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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils the $349 Windows 365 Link, a mini PC for its Windows 365 cloud service running a “super hardened version of Windows”, shipping in April 2025 — Microsoft is planning to launch a new purpose-built miniature PC for its Windows 365 cloud service next year.
More: Computerworld, The Register, Thurrott, PCMag, XDA Developers, Engadget, Windows Central, TechCrunch, Axios, Windows Experience Blog, Neowin, TechRadar, CNBC, and Microsoft on YouTube
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the Windows Resiliency Initiative to help avoid another CrowdStrike-like incident, and a Quick Machine Recovery feature for fixing PCs remotely — Now, Microsoft has some answers in the form of a new Windows Resiliency Initiative that's designed to improve Windows security and reliability.
More: BleepingComputer, Windows Experience Blog, Thurrott, PCMag, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, and Neowin
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft plans to bring the “full capabilities” of Windows 11 to Meta's Quest 3 and Quest 3S in December in public preview, promising only “seconds” to connect — If Windows in mixed reality sounds like your idea of a good time, rejoice.
More: Windows Central, The Verge, and Digital Trends
| Danielle Abril / Washington Post: |
Microsoft debuts an AI interpreter in Teams in limited preview that can simulate speaker voices and offer near-real-time voice interpretation in nine languages — A new AI-powered interpreter is expected to simulate speakers' voices in different languages during Microsoft Teams meetings.
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, and TechRadar
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft unveils the Azure Boost DPU, its first data processing unit, and the Azure Integrated Hardware Security Module, its new in-house security chip — Microsoft on Tuesday revealed new custom chips aimed at powering workloads on its Azure cloud and bolstering security …
More: Neowin
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft unveils Azure AI Foundry to make switching between LLMs easier, says 60K customers use Azure AI, and updates 365 Copilot to automate repetitive tasks — The software maker also previewed new chips and Office AI features. … Azure AI Foundry will make it easier to switch between …
More: InfoWorld, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Microsoft, Neowin, and The Verge
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: DOJ antitrust officials plan to ask a judge to force Google to sell Chrome, license Search data, uncouple Android from Search and Google Play, and more — - Antitrust officials also to seek data licensing, AI measures — Google says the proposals would harm consumers and developers
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media powerhouse behind the Elden Ring game, in the coming weeks; Kadokawa had a ~$2.7B market cap — Sony (6758.T) is in talks to acquire Kadokawa (9468.T), the Japanese media powerhouse behind the “Elden Ring” game …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram says it is testing letting users reset the algorithmic suggestions that power Feed, Reels, and Explore, and the update “will soon roll out globally” — The app will offer users a chance for a “fresh start” with the algorithm. — If your Instagram recommendations …
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| Bruna Horvath / NBC News: |
Social media users criticize Coca-Cola over an AI-generated Christmas video; many creatives say it is distasteful to use AI tech instead of the work of artists — The video was meant to pay homage to a classic 1995 Coca-Cola commercial. — Coca-Cola is facing backlash online … | CNN: |
Two Baltic Sea internet cables, connecting Lithuania with Sweden and Finland with Germany, were suddenly disrupted, sparking concerns about Russian sabotage — Two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea have been suddenly disrupted, according to local telecommunications companies …
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| Jason Del Rey / Fortune: |
Memo: Amazon employees find there is too much of a delay between asking the new LLM-based Alexa a question and getting a response or seeing it complete a task — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. — Amazon's race to create an AI-based successor to its voice assistant Alexa has hit more snags …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity debuts a shopping feature that offers product recommendations, one-click checkout, and more for Pro subscribers in the US, plus a merchant program — AI-powered search engine Perplexity is venturing into e-commerce. On Monday, the company debuted a new shopping feature …
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| Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine: |
Bluesky is booming partly because it isn't hindered by bad adtech, AI slop, throttled links, and largely hostile user experiences, unlike some of its big rivals — No bad adtech, no AI, no throttling links. Bluesky is a booming because it's everything big tech is not — Greetings all —
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Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @jay.bsky.team, @caseynewton.bsky.social, @reckless.bsky.social, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, @mscribe.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @rmac.bsky.social, and @bcmerchant.bsky.social. X: @byyourlogic
Forums: Hacker News, r/BlueskySocial, r/TrueReddit, and r/Foodforthought
| Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: |
Super Micro hires BDO USA as its new independent auditor and files a plan to come into compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements; SMCI jumps 25%+ — - The company filed a plan to stay listed on the Nasdaq — Super Micro said it appointed a new auditor in press release
More: Barron's Online, Super Micro Computer, Inc., Fast Company, Benzinga, MarketWatch, and Fortune
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Mistral adds web search, image generation, Canvas for editing, and more to its Le Chat chatbot, and unveils Pixtral Large, a 124B-parameter multimodal model — Mistral, the French startup that made waves last year with a record-setting seed funding amount for Europe, has launched a slew …
More: Mistral AI, Mistral AI, Tech.co, Towards Data Science, MarkTechPost, WinBuzzer, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, TestingCatalog, Digital Trends, Neowin, The Decoder, and Simon Willison's Weblog
Bluesky: @sungkim.bsky.social. X: @arthurmensch, @mistralai, @guillaumelample, @arthurmensch, @bfl_ml, @dchaplot, @dchaplot, @mistralai, @rowancheung, @simonw, @jchudnov, @rowancheung, @sophiamyang, @dchaplot, and @pierrevalade. LinkedIn: William El Sayed. Forums: r/singularity
| Philip Stafford / Financial Times: |
Sources: Trump Media is nearing an all-share purchase of Intercontinental Exchange's crypto trading platform Bakkt; DJT closed up 16.65% and BKKT up 162.46% — Truth Social owner is close to an all-share takeover of Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt — Donald Trump's social media company …
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| Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: |
Rox, which is developing AI-powered agents for salespeople, raised $50M across seed led by Sequoia and Series A led by General Catalyst — - Rox, an early-stage startup, raised $50 million from investors — Company completed seed and Series A deals while in stealth| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Smart ring maker Oura raised a $75M Series D from medical device company Dexcom at a $5B+ valuation, up from $2.6B in 2022 — - Dexcom invests $75 million in the seller of fitness rings — Companies will integrate their apps and cross-sell products — Smart ring maker Oura Health Oy …
More: TechCrunch, Sifted, CNET, DexCom, Inc., ArcticStartup, HIT Consultant, Quartz, WWD, The Verge, FierceHealthcare, Wareable, Digital Trends, and Reuters
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Networking chip startup Enfabrica raised a $115M Series C led by Spark Capital and unveils a 3.2TB-per-second accelerated compute fabric of ACF SuperNIC chip — High-performance networking chip startup Enfabrica Corp. today announced a significant new cash injection, raising $115 million … | Faris Mokhtar / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has raised its offer to invest in Indonesia from about $10M to almost $100M, in a bid to persuade the government to lift its iPhone 16 sales ban — - Company increases investment proposal tenfold, sources say — Indonesia banned sales of iPhone 16 over local content rules
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Supercharged, Fortune, Business Insider, Patently Apple, PhoneArena, Wccftech, Neowin, Gizmochina, and AppleInsider
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