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November 16, 2023, 2:45 AM
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft announces the Maia 100 chip for Azure clients, already in testing for its Bing and Office AI tools, and Cobalt, a chip for servers, launching in 2024  —  Software giant seeks to reduce dependence on outside suppliers in two key growth areas.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat as Microsoft Copilot to take on ChatGPT, pitching Copilot as the free version and Copilot for Microsoft 365 as the paid version
Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central:
Microsoft launches Loop, a Notion-like collaboration and productivity app, in general availability on the web and mobile, after a public preview in March 2023
Usama Jawad / XDA Developers:
Microsoft rolls out AI updates to Teams, like generative backgrounds and voice isolation, and plans to integrate its Mesh mixed reality platform in January 2024
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Pew: 30% of US adults regularly get their news from Facebook; 26%, from YouTube; 16%, Instagram; 14%, TikTok; 12%, X; 8%, Reddit; and 5%, Nextdoor and LinkedIn  —  Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it's still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans.
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Elon Musk replied “You have said the actual truth” to an X user who, replying to a “Hitler was right” inquiry, accused Jewish groups of “hatred against whites”  —  The billionaire amplified a post Wednesday accusing the Jewish community of promoting “dialectical hatred against whites”
Nathan Edwards / The Verge:
The Wireless Power Consortium says the first Qi v2.0 devices are arriving in time for the holidays and over 100 are in certification testing or waiting in line  —  Qi2 — the next version of the wireless charging standard, now with more magnets! — is more almost-here than ever.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Meta rolls out new Instagram filters, and says it's testing letting users create custom stickers from their photos and videos, improvements to Reels, and more  —  Instagram is changing a lot these days, especially when it comes to the ways in which we can share our content with others and segment different audiences.
Connor Jones / The Register:
Security researchers detail the largest cyberattack against Danish critical infrastructure, which involved Zyxel zero-days and affected 22 companies in May 2023  —  Zyxel zero days and nation-state actors (maybe) had a hand in the sector's worst cybersecurity event on record
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
GitGuardian: nearly 3K of the 450K projects submitted to PyPI exposed at least one credential in code, like API keys, including some from “very large companies”  —  Many transgressions come from “very large companies that have robust security teams.”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Threads tests tags, a way of categorizing posts similar to hashtags without the # symbol being visible, initially in Australia and other countries “soon”  —  Instagram's Threads app has been duping Twitter/X in a number of ways and today it's adding one more feature that's been core …
Music Business Worldwide:
Stability AI VP of Audio Ed Newton-Rex resigns, saying he disagrees with the company's view that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is fair use  —  Ed Newton-Rex has quit his role at Stability AI.  In an exclusive op-ed, he shares why.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google News is ending support for paid magazines starting December 18 and says users will be able to export copies of paid magazines before the shutdown  —  A lesser known feature of the Google News app (and the website) is its ability to show digital copies of magazines, but the company is set to remove this option in a month's time.
Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
The FCC adopts a rule to prevent the “digital discrimination” of broadband access based on income, race, and more; ISPs and their GOP allies oppose the measure  —  Industry and GOP say rule goes too far, warn of a chilling effect on broadband investment
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google launches two Titan Security Keys with FIDO2 that can store up to 250 unique passkeys, and commits to giving 100K security keys to high-risk users in 2024  —  Google has been selling its own line of Titan Security Keys for several years now, and new USB-C and USB-A models with NFC today let you store passkeys.
Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
In 2022, Meta quietly began letting ads say past US elections were “rigged” or “stolen”; sources say executives decided this based on free speech considerations  —  Company weighed free-speech considerations in changing its policy last year
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google debuts Notes, a Search Labs experiment that lets users annotate search results, including with images and colorful fonts; notes show up “within minutes”  —  Ever wanted to add your own annotations to search results you find on Google?  With Google's new “Notes” experiment …
Julia Love / Bloomberg:
Human smugglers are using Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and WhatsApp to recruit a new generation of coyotes to transport migrants from Mexico to the US  —  Cartel-backed networks are using Snapchat, TikTok and other apps to entice drivers into transporting migrants.
Takashi Kawakami / Nikkei Asia:
IDC: China-based Transsion, the largest smartphone manufacturer by sales in Africa, shipped 26M smartphones in Q3 2023, up 35% YoY, for a 8.6% global share  —  Leading brand in Africa, Pakistan and Bangladesh thrives on local needs  —  Transsion's brands include Techno, itel and Infinix.

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From Mediagazer

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Experts expect a surge in FOIA requests in Trump's second term, causing more delays and lawsuits; FOIA.gov: as of Q3 2024, the backlog of requests reached 222K+

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

More News

The Indian Express:
Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp Channels has crossed 500M MAUs in seven weeks; Meta adds support for stickers in Channels
Thomas Wilde / GeekWire:
Amazon plans to merge its Comixology app with Kindle on December 4, and automatically integrate all comics that Comixology users own into their Kindle libraries

Earlier Picks

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google rolls out new Google Photos features, such as AI auto-grouping Photo Stacks and improved recognition and categorization of screenshots and photos of docs
Washington Post:
Meta calls for legislation requiring app stores to get parental approval for kids aged 13 to 15 to download apps, pushing Google and Apple to play a bigger role
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Google updates Google Maps to add transit directions for “lowest cost”, “less walking”, “fewer transfers,” and more, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple extends free Emergency SOS usage on the iPhone 14 for two more years, to September 2025; the company has not yet announced how much the feature will cost
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