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Many US farmers had to halt their planting operations after a solar storm broke critical GPS and precision farming functionality in tractors and other equipment — The solar storm that brought the aurora borealis to large parts of the United States this weekend also broke critical GPS …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/interstellar, r/PrepperIntel, and r/technology
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns of undermining Teams competitors, despite the company offering concessions — Tech group's effort to avoid action by unbundling videoconferencing app from its other software appears to have failed
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| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Squarespace says private equity firm Permira plans to take the company private in a ~$6.9B all-cash deal, or $44 per share, a 15.2% premium on Friday's close — Private equity firm Permira will take Squarespace (SQSP.N) private in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.9 billion …
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Top500: the Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer, not yet fully operational, came second behind the AMD-powered Frontier, but did take first in an AI benchmark — Aurora faces stability issues from hardware failures, cooling malfunctions, and operational errors.
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| Charlotte Trueman / DatacenterDynamics: |
More: Tom's Hardware, ExtremeTech, ComputerWeekly.com, University of Bristol, and The Stack. X: @bristoluni
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google says Project Starline, its 3D video conferencing platform first unveiled at 2021's Google I/O, will ship in 2025 with HP as a launch partner — In 2021, Google kicked off work on Project Starline, a corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging … | Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: |
Brad Smith says Microsoft plans to invest €4B in France, mostly focused on the AI sector, and the company would set up a data center in the city of Mulhouse — Technology and software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O) will invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) in France as part …
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| Bloomberg: |
The EU designates Booking as a DMA gatekeeper, saying “holidaymakers will start benefiting from more choice and hotels will have more business opportunities” — - Travel site is designated as a ‘gatekeeper’ under EU's DMA — X avoids rules for now as officials open probe into its status
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Bluesky: @hern.bsky.social. X: @kayjebelli, @eu_competition, @eu_commission, @adamkovac, @lewis_crofts, and @mseltzermayr
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen on running Adobe since 2007, new AI features, AI investments, Firefly, monetizing AI, copyright, AI misuse, PDFs, and more — The tech and the consumers both might not be quite ready yet, but he's betting big on an AI future.
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| Keith Laing / Bloomberg: |
The US NHTSA opens an investigation into Amazon's Zoox after two of its automated Toyota SUVs braked unexpectedly, resulting in motorcyclists rear-ending them — - Bikers rear-ended Zoox SUVs that suddenly, unexpectedly braked — US agency estimates 500 vehicles are subject to investigation
More: The Information, The Verge, PCMag, CNBC, Associated Press, Quartz, Reuters, and Self Drive News
| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Google Pixel 8a review: a 120Hz OLED display, strong battery life, excellent cameras, and great value at $499+, but slow wireless charging and thick bezels — The company didn't mess with its winning formula for the A-series, delivering another great handset for $499. — Senior Writer, Reviews
More: Ars Technica, The Verge, PCMag, ZDNet, Droid Life, Pocket-lint, and Digital Trends
| New York Times: |
How Elon Musk uses X to back right-wing world leaders like Argentina's Javier Milei and India's Narendra Modi, who can help secure advantages for his businesses — Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America's second-largest nation in November …
Threads: @karaswisher, @motorcityadam, @karaswisher, @yonetteajoseph, @markjacobnews, and @lorakolodny
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Forums: Hacker News, r/RealTesla, r/Fuckthealtright, r/musked, and r/inthenews
| Financial Times: |
How GPS warfare is affecting civilian populations; an analysis finds ~40M people lived in areas with unreliable GPS for at least half of the past six months — Military activity blamed for surge in jamming and spoofing incidents affecting smartphones, planes and ships| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans — Apple builds a bonus system around sign-ups, viewer loyalty and production costs. — Good afternoon from 30,000 feet.
More: 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, The Information, and Associated Press
| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: in recent months, China told ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and others to cut back on Nvidia purchases in favor of chips made by local companies — Chinese authorities have a message for the local tech industry: Buy Chinese. — Officials with government agencies in recent months …
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