Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft raises the prices of its Xbox Series S and X consoles, Xbox controllers, and some new Xbox games globally; the consoles are priced $80 to $100 more  —  New first-party Xbox games are moving from $69.99 to $79.99 later this year, but there are no Xbox Game Pass increases. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: CVC and Blackstone invest $2B+ in equity and debt to take a minority stake in Istanbul-based Dream Games, which makes Royal Match, valuing it at ~$5B  —  Move will result in huge windfall for Turkish gaming company’s venture capital backers  —  Private equity group CVC is taking … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Pinterest rolls out global AI labels to mark images made or edited with generative AI, adding an “AI modified” stamp, via metadata analysis and AI classifiers  —  AI labels are coming to a platform that sorely needed them. … Pinterest is making it easier for users to identify and avoid AI-generated slop on its platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sandra Erwin / SpaceNews: True Anomaly, which designs hardware and software for military and intelligence space reconnaissance, raised a $260M Series C led by Accel  —  – Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Lees verder op Tech Meme