Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Scotland-based game studio Build a Rocket Boy raised a $110M Series D ahead of the much-anticipated launch of its first titles and immersive open world platform  —  Build a Rocket Boy, a Scotland-headquartered game development company founded by one of the former lead developers behind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Filing: Apple seeks $73.4M in legal fees from Epic, including a 10% discount since Epic prevailed on one of 10 counts, after SCOTUS declined to hear the appeals  —  Apple wants Epic Games to pay $73.4 million in legal fees after Apple won the antitrust case brought against it by the North Carolinian games maker. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Hern / The Guardian: Internet Watch Foundation: over 100K webpages featured self-generated CSAM in the past year, up 66% YoY; a record 275,655 webpages in total had CSAM, up 8% YoY  —  Volume of material children are coerced or groomed into creating prompts renewed attack on end-to-end encryption Lees verder op Tech Meme

Satviki Sanjay / Bloomberg: Google partners with NPCI, which runs India’s Unified Payments Interface, to expand beyond India; the UPI platform had ~$209B in transactions in November 2023  —  Google India Digital Services Pvt. and National Payments Corporation of India, the company behind India’s Unified Payments Interface … Lees verder op Tech Meme