million average viewers nationwide, according…
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Netflix served the Tyson vs. Paul fight to 60 million households
Netflix peaked at “65 million concurrent streams” during the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul last night, according to Most Valuable Promotions, the promoter for the fight. Those streams went out to 60 million households globally, the group said in a press release shared with The Verge via email. That’s more than twice the traffic Netflix could see…
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Boxing schedule 2024: Live stream every big fight, dates, results, Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Jake Paul, Joshua
The nights are drawing in, so what better time hunker down with a few winter blockbuster fights? The final weeks of 2024 are jam-packed with boxing and you can follow every major event with our boxing schedule. Paramount+, Netflix, Sling, Fubo, DAZN, Stan Sport and ESPN+ are all showcasing some epic fights, as well as linear TV channels such as…
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Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely
Video games in the form of computer programs embodied in physical or downloaded formats that have been lawfully acquired as complete games, that do not require access to an external computer server for gameplay, and that are no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace, solely for the purpose of preservation of the game in a playable form by an…
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Apple wins a battle (and $250) in its smartwatch patent fight with Masimo
Apple got a mixed victory in a patent infringement lawsuit against medical device maker Masimo. On Friday, a federal jury determined that Masimo had infringed on some Apple patents, and as part of the verdict, Apple was awarded $250 — yes, just $250 — as a statutory remedy for Masimo’s infringement. $250 is the statutory minimum damages for the alleged…
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Microsoft’s AI research VP joins OpenAI amid fight for top AI talent – Computerworld
Earlier in the year, Jan Leike, another leading OpenAI researcher, also left to join Anthropic, publicly expressing concerns that OpenAI’s “safety culture and processes have taken a backseat.” This wave of exits has raised questions about the company’s internal dynamics as it navigates the highly competitive AI landscape. Despite these setbacks, OpenAI and its key collaborator, Microsoft, remain steadfast in…
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The latest on the WordPress fight over trademarks and open source
Over the past several weeks, WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg has made one thing exceedingly clear: he’s in charge of WordPress’ future. Mullenweg heads up WordPress.com and its parent company, Automattic. He owns the WordPress.org project, and he even leads the nonprofit foundation that controls the WordPress trademark. To the outside observer, these might appear to be independent organizations, all separately…
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Microsoft vowed to fight climate change — then genAI came along – Computerworld
Then there’s what might be nuclear power’s biggest problem. The same technology used to make fuel for nuclear plants can be used to make nuclear weapons — and nuclear plants are notably insecure. The Union of Concerned Scientists warns: “The NRC [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] has regularly downplayed the threat of nuclear terrorism, relaxing its requirements for security exercises in response to…
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TikTok faces a skeptical panel of judges in its existential fight against the US government
TikTok — an app used to by 170 million Americans — now has its future resting in the hands of three judges. The company fought for its life during oral arguments on Monday only for the judges to express a great deal of skepticism towards TikTok’s case. Attorneys for TikTok and a group of creators suing to block the law popularly known…
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Google and DOJ’s ad tech fight is all about control
Google and the US Justice Department each believe the other wants too much of one thing: control. “Control is the defining characteristic of a monopolist,” DOJ counsel Julia Tarver Wood said during opening statements in the federal government’s second antitrust trial against the search giant, which kicked off Monday in Alexandria, Virginia. To the government, Google exerts too much control…
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