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Ubisoft has confirmed they will be pulling the plug on XDefiant. In a blog post on the games studio’s website on Tuesday (December 3), the executive producer Mark Rubin opens with: “I am unfortunately here today to announce that XDefiant will be shutting down.” The decision means that as of Tuesday, new downloads, player registrations, and purchases will no longer be possible. Although the team will still release the Season 3 content in the near future and the servers will remain active until June 3, 2025. The free-to-play shooter is an original to Ubisoft and it was first released in May of 2024, with over 15 million people playing the game.

A joint investigation team comprising French and Dutch authorities, with the assistance of Eurojust and Europol, has successfully taken down an encrypted messaging app called Matrix. Over three months, authorities intercepted and monitored messages from suspected criminals, which will now serve as evidence in ongoing investigations. Subsequent operations were then carried out in coordination with Italian, Lithuanian, and Spanish counterparts.

Generative AI giant OpenAI may have millions of customers worldwide, but researchers suggest some of the answers from its ChatGPT Search product feature content that is “confidently wrong.” A new study has been published by Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism, titled ‘How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content’. Their research involved randomly selecting twenty publishers, representing a mix of those who have deals with OpenAI, those who are unaffiliated, and those involved in lawsuits against the company. OpenAI’s chatbot tool was then tasked with identifying the source of block quotes from 10 different articles from each publication.

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 – Popcat took the meme coin world by storm, but is Catslap ready to claim the throne as the next $1 billion cat-themed crypto? Catslap token’s explosive growth has drawn widespread attention from retail investors, Slap-to-Earn gamers, and even professional traders and prominent trading firms. $SLAP briefly touched a new all-time high of $0.01 before settling at its current trading price of $0.007. With greater utility than both Popcat and Pepe, alongside a rapidly expanding market reach, Catslap’s growth shows no signs of slowing.

China-linked spies continue to infiltrate U. S. telecommunications networks, with their presence still detected nearly six months after American officials launched an investigation into the breaches, senior officials reported on Tuesday (Dec. 3). The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and international partners have now released a joint guide detailing best practices to defend against an alleged threat actor affiliated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that has infiltrated the networks of major global telecommunications providers. This marks the first official confirmation from U.

Crypto All-Stars’ trending ICO raised nearly $1 million in three days, pushing its funding total past $8 million, with only 16 days remaining before its December launch. Just a month ago, the project was raising between $50,000 and $100,000 daily. Fast forward to today, and Crypto All-Stars (STARS) is inching toward $1 million in daily contributions. This surge highlights growing demand and enthusiasm for the project, which positions itself as a major player in the upcoming meme coin supercycle. After the presale, $STARS plans to reveal its first DEX listings and launch its cross-chain, multi-token staking protocol called the MemeVault. Here’s a closer look at what the MemeVault offers and why stacking up on $STARS before its debut could be a smart move. Crypto All-Stars soars past $8 million The excitement around Crypto All-Stars has been growing since August, with the presale already raising over $8 million.