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Many US farmers had to halt their planting operations after a solar storm broke critical GPS and precision farming functionality in tractors and other equipment — The solar storm that brought the aurora borealis to large parts of the United States this weekend also broke critical GPS …
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns of undermining Teams competitors, despite the company offering concessions — Tech group's effort to avoid action by unbundling videoconferencing app from its other software appears to have failed
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| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Squarespace says private equity firm Permira plans to take the company private in a ~$6.9B all-cash deal, or $44 per share, a 15.2% premium on Friday's close — Private equity firm Permira will take Squarespace (SQSP.N) private in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.9 billion …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google says Project Starline, its 3D video conferencing platform first unveiled at 2021's Google I/O, will ship in 2025 with HP as a launch partner — In 2021, Google kicked off work on Project Starline, a corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging …
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Top500: the Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer, not yet fully operational, came second behind the AMD-powered Frontier, but did take first in an AI benchmark — Aurora faces stability issues from hardware failures, cooling malfunctions, and operational errors.
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| Charlotte Trueman / DatacenterDynamics: |
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| Bloomberg: |
The EU designates Booking as a DMA gatekeeper, saying “holidaymakers will start benefiting from more choice and hotels will have more business opportunities” — - Travel site is designated as a ‘gatekeeper’ under EU's DMA — X avoids rules for now as officials open probe into its status
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Bluesky: @hern.bsky.social. X: @kayjebelli, @eu_competition, @eu_commission, @adamkovac, @lewis_crofts, and @mseltzermayr
| Financial Times: |
How GPS warfare is causing issues for civilians; an analysis finds almost 40M people lived in areas with unreliable GPS for at least half of the past six months — Military activity blamed for surge in jamming and spoofing incidents affecting smartphones, planes and ships| Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: |
Brad Smith says Microsoft plans to invest €4B in France, mostly focused on the AI sector, and the company would set up a data center in the city of Mulhouse — Technology and software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O) will invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) in France as part …
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| Keith Laing / Bloomberg: |
The US NHTSA opens an investigation into Amazon's Zoox after two of its automated Toyota SUVs braked unexpectedly, resulting in motorcyclists rear-ending them — - Bikers rear-ended Zoox SUVs that suddenly, unexpectedly braked — US agency estimates 500 vehicles are subject to investigation
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen on running Adobe since 2007, new AI features, AI investments, Firefly, monetizing AI, copyright, AI misuse, PDFs, and more — The tech and the consumers both might not be quite ready yet, but he's betting big on an AI future.
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Sources: Intel is in advanced, exclusive talks for a deal in which Apollo Global Management would supply $11B+ to help the chip giant build a plant in Ireland — The investment firm is in exclusive talks to supply the chip giant with cash for a new plant.| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Google Pixel 8a review: a 120Hz OLED display, strong battery life, excellent cameras, and great value at $499+, but slow wireless charging and thick bezels — The company didn't mess with its winning formula for the A-series, delivering another great handset for $499. — Senior Writer, Reviews
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: after shelling out billions to acquire US users, Temu is now focusing more on acquiring users in Europe and elsewhere, following TikTok's US issues — App looks to reduce reliance on American shoppers as growth slows and scrutiny of TikTok grows — The bargain app Temu …
More: PYMNTS.com
| New York Times: |
How Elon Musk uses X to back right-wing world leaders like Argentina's Javier Milei and India's Narendra Modi, who can help secure advantages for his businesses — Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America's second-largest nation in November …
Threads: @karaswisher, @motorcityadam, @karaswisher, @yonetteajoseph, @markjacobnews, and @lorakolodny
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X: @ryp__, @flitteronfraud, @rmac18, @rmac18, @ericgeller, @kateconger, and @markjacob16
Forums: Hacker News, r/RealTesla, r/Fuckthealtright, r/musked, and r/inthenews
| The Sunday Times: |
Sources: Cambridge-based Raspberry Pi is finalizing plans to float on the London Stock Exchange this month in a deal that could value the startup at up to £500M — The Cambridge business sells cheap, credit-card-sized computers and was originally set up to help get children into coding
More: The Register, Tom's Hardware, and City A.M.
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