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November 15, 2023, 3:10 PM
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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  —  Microsoft launched its big AI push earlier this year as part of its Bing search engine, integrating a ChatGPT-like interface directly into its search results.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils Copilot Studio, a no-code tool that lets companies customize Microsoft 365 Copilot or integrate custom ChatGPT chatbots made with OpenAI's GPT  —  Last week OpenAI announced its new GPT platform to let anyone create their own version of ChatGPT, and now Microsoft is following …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Microsoft announces Copilot AI updates to make the chatbot more interactive, particularly in Teams meetings and across its PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word apps
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Microsoft announces Windows AI Studio, which lets developers access and tweak AI models; Nvidia brings TensorRT-LLM to GeForce RTX 30 and 40-powered Windows PCs
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.
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  —  Apple today announced it is extending the free usage period for Emergency SOS satellite features for iPhone 14 users.
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
Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal:
Sam Altman says that OpenAI is pausing new ChatGPT Plus signups “for a bit” as “the surge in usage” after the company's DevDay event “has exceeded our capacity”  —  OpenAI has temporarily paused upgrades to ChatGPT Plus due to overwhelming demand …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Intel patches a bug affecting virtually all modern Intel CPUs that lets code running inside a VM crash the hypervisor, a risk to cloud providers in particular  —  Among other things, bug allows code running inside a VM to crash hypervisors.  —  Intel on Tuesday pushed microcode updates …
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  —  The tech giant is calling for legislation requiring that parents approve teens' downloads on app stores like Google and Apple
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  —  Everyone's looped in.  —  What you need to know  — Microsoft Loop is now shipping to commercial customers on web and mobile platforms.
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  —  Google announced a slew of updates to Maps, including improved transit directions, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google launches Notes, an experiment to let users that opt-in via Search Labs annotate search results, including with images and colorful fonts  —  Ever wanted to add your own annotations to search results you find on Google?  With Google's new “Notes” experiment, launching Wednesday as an opt …
Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
The FCC adopts rules to prevent digital discrimination of access to broadband services; ISPs and their GOP allies in Congress oppose the measure  —  Industry and GOP say rule goes too far, warn of a chilling effect on broadband investment  —  WASHINGTON—Internet service providers …
Nico Grant / New York Times:
Epic v. Google: Sundar Pichai confirms Google paid Apple 36% of the search revenue generated on iPhones, saying the total payment “was well over $10B” in 2022  —  Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive, testified on Tuesday for the second time in two weeks to defend his company against monopoly claims.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
US v. Google raises the question of how antitrust law handles a company becoming dominant due to offering a far superior product, especially if the DOJ wins
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Three young hackers behind Mirai talk about building the DDoS botnet, losing control of their monster, their work for the FBI as part of a plea deal, and more  —  Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, Slack.  All down for millions of people.  How a group of teen friends plunged into an underworld …

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: NBC gave the Trump campaign free commercial time in response to Harris' SNL appearance, including an unusual ad during Sunday's NASCAR coverage

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

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Eyal Press / New Yorker:
A look at wrongful US arrests due to false positive facial recognition matches, and how “automation bias” can lead the police to ignore contradictory evidence
Nicola Davis / The Guardian:
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Bloomberg:
Huawei and China Mobile have built a 3,000 km network that they claim is the world's first internet network to achieve a “stable and reliable” 1.2Tbps bandwidth
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
The FBI dismantles the IPStorm botnet proxy network and its infrastructure following a September plea deal with Sergei Makinin, the hacker behind the operation
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