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November 19, 2024, 10:07 AM

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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.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft unveils the Azure Boost DPU, its first data processing unit, and the Azure Integrated Hardware Security Module, its new in-house security chip  —  Microsoft on Tuesday revealed new custom chips aimed at powering workloads on its Azure cloud and bolstering security …
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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
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 —
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 …
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 …
Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg:
Rox, which is developing AI-powered agents for salespeople, raised $50M across seed led by Sequoia and Series A led by General Catalyst  —  - Rox, an early-stage startup, raised $50 million from investors  — Company completed seed and Series A deals while in stealth
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Smart ring maker Oura raised a $75M Series D from medical device company Dexcom at a $5B+ valuation, up from $2.6B in 2022  —  - Dexcom invests $75 million in the seller of fitness rings  — Companies will integrate their apps and cross-sell products  —  Smart ring maker Oura Health Oy …
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

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