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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.
Mishaal Rahman / Android Police:
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  —  Surprise!  Google is releasing the first developer preview of Android 16 today so that app developers can test the new APIs …
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft unveils Azure AI Foundry to help customers build AI apps, including an SDK, tools for deploying AI agents, and a portal that replaces Azure AI Studio  —  The software maker also previewed new chips and Office AI features. … Azure AI Foundry will make it easier to switch between …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky has 20M+ users after hitting 15M on November 13, and according to Appfigures, has been #1 in the US App Store since November 13  —  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
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.
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.
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.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony launches cloud streaming on the PlayStation Portal in beta, letting PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers in some countries stream select PS5 games  —  Sony is bringing a big new feature to the PlayStation Portal: cloud streaming.  When it first launched, the device was only able to stream games from your PS5 over Wi-Fi.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Amazon says Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers in the US, the UK, and Canada can now listen to one audiobook per month from Audible's catalog for free  —  Amazon said on Tuesday that it will let Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers access one audiobook per month from Audible's catalog for free.
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.
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
Daniel Kuhn / The Block:
Coinbase says it will delist wBTC next month, as Justin Sun gains influence over the wBTC protocol; Coinbase launched its wrapped bitcoin, cbBTC, in September  —  - The exchange said it will delist the token in December, though users will still be able to move the wBTC off the exchange.
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 …
Reuters:
A bipartisan US congressional commission on US-China relations proposes a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AGI systems  —  A U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday proposed a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AI systems that will be as smart …
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.
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 …

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From Mediagazer

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

Inside Radio:
iHeart reduces its total debt by over $440M and extends most of its debt maturities by three years, by using debt exchange transactions

More News

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
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
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Smart ring maker Oura raised a $75M Series D from medical device company Dexcom at a $5B+ valuation, up from $2.55B in April 2022

Earlier Picks

Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA clears Google's partnership with Anthropic, finding that Google has not gained “material influence” over the AI startup, following a formal probe
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”
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
Mark Wilson / Fast Company:
An interview with Meta's heads of design for wearables Joshua To and Michelle Pujals on Orion's design, aiming to make Orion the AirPods of AR, and more
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