Phil Spencer sent a memo to employees welcoming them to Microsoft
Microsoft has signed an agreement with Activision Blizzard for a cloud-based subscription gaming service called Xbox Game Pass. Activision Blizzard said it will continue to own its current and future PC and console games for the next 15 years. Earlier, Activision Blizzard said that Modern Warfare 3 and Diablo IV won’t be coming to Xbox Game Pass this year.
In the first paragraph, Israel warns Gaza’s civilians to leave
The Iron Dome, an air defence system made by Israel, has acted as a “lifesaver” in the ongoing conflict with Hamas, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. Over 5,400 rockets have been fired at Israel since Saturday, the Israeli military said. It added that the ‘Iron Dome’, designed to protect against short-range rockets, successfully neutralized most of them.
X is accused by the EU of being a host for Israel-Hamas misinformation
Thierry Breton, who sued SpaceX for non-compliance with EU’s Digital Services Act, has asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for a detailed plan to limit the spread of misinformation. Breton had warned X that non-compliance with DSA could result in an investigation and possible fines. Musk has now written to Breton asking him to list specific violations on the platform publicly.
The asteroid sample is rich in life’s building blocks
NASA has shared its first glimpse of the asteroid Bennu’s material, which it collected last year with the aid of the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx. It contains organic material and iron-rich minerals, which are believed to have come from early Earth. Bennu is an asteroid about the size of a football field, about 75 million kilometres away from Earth.
X is defending itself against accusations that it played host to Israel-Hamas misinformation
The European Union has sent a letter to Meta, the parent company of social media platform X, asking it to take immediate action to remove any posts that may violate its new rules. The letter comes after Breton, an EU member, said that he wants to join Bluesky, a competing social media platform, to protest against the EU’s new social media rules.
In this first look at NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule, you can see how it looks back in time
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has revealed that it found rare Metals in asteroid Bennu’s outer sample canister. NASA said that Bennu’s materials include water in hydrated clay minerals and carbon and organic molecule. The analysis done by NASA shows that they contain water in hydrated clay minerals, as well as carbon and organic molecule.
Mexican Biobank is able to use medical and population genetics
A genome-wide association study of SNPs and Causal groups in FUMA SNP2GENE was performed using Shapeit. To phase an array dataset of 138,511 samples and 539,315 variants, we used Shapeit to phase the array dataset. Allele frequencies of variants that passed array QC procedure were retained in the positive and negative labels across each frequency bin.
Prime Day is a great time to get smart home deals
Amazon has started its ‘Prime Day’ sale that runs until July 27. This year, Amazon will give away nearly 3 lakh worth of Alexa-enabled devices for free. Amazon has been offering deals and discounts on products such as smart home speakers, smart light bulbs, video doorbells and security cameras. The sale will last until July 27.
The EV buyers will get a instant rebate of up to $7,500
The IRS has said that electric vehicles (EVs) will now be able to receive a tax credit at the point of sale, instead of filing a tax return. Dealers will be able to apply the credit at the time of purchase, or provide the rebate to the buyer as cash. The tax credit is still capped for low-income buyers.
Graphcore was the UK’s artificial intelligence champion
Google Executive Vice President of Hardware, Software, and Services Rick Osterloh revealed the first Pixel was launched in 2016 and was called ‘Pixel’. “At the first launch, I see a few individuals who were at the first launch seven years ago and they explained thatPixel is designed to bring together hardware and software with artificial intelligence at the centre,” he said.