Theodore Farnsworth, the former chairman and CEO of MoviePass’ parent company, “pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud,” according to a DOJ press release.
Ex-MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe pleaded guilty to securities fraud in September.
[www.justice.gov]
The G-Assist System Assistant, initially revealed in June 2024, can help users “control a broad range of PC settings, from optimizing game and system settings, charting frame rates and other key performance statistics, to controlling select peripherals settings such as lighting — all via basic voice or text commands,” according to a blog post.
A Reddit user noticed that after using Meta’s AI tools to edit a selfie, Instagram made posts featuring AI-generated versions of themselves, as reported by 404 Media. Meta says it’s a test of a feature that puts AI-generated content for your Facebook and Instagram feeds.
Game File found a court filing with development costs for three Call of Duty games: Black Ops III, Modern Warfare, and Black Ops Cold War.
The numbers are all in the many hundreds of millions, with Black Ops Cold War coming in at more than $700 million over “the game’s lifecycle.”
As reported by TechCrunch:
The [Consumer Technology Association] “is projecting that there will be record retail revenues” for the U.S. consumer technology industry in 2025 with 3.2% growth over 2024. However, [Brian] Comiskey warned that those projections could change because “smartphones and laptops are threatened by President elect Trump’s tariff proposals. Tariffs on technology products could lead to a $90-$143 billion — billion with a B — decline in U.S. purchasing power,” he said.
