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October 5, 2023, 11:30 AM

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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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’
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
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
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
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.
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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 …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:

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