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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.| 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, CRN, BleepingComputer, Thurrott, PCMag, XDA Developers, Windows Central, TechCrunch, and Neowin
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft plans to bring the “full capabilities” of Windows 11 to Meta's Quest 3 and Quest 3S in December in public preview, promising only “seconds” to connect — If Windows in mixed reality sounds like your idea of a good time, rejoice.
More: Windows Central, The Verge, and Digital Trends
| Danielle Abril / Washington Post: |
Microsoft debuts an AI interpreter in Teams in limited preview that can simulate speaker voices and offer near-real-time voice interpretation in nine languages — A new AI-powered interpreter is expected to simulate speakers' voices in different languages during Microsoft Teams meetings.
More: The Verge, Windows Central, TechCrunch, and TechRadar
| 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 …
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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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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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 … | 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.| Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine: |
Bluesky is booming partly because it doesn't have bad ad tech, 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 —
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| 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 …
More: WinBuzzer, Benzinga, and Notebookcheck
| 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 …
More: TechCrunch, CNET, Quartz, WWD, FierceHealthcare, and Digital Trends
| 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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity debuts a shopping feature that offers product recommendations, one-click checkout, and more for Pro subscribers in the US, plus a merchant program — AI-powered search engine Perplexity is venturing into e-commerce. On Monday, the company debuted a new shopping feature …
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| Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: |
Super Micro hires BDO USA as its new independent auditor and files a plan to come into compliance with the Nasdaq's listing requirements; SMCI jumps 20%+ — - The company filed a plan to stay listed on the Nasdaq — Super Micro said it appointed a new auditor in press release| 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 … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Google and Nvidia say Google's Quantum AI division will use Nvidia's Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components — - Project will use Nvidia's Eos supercomputer to run simulations — Quantum computing remains a long-range bet for tech industry
More: Cybernews.com, Nvidia Newsroom, and The Quantum Insider
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Sources: Alibaba, ByteDance, and Meituan have been expanding their AI teams in Silicon Valley in recent months, despite US efforts to stymie Chinese companies — Alibaba, ByteDance and Meituan seek to poach top talent from US rivals despite Washington's chip curbs| 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
More: 9to5Mac, iClarified, Supercharged, MacRumors, Fortune, Business Insider, Wccftech, Neowin, Gizmochina, Patently Apple, PhoneArena, and AppleInsider
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Networking chip startup Enfabrica raised a $115M Series C led by Spark Capital and unveils a 3.2TB-per-second accelerated compute fabric of ACF SuperNIC chip — High-performance networking chip startup Enfabrica Corp. today announced a significant new cash injection, raising $115 million …
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