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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.
More: Microsoft Tech Community, Windows Experience Blog, Microsoft on YouTube, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, Tom's Guide, TechPowerUp, How-To Geek, Windows Central, Pocket-lint, ExtremeTech, VideoCardz.com, Ghacks, Axios, iPhone in Canada Blog, XDA Developers, Thurrott, SlashGear, CNET, The Information, Lifewire, GeekWire, Help Net Security, The Register, and WinBuzzer
LinkedIn: Pavan Davuluri and Tyler Shields
Forums: r/hardware and Slashdot
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts the Windows Resiliency Initiative to help avoid another CrowdStrike-like incident, and a Quick Machine Recovery feature for fixing PCs remotely — Now, Microsoft has some answers in the form of a new Windows Resiliency Initiative that's designed to improve Windows security and reliability.
More: Windows Experience Blog, PCMag, ExtremeTech, The Stack, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, CRN, BleepingComputer, Thurrott, Neowin, Windows Central, and Help Net Security
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk, @tomwarren.co.uk, and @campuscodi.risky.biz
Forums: r/microsoft and Slashdot
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More: Microsoft Security …, ZDNET, CyberScoop, GeekWire, and BleepingComputer
X: @msftsecresponse, @tomwarren, and @_sarahyo
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
More: Ars Technica, New Scientist, HPCwire, The Quantum Insider, Nextgov/FCW, GeekWire, BetaNews, Network World, Maginative, and TechRadar
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky has 20M+ users and, according to Appfigures, has been #1 in US App Store since Nov. 13; Similarweb: its DAU gap with Threads on the web is narrowing — Bluesky, the social network and X competitor has been benefiting from a surge of departures from the Elon Musk-owned app formerly known as Twitter.
More: Engadget, Similarweb, Washington Times, The Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, Social Media Today, PCMag, Wall Street Journal, How-To Geek, Business Today, Business Insider, and The Irish Times
Threads: @mosseri, @owasow, @ben.werdmuller, @lanceulanoff, @carnage4life, @willoremus, and @willoremus
Bluesky: @kurtwagner.bsky.social, @oremus.bsky.social, @oremus.bsky.social, @johnspurlock.com, @conorsen.bsky.social, @oremus.bsky.social, @paleofuture.bsky.social, @oremus.bsky.social, @rose.bsky.team, @davidimel.com, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social, @jay.bsky.team, and @reckless.bsky.social. X: @mediaevan
| Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine: |
More: 404 Media, Can's blog, Forbes, theJasmineBRAND, MSPoweruser, Garbage Day, Platformer, Vox, and Read Max
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @oremus.bsky.social, @ashtonpittman.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @caseynewton.bsky.social, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, @mscribe.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @rmac.bsky.social, and @bcmerchant.bsky.social. X: @byyourlogic
Forums: Hacker News, r/BlueskySocial, r/TrueReddit, and r/Foodforthought
| 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 … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Apple has started selling its own ad inventory for Apple News; publishers will get a 70% cut of the ad revenue generated by Apple within their articles — - Apple has been selling its own ad inventory in search and within its App Store for a while.
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Apple Must, and iDownloadBlog.com
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Meta is forming a new product group to build AI tools for the 200M businesses that use its apps, led by Clara Shih, who most recently was Salesforce AI's CEO — - Shih will be responsible for developing and monetizing tools within Meta's AI portfolio that are catered specifically to businesses.| 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 …
More: HotHardware, VICE, Game World Observer, Gizmodo, Comic Book, Bloomberg, TweakTown, OC3D, Benzinga, Notebookcheck, MobileSyrup, TechRaptor, GameSpot, VideoGamer, Neowin, Screen Rant, Game Rant, Pure Xbox, PC Gamer, MSPoweruser, Gameranx, Push Square, Kotaku, Forbes, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, XboxEra, Cryptopolitan, Variety, Dot Esports, Metro.co.uk, The Shortcut, Polygon, Eurogamer.net, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Nikkei Asia, My Nintendo News, Game Developer, Wccftech, Engadget, Video Games Chronicle, PlayStation LifeStyle, Windows Central, and TheGamer
Mastodon: @glecharles@gardenstate.social. Bluesky: @alittlebitofwhimsy.itch.io. X: @tomwarren and @wario64
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a large geospatial model, or LGM, that can navigate the physical world and power robots — Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
More: Ars Technica, PCMag, Niantic Labs, Tom's Guide, and Niantic Labs
Bluesky: @tobymoses.bsky.social and @bildoperationen.bsky.social
Forums: r/TheSilphRoad, r/technology, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google ships the first developer preview of Android 16, far ahead of schedule vs. the past few years, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving partners more time — Google is releasing the first developer preview of Android 16 to speed up feature rollouts in devices.| 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 … | Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
Trump picks Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, which has been a custodian for stablecoin company Tether since 2021, to serve as his Commerce Secretary — Lutnick, whose Cantor Fitzgerald has been a custodian for Tether since 2021, has been a vocal proponent of bitcoin and USDT for years.| Bloomberg: |
Source: Microsoft reaches a deal with News Corp's HarperCollins to use nonfiction titles to train AI models; HarperCollins says authors can opt out — - Nonfiction books will be used for training AI models — AI companies and publishers have butted heads in lawsuits
More: 404 Media, The Verge, The Guardian, PCMag, Publishers Weekly, and The Bookseller
Bluesky: @maetl.bsky.social and @glassbottommeg.bsky.social
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out a “memory” feature for Gemini Advanced subscribers for the web app that remembers a user's interests and preferences — Google's Gemini chatbot can now remember things like info about your life, work, and personal preferences. — As flagged by posters on X …
More: Android Police, ZDNET, Android Authority, The Verge, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, Neowin, 9to5Google, and NextShark. X: @geminiapp
| 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 …
More: BBC, German Federal Foreign Office, New York Times, Politico, eutoday.net, The Guardian, Financial Times, lrt.lt, Fortune, New York Post, gCaptain, Gizmodo, Mobile Europe, TechSpot, Newser, Bloomberg, BusinessLIVE, ITPro, Tom's Hardware, DatacenterDynamics, Reuters, The Register, Semafor, and Associated Press
Bluesky: @mattburgess1.bsky.social, @tom, and @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social
X: @navylookout, @danobrien20, @auonsson, @germanydiplo, @the_lookout_n, @auonsson, @sentdefender, @bayraktar_1love, @elisabethbraw, @drox_maritime, @gerashchenko_en, @auonsson, @yasminalombaert, @bastianbrauns, @elinavaltonen, @euan_macdonald, @revishvilig, and @alex_kokcharov
LinkedIn: J. Andres Chavarria and Aaron Bateman, PhD
Forums: Hacker News, r/PrepperIntel, r/anime_titties, r/europe, r/technology, r/BalticStates, r/Slovenia, r/europe, r/worldnews, and r/neoliberal
| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
Robinhood agrees to acquire TradePMR, a custodial and portfolio management platform for registered investment advisors, in a ~$300M deal set to close in H1 2025 — The deal — for about $300 million in cash and stock — is expected to close in the first half of next year, Robinhood said in a statement.| CJ Haddad / CNBC: |
After a report that Trump's “Department of Government Efficiency” is considering a free tax-filing app, Intuit shares closed down 5.1% and H&R Block down 8.2% — The stock prices for H&R Block and Intuit fell after a report Tuesday said Trump's government efficiency team is considering creating a free tax-filing app.
More: Bloomberg, Investor's Business Daily, Fast Company, Quartz, and Benzinga
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