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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The CMA announces an investigation into public cloud providers in the UK, following a referral from Ofcom, and says the probe will conclude by April 2025 — The clouds are gathering over Microsoft's Azure operations in the EU and now the UK, with the launch of a new investigation …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The Ofcom finds that “hyperscalers” like AWS and Microsoft Azure are limiting competition in UK's cloud market by making it difficult for businesses to switch — - Ofcom is concerned that so-called “hyperscalers” like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are limiting competition in the cloud computing market.
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Guideline: X's monthly US ad revenue has declined 55%+ YoY in each of the 10 months since Elon Musk's Twitter takeover in October 2022 through August 2023 — Monthly U.S. ad revenue at social media platform X has declined at least 55% year-over-year each month since billionaire Elon Musk bought …
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Forums: r/neutralnews, r/RealTesla, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils Galaxy SmartTag 2, with an updated design, Bluetooth, UWB, and still compatible only with Samsung devices, available on October 10 for $30 — As the smart tracker market waits for Google to shake things up on the Android side of things, Samsung has today unveiled the Galaxy SmartTag 2 …
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
US v. Google: in 2018 and 2019, DuckDuckGo discussed becoming Safari's default search engine for private mode, but Apple's John Giannandrea rejected the idea — - DuckDuckGo spoke with Apple about 20 times on possible change — Apple exec testified he viewed it as ‘probably a bad idea’
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| Shawn Tully / Fortune: |
How interest rates and X's weak performance, which prevented banks from unloading their debt, gave Elon Musk the upper hand before X CEO's meeting with banks — Elon Musk may hold the upper hand when negotiating with the banks that financed his Twitter bid. — LEAH MILLIS—REUTERS
More: Reuters. Bluesky: @drewharwell.com. X: @ericlevitz, @dougjballoon, @fortunemagazine, @breakingviews, @williamlegate, @fortunemagazine, @mathieuvonrohr, and @karaswisher
| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange announces Synapse, designed to streamline post-trade processes using smart contracts, which will go live on October 9 — HKEX says the system, used by traders in Hong Kong to buy stocks in China, will speed up settlement and provide greater transparency.
More: Mondo Visione, Blockworks, Crypto Daily, crypto.news, Cryptonews, CryptoGlobe, and Cointelegraph
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: FTX employees in the US found and reported the backdoor Alameda used to allegedly withdraw billions in customer funds, months before FTX's collapse — The crypto exchange allowed Alameda to have a negative balance of up to $65 billion, prosecutors say
More: The Block, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, DL News, CoinDesk, CryptoPotato, Cryptonews, crypto.news, and Cryptopolitan
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| Natalie Korach / The Wrap: |
X starts removing preview headlines from posts with article links, showing only the lead image and domain name; Elon Musk mentioned the change in August 2023 — The platform formerly known as Twitter now only displays outside sites' featured images on its iPhone app
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| George Dvorsky / Gizmodo: |
Amazon's Project Kuiper plans to launch its first two demo internet satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, on October 6 — Jeff Bezos's space venture, Project Kuiper, is set for a Friday launch, aiming to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink in the satellite internet arena.
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LinkedIn: Amy Miller and Project Kuiper
| Financial Times: |
Belgium's intelligence service has been monitoring Alibaba's logistics hub in Europe at Liège's cargo airport to detect “possible espionage” by Chinese entities — Belgian security service says Chinese group's logistics arm in Liège under scrutiny over use of sensitive data
More: Metacurity, The Record, Euronews, Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, Reuters, Fortune, and Tech in Asia. LinkedIn: Martijn Rasser
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
In its opening statement, SBF's defense said FTX was a futures exchange that “didn't have a chief risk officer, which became an issue” when the crypto crash hit — The prosecution came out swinging. Oddly, Bankman-Fried's defense didn't.| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Android 14 with customizable lock screens, expanded passkey support, on-device health features, and more, starting with the Pixel 4A 5G and up — Google has released Android 14, the latest version of the Android operating system. It's available today on Pixel phones …
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Mastodon: @romainguy@androiddev.social. X: @google, @android, @madebygoogle, @android, @android, @android, @madebygoogle, @android, @android, @android, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @davey_burke, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, and @mishaalrahman. Forums: r/Pixel4a
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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X: @madebygoogle, @madebygoogle, @google, @madebygoogle, @mishaalrahman, and @jackk. LinkedIn: Glenn Gabe
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new AI features for the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, including Best Take, which lets users swap faces in a photo with expressions from additional shots — Google announced new AI-powered features today for the new Pixel 8 series phones, such as Magic Editor, which enables background filling …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
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Threads: @mehtology. Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social. X: @dsccross, @mishaalrahman, @sundarpichai, @googlefi, @madebygoogle, @madebygoogle, @durreadan01, @madebygoogle, @abhishekmarkets, @google, @durreadan01, @google, @ishanagarwal24, @madebygoogle, @lindayax, @dylan522p, @migueldeicaza, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @universeice, @andrewmartonik, @9to5google, @jiteshubrani, @raywongy, @maxwinebach, and @stshank
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