Wall Street Journal: Sources: Sega is nearing a deal to acquire Rovio for ~$1B; Rovio was in talks to sell itself to Playtika for $800M+, but the negotiations ended in March 2023  —  Japan-based entertainment conglomerate expected to pay about $1 billion for Rovio Entertainment Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Montana lawmakers approve a first-of-its-kind bill that bans TikTok and bars app stores from offering the app within the state starting on January 1, 2024  —  Supporters of the first-of-its-kind-bill expect legal challenges if the governor signs the legislation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Filing: Elon Musk has created X.AI Corp., a new AI company privately held and incorporated in Nevada, and authorized the sale of 100M shares  —  Name of new Nevada-incorporated organization suggests link to billionaire’s interest in everything app  —  Elon Musk has created … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Developer logs: Apple is testing a laptop with a CPU similar to current models and with the same resolution as the 14 MacBook Pro, suggesting a 15 MacBook Air  —  Apple Inc. is ramping up testing of fresh Macs with processors on par with the current M2 chip, making headway on key new machines that could help reverse a sales decline. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: Court docs: the FBI used Discord billing records to help identify Jack Teixeira, the Air National guardsman who allegedly leaked classified Pentagon documents  —  A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused in the leak of highly classified military documents appeared in court Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Voreacos / Bloomberg: James Zhong, who stole more than 50,000 Bitcoin from Silk Road in 2012, is sentenced to one year and one day in prison  —  A Georgia man who stole more than 50,000 Bitcoin from the Silk Road drug-trafficking site before his cache hit $3.35 billion in value must serve a year in prison. Lees verder op Tech Meme