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Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA closes its Google Play Store and Apple App Store investigation ahead of a new digital rules regime, set for fall 2024, that will give it more power  —  - CMA's digital market powers set to come into force this fall  — Regulator expects early work of rules to focus on app stores
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Samsung unveils a new Odyssey gaming monitor lineup that uses eye-tracking tech to convert 2D visuals into glasses-free 3D, set for release “within this year”  —  Samsung has announced a new Odyssey gaming monitor lineup at gamescom that uses eye-tracking technology to convert 2D visuals into glasses-free 3D.
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Google adds a Polish feature that edits existing drafts to Gemini in Gmail, on top of Formalize, Elaborate, and Shorten, for Google One AI Premium and Workspace  —  Google is upgrading its Gemini writing tools in Gmail to help you polish drafts that you've already written.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Linux users say Microsoft's recent Windows patch leaves dual-boot devices unable to boot into Linux when Secure Boot is enforced; Microsoft hasn't commented  —  Microsoft said its update wouldn't install on Linux devices.  It did anyway.  —  Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users …
Nick Turner / Bloomberg:
Filing: chipmaker Microchip Technology says its servers were breached by “an unauthorized party”, causing its facilities to operate at “less than normal levels”  —  - Nvidia, GlobalWafers have also been attacked in the past  — Breach comes as nations are competing for chip dominance
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
After rivals' criticism, CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas says no vendor can “technically” guarantee their software won't cause a similar incident to July  —  Botched update that hit millions of computers leads to claims of ‘ambulance chasing’ by competitors
More: Ars Technica.  Bluesky: @radiobeartime.com.  X: @chirag_mehta, @starcourse, and @lukolejnik.  LinkedIn: Lance McGrath
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Interviews with US political campaigns and tech companies: despite offers from 30+ companies for AI products, most campaigns are wary and largely not biting  —  More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November's election.  The campaigns have been wary.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Microsoft releases three Phi-3.5 models designed for basic/fast reasoning and more, available for developers to download, use, and fine-tune on Hugging Face  —  Microsoft isn't resting its AI success on the laurels of its partnership with OpenAI.  —  No, far from it.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft plans to launch the $450 white discless Xbox Series X, a $600 2TB Galaxy Black special-edition Series X, and $350 1TB Series S on October 15 in the US  —  Microsoft is launching three new Xbox Series S / X console options in October.  There's the $449.99 white discless Xbox Series X …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusing the company of stealing trade secrets and masquerading “as a legitimate e-commerce ‘marketplace’”  —  In a civil complaint filed on Monday, Chinese fast fashion giant Shein claims other Chinese fast fashion giant Temu …

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Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

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

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

More News

Ryan Browne / CNBC:
PIP Labs, which is developing the blockchain Story Protocol to track IP usage, raised an $80M Series B led by a16z Crypto, sources say at a $2.25B valuation
Reuters:
A look at Rockbridge, a Silicon Valley-backed right-wing donor group co-founded by JD Vance to influence US politics; docs and sources: its 2024 budget is ~$75M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
New York-based Trunk Tools, which provides automation tools to organize unstructured construction documentation, raised a $20M Series A led by Redpoint
Amy Or / Bloomberg:
Sources: Walmart, JD.com's largest shareholder, is raising about $3.6B by selling its stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm; JD falls 9%+
Eric Newcomer / Newcomer:
In a letter to investors, Bolt says it is finalizing a $450M Series F at a $14B valuation; documents show the deal terms are bewildering and hard to believe
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
A US district judge in Texas strikes down the FTC's ban on worker noncompete agreements, due to start September 4, after temporarily blocking the rule in July

Earlier Picks

Jay Peters / The Verge:
In a Reddit AMA, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence says Sonos won't rerelease its old app, after testing showed that doing so “would make the problems worse, not better”
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US appeals court revives a class action suit by Google Chrome users who say Google collected personal info even if Chrome was not synced with a Google account
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Condé Nast agrees a multiyear deal with OpenAI, letting ChatGPT and SearchGPT surface stories from The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, and Wired
OpenAI:
OpenAI launches fine-tuning for GPT-4o, letting developers customize a version of the model with their own datasets to improve domain-specific performance
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Flight tracking site FlightAware, which claims 10M+ monthly users, reports a breach dating back to January 2021 that exposed names, SSNs, addresses, and more
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft launches a single unified Teams app that allows switching between work, personal, and education accounts on Windows and Mac
Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
Qualcomm details its mid-range Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 SoC, based on TSMC's N4P, promising 40% better GPU performance than its 7s Gen 2, shipping via Xiaomi first
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