David Wallace-Wells / New York Times: Q&A with Bill Gates on closing the Gates Foundation on December 31, 2045, donating ~$200B, President Trump, Elon Musk, AI drug discovery, AI advances, and more  —  Today the Gates Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary by announcing its plans to close up shop. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Coinbase agrees to acquire Dubai-based Deribit, the world’s biggest trading platform for bitcoin and ether options, for ~$2.9B, including $700M in cash  —  Deribit is the world’s biggest trading platform for bitcoin options  —  Coinbase Global has agreed to acquire Deribit … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Webster / The Verge: Rockstar says its second Grand Theft Auto VI trailer was “captured entirely in-game from a PlayStation 5, comprised of equal parts gameplay and cutscenes”  —  The trailer was also captured entirely in-game from a PS5. … A second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI had a surprise drop this week … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press: Nintendo reports FY 2024-25 revenue down 30% YoY to ~$8B, profit down 43% YoY to ~$1.9B, and says the Switch has 128M+ players globally eight years after launch  —  Japanese video-game maker Nintendo on Thursday reported a 43% decline in profit for the fiscal year through March … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Hackers defaced the LockBit ransomware gang’s dark web affiliate panels, linking to a MySQL database dump, including 59,975 BTC addresses and 4,442 victim chats  —  The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a MySQL database dump. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Kennedy / Eurogamer.net: Palworld developer Pocketpair says a 2024 update was due to “ongoing litigation” and a new update is “yet another compromise”, as it disputes Nintendo’s claims  —  “We… assert the invalidity of the patents in question.”  —  Palworld developer Pocketpair has released … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Wallace-Wells / New York Times: Q&A with Bill Gates on shutting down the Gates Foundation on December 31, 2045, the Trump administration, Elon Musk, AI drug discovery, AI’s potential, and more  —  Today the Gates Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary by announcing its plans to close up shop. Lees verder op Tech Meme