Now authors are being approached about training AI on their books, and some are not pleased. The new Android development cadence is here. More signs crypto is ascendant. More signs that Bluesky has taken off. And a case in point for why governments and militaries are worried about smartphone tracking.

Links:

• Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins (Bloomberg)
• Penguin Random House underscores copyright protection in AI rebuff (The Bookseller)
• The first Android 16 developer preview just landed: Here’s what you need to know (Android Police)
• Sony’s new PlayStation Portal update lets you stream PS5 games from the cloud (The Verge)
• Howard Lutnick, Tether's Wall Street Banker, Is Trump's Pick for Commerce Chief, Not Treasury Secretary (CoinDesk)
• Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads (TechCrunch)
• Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany (Wired)

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We have an idea of how the DOJ wants to breakup Google, and it seems to hinge a lot on selling the Chrome web browser. Sony wants the Elden Ring franchise. The outgoing administration is racing to give out Chips Act money. And all the headlines from today’s Microsoft Ignite event.

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Links:

• Google’s Chrome to Fetch Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale (Bloomberg)
• Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad (AndroidAuthority)
• Exclusive: Sony is in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring' (Reuters)
• Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted, sparking warnings of possible ‘hybrid warfare’ (CNN)
• Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud (The Verge)
• Windows comes to the Meta Quest (TechCrunch)
• Want to speak Italian? Microsoft AI can make it sound like you do. (Washington Post)
• Biden Team Races to Deliver Chip Grants Before Trump Takes Over (WSJ)

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We have the nomination for the next FCC chair. More hype around smartglasses. About that Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight on Netflix. Is YouTube now the king of the podcast ecosystem? And a deeper dive on how AI is giving Wall Street a brand new window into the startup ecosystem.

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Links:

• Trump Designates FCC Veteran Brendan Carr as Chair of Agency (Bloomberg)
• Report: Samsung XR glasses have Ray-Ban Meta specs with more features, seemingly no display (9to5Google)
• Netflix’s Tyson-Paul Boxing Bout Gets 65 Million Viewers at Peak (Bloomberg)
• Why Everyone Is Now Watching Podcasts on YouTube (WSJ)
• Nvidia Customers Worry About Snag With New AI Chip Servers (The Information)
• Wall Street's Elites Are Piling Into a Massive AI Gamble (Bloomberg)

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