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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like addictive feeds to show warning labels about mental health impacts on young users (Andre Revilla/Engadget)

Andre Revilla / Engadget:
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like addictive feeds to show warning labels about mental health impacts on young users  —  The warnings will appear when users interact with a feature the state deems addictive.  —  The State of New York …

The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including CEO Jonathan Ross, creator of the TPU, and keeps them from companies that may try to make their own chips (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including CEO Jonathan Ross, creator of the TPU, and keeps them from companies that may try to make their own chips  —  NVIDIA gets a creator of the TPU, access to inference tech & IP, and stops anyone else from getting such things.  All for a mere $20B...

Indian IT services provider Coforge agrees to acquire Encora, which offers AI tools for product, cloud, and data engineering, at an enterprise value of $2.35B (Reuters)

Reuters:
Indian IT services provider Coforge agrees to acquire Encora, which offers AI tools for product, cloud, and data engineering, at an enterprise value of $2.35B  —  Indian IT services provider Coforge said on Friday it would acquire artificial intelligence firm Encora at an enterprise value …

Five FaZe Clan influencers exit after failed contract talks with new management; Matt Kalish, who invested $10M, calls FaZe's current structure "unsustainable" (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Five FaZe Clan influencers exit after failed contract talks with new management; Matt Kalish, who invested $10M, calls FaZe's current structure “unsustainable”  —  The future of the popular influencer group FaZe Clan is in flux once again after several members announced …

Governor Hochul signs law for mental health warnings on addictive social media features (Felix Day/WRGB)

Felix Day / WRGB:
Governor Hochul signs law for mental health warnings on addictive social media features  —  New York (WRGB) — Governor Hochul has signed new legislation that will require social media platforms with certain addictive features to display warning labels alerting young users to potential mental health risks.