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Nextcloud and ~30 other EU companies file an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft for bundling OneDrive and Teams with Windows — Nextcloud and almost 30 other European companies have filed a complaint about Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior with its OneDrive cloud storage offering.
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| Adam Rogers / Wired: |
A look at efforts to develop brain-computer interfaces, including Musk's Neuralink and a DARPA program to build a 64,000-electrode array for brain implants — The idea of a synthetic experience uploaded to the mind has been a sci-fi fantasy forever. New brain-computer interfaces are making it nonfiction—very slowly.
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| Stephen Diehl: |
Crypto tokens allow venture capitalists to dump their investments on an enthusiastic public without regulation, in the midst of a speculative mania — These days I read a lot of cross-disciplinary commentary on the crypto asset bubble, and what strikes me as particularly strange is the sheer level …
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| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Report: Raspberry Pi Trading hired investment banks Stifel and Liberum to advise on a London IPO planned for this spring that would value it at ~$500M — The listing could see Raspberry Pi valued at $500m — According to a report in The Telegraph, Raspberry Pi Trading … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Gurman: Apple is still working on a multi-device charger, other short and long-distance wireless chargers, and reverse wireless charging for its devices — Despite its failed AirPower experiment a few years ago, Apple is reportedly still working on a multi-device charger for its products.
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| Reuters: |
Indian government tells Starlink to stop “booking/rendering the satellite internet service” as it does not have a license to operate in the country — Starlink Internet Services, a division of billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX aerospace company, as it does not have a licence to operate in the country.
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Now that most video game platforms have a digital-only purchasing option, paying separately for the same video game on each is indefensible — Hey, this is Vlad in Tokyo, your substitute for Jason from a land where we worked on Thursday. Today we're going to be discussing the lucrative fragmentation …
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How “neo-conglomerates” like Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta replaced and outgrew industrial conglomerates like GE, Toshiba, and Johnson & Johnson — As General Electric and other old-school behemoths break up, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta are taking … | Lauren Thomas / CNBC: |
Adobe: US consumers spent $8.9B online on Black Friday, down from the record $9B in 2020, the first ever YoY decline — - Traffic at retail stores on Black Friday dropped 28.3% compared with 2019 levels, according to preliminary data from Sensormatic Solutions.
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Forbes, ABC News, Axios, CNET, and Benzinga
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| Arol Wright / Android Police: |
Spotify confirms it is retiring the Car View mode in its mobile apps, offering no replacement, but says it is working to improve how users listen while driving — Everyone likes listening to music in their car, so it's little surprise that Spotify had a Car View mode, allowing users to jam …
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The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Mashable, PhoneArena, PCMag, TechRadar, Android Central, Pocketnow, MobileSyrup, Gizchina, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @jak1192
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Recent cyberattacks on Iran's fuel distribution system and an Israeli LGBTQ dating site show that Iran-Israel cyberwar is impacting civilians on a large scale — Iranians couldn't buy gas. Israelis found their intimate dating details posted online. The Iran-Israel shadow war is now hitting ordinary citizens.| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
Gartner: global chip makers are projected to spend $146B this year, about 50% higher than before the pandemic and double the amount five years ago — Samsung's $17 billion bet on Texas mirrors large spending increases in Asia and elsewhere — SEOUL—Investment in U.S. chip production is on the rise.Sponsor Posts
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