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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.
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.
Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine:
Bluesky is booming partly due to not being hindered by bad ad tech, AI slop, throttled links, or largely hostile user experiences, unlike some of its big rivals
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.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces Zero Day Quest, a Black Hat-like hacking event at its Redmond HQ in 2025 that it says will be the largest of its kind, and opens submissions
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 …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google ships the first Android 16 developer preview, far ahead of schedule vs. the past decade, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving manufacturers more time  —  Google is releasing the first developer preview of Android 16 to speed up feature rollouts in devices.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Microsoft says it has the largest enterprise AI agent ecosystem, with 100K+ orgs making or editing AI agents in Copilot Studio and “2x growth in just a quarter”  —  Microsoft has quietly built the largest enterprise AI agent ecosystem, with over 100,000 organizations creating …
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 …
Bloomberg:
Source: Microsoft signs a deal with News Corp's HarperCollins to use nonfiction titles to train an unannounced AI model; HarperCollins says authors can opt out  —  - Nonfiction books will be used for training AI models  — AI companies and publishers have butted heads in lawsuits
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 …
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.
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Qualcomm expects its automotive and IoT businesses to drive combined revenues of $22B by FY 2029, including $8B from automotive chips and $4B from PC chips  —  Qualcomm Inc., the world's biggest seller of smartphone processors, is expecting its push into new markets to generate …

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New York Times:
Court docs detail a smear campaign against actor Blake Lively via media articles and social media posts after she accused director Justin Baldoni of misconduct

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Two Baltic Sea internet cables, connecting Lithuania with Sweden and Finland with Germany, were suddenly disrupted, sparking concerns about Russian sabotage
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