Rockstar Games has confirmed that it recently “suffered a network intrusion” that resulted in the massive leak of 90 videos of early development versions of Grand Theft Auto 6. The company said in an official statement on Monday morning that the intrusion resulted in “an unauthorized third party illegally” accessing and downloading “confidential information from our systems,” though it adds that they don’t anticipate this will have any effect on its ongoing live game services or development timeline.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/19/rockstar-games-confirms-gta-6-footage-leak/
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Adobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital design
Big news in the world of digital creative technology: Adobe today announced that it would acquire Figma for $20 billion, taking out one of its biggest rivals in the realm of digital design.
The deal definitely lays down the gauntlet for other big names in the world of digital design. Specifically it will be interesting to see what comes next for companies like Canva and Sketch.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/adobe-is-buying-figma-for-20b-taking-out-one-of-its-biggest-rivals-in-digital-design/
Google has already published its version of the new 31 emojis
The search giant said that the new emojis will be available by the end of the year on Android and next year on other Google products. Along with the color version of the updated Noto font, the company has also published a revamped monochrome version of the font with new emojis. Google first launched monochrome emojis earlier this year as a nod to emojis on old feature phones.
https://tcrn.ch/3S41SGk
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Spotify closed down its Greenroom Creator Fund with shift in live audio strategy
Public YouTube videos are now eligible to be ‘remixed’ into
YouTube Shorts unless creators opt out
YouTube’s TikTok competitor known as YouTube Shorts is today launching a new feature, similar to TikTok’s Stitch, that will allow creators to incorporate a short video segment from another user’s YouTube video or Shorts video when creating new Shorts content. The feature is an expansion of YouTube Shorts’ existing “remix” functionality which had previously allowed creators to sample audio from other videos into their own Shorts posts.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/14/all-public-videos-on-youtube-are-now-eligible-to-be-remixed-into-youtube-shorts-unless-creators-opt-out/