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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: Thurrott, PCMag, XDA Developers, Engadget, Windows Central, TechCrunch, Axios, Windows Experience Blog, Neowin, TechRadar, and CNBC
X: @zacbowden, @laurentgiret, and @tomwarren
| 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
| 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
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, PCMag, BBC, The Guardian, Mashable, Fortune, Forbes, Computerworld, Tech Monitor, Telegraph, The Economic Times, Fast Company, CNBC, Ghacks, New York Times, Quartz, Daring Fireball, Investopedia, Android Central, Barron's Online, Spyglass, Android Headlines, Silicon Republic, nextpit, 24/7 Wall St., Trak.in, Wccftech, RM Update News, Benzinga, Verdict, Hindustan Times, 80 Level, Invezz, Geek News Central Podcast, Lowyat.NET, Mostly signs, ExchangeWire.com, Businessday NG, PhoneArena, Neowin, WinBuzzer, The Times, Wall Street Journal, MSPoweruser, MarketWatch, Proactive, MediaPost, TechSpot, Fox Business, Dataconomy, Reclaim The Net, USA Today, Tech Xplore, Android Police, Tom's Guide, Forexlive, Livemint, iPhone in Canada Blog, Anadolu Ajansı …, Android Authority, theJasmineBRAND, OSnews, Wall Street Pit, The Wrap, Business Insider, Thurrott, The Indian Express, The Information, MacRumors, Capital Brief, and Reuters
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X: @adamkovac, @jason_kint, @markgurman, @florian4gamers, @bdsams, @suhail, @ryanbarwick, @rustybrick, @ceaddl, @mishaalrahman, @stevesi, @bdsams, @maxwinebach, @tomwarren, @suhail, @dylanmcd8, @mikeisaac, @loudmouthjulia, @adamscochran, @mishaalrahman, @jason_kint, @adamkovac, @suhail, @stevesi, @gerritd, @blaw, @ericnewcomer, and @rakeshsfnyc. LinkedIn: Alan Chapell
| 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 …
More: Engadget, Game World Observer, Game Developer, PC Gamer, Bloomberg, iPhone in Canada Blog, Variety, Polygon, TechSpot, Kotaku, Game Rant, Metro.co.uk, Neowin, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Nikkei Asia, TechRadar, Dot Esports, Forbes, My Nintendo News, TheGamer, Pure Xbox, Push Square, PlayStation LifeStyle, MSPoweruser, Wccftech, Windows Central, Eurogamer.net, XboxEra, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, GamingBolt, and 80 Level
Forums: r/Games, r/BloodbornePC, r/gamernews, r/gaming, r/PS5, r/anime, r/boxoffice, r/xbox, r/toarumajutsunoindex, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/pcgaming, r/worldnews, and r/gamingnews
| 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 …
More: Politico, lrt.lt, The Guardian, The Register, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Light Reading, DatacenterDynamics, ITPro, New York Times, Reuters, Reuters, Mobile Europe, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Cybernews.com, Engadget, and Associated Press
Bluesky: @tom and @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social
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Forums: Hacker News, r/anime_titties, r/europe, r/technology, r/BalticStates, r/Slovenia, r/europe, r/worldnews, and r/neoliberal
| 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 … | 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 … | 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 …
More: Perplexity, PCMag, Financial Express, TechRadar, The Verge, Silicon UK, Dataconomy, Maginative, MEDIANAMA, Fortune, NewsBytes, TestingCatalog, and Mashable
| 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, Fortune, Business Insider, Patently Apple, PhoneArena, Wccftech, Neowin, Gizmochina, and AppleInsider
| 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 —
More: 404 Media, How-To Geek, Can's blog, Garbage Day, MSPoweruser, Vox, Business Insider, Platformer, Read Max, The Tech Basic, and Forbes
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
| 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 …
More: The Shortcut, Dataconomy, Tom's Guide, and Metro.co.uk
| 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 29%+ pre-market — - The company filed a plan to stay listed on the Nasdaq — Super Micro said it appointed a new auditor in press release
More: Reuters, Tech Monitor, Barron's Online, Super Micro Computer, Inc., Fast Company, Benzinga, MarketWatch, Fortune, and CNBC
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Sources: Alibaba, ByteDance, and Meituan have been expanding their AI teams in Silicon Valley in recent months, despite US efforts to stymie Chinese companies — Alibaba, ByteDance and Meituan seek to poach top talent from US rivals despite Washington's chip curbs
More: Cryptopolitan and Benzinga
| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Source: Google is working on a multi-year project to fully migrate Chrome OS to Android, to better compete with the iPad — To compete with the iPad, Google plans to push Android as its unified desktop OS. — • — TL;DR — A source within Google has told Android Authority …
More: Android Headlines, Tech Advisor, MacRumors, OSnews, ZDNET, The Shortcut, Deal N Tech, Cybernews.com, MySmartPrice, SamMobile, The Indian Express, Neowin, Dataconomy, Phandroid, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, and Trusted Reviews
Forums: r/Android, r/GooglePixel, r/chromeos, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| 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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