Tag: licensing
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Hacker News: US Antitrust Watchdog Launches Broad Microsoft Investigation
Source URL: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-antitrust-watchdog-launches-broad-microsoft-investigation Source: Hacker News Title: US Antitrust Watchdog Launches Broad Microsoft Investigation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Microsoft for potential antitrust violations concerning its cloud computing, software licensing, and cybersecurity practices. This scrutiny arises from concerns about Microsoft’s market dominance and…
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The Register: Google offered millions to ally itself with trade body fighting Microsoft
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/google_offered_millions_to_cispe/ Source: The Register Title: Google offered millions to ally itself with trade body fighting Microsoft Feedly Summary: El Reg has seen the presentation to CISPE members which sources say was intended to keep the lawsuit over licensing alive Exclusive Google Cloud dangled hundreds of million of euros worth of financial incentives to…
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Hacker News: Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation from US FTC
Source URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-27/us-antitrust-watchdog-launches-broad-microsoft-investigation Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation from US FTC Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Microsoft Corp. for potential antitrust violations, focusing on its cloud computing and AI products among other areas. This investigation could significantly impact the…
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Wired: US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/memory-restrictions-china-advanced-chips/ Source: Wired Title: US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips Feedly Summary: The new limits, which are expected to be announced Monday, are intended to slow China’s ability to build large and powerful AI models. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the Biden administration’s impending…
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Slashdot: FTC Launches Broad Microsoft Antitrust Investigation
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/27/2237242/ftc-launches-broad-microsoft-antitrust-investigation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FTC Launches Broad Microsoft Antitrust Investigation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is conducting an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, focusing on allegations of market power abuse related to its software licensing and cloud services. This inquiry implicates concerns in cybersecurity and AI…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Finding vulnerabilities in ClipSp, the driver at the core of Windows’ Client License Platform
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/finding-vulnerabilities-in-clipsp-the-driver-at-the-core-of-windows-client-license-platform/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Finding vulnerabilities in ClipSp, the driver at the core of Windows’ Client License Platform Feedly Summary: By Philippe LaulheretClipSP (clipsp.sys) is a Windows driver used to implement client licensing and system policies on Windows 10 and 11 systems.Cisco Talos researchers have discovered eight vulnerabilities related to clipsp.sys…
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The Register: Microsoft shuttering dedicated licensing education and certification site
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/microsoft_licensing_info_site_retirement/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft shuttering dedicated licensing education and certification site Feedly Summary: Spreading the content around other sites – and may also sprinkle some AI around because why not Microsoft has quietly revealed it’s binning a site dedicated to software licensing info and education that it currently promotes as “a…
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The Register: A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it’s in the box seat
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/broadcom_vmware_acquisition_first_anniversary/ Source: The Register Title: A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it’s in the box seat Feedly Summary: Customers are ‘all miserable’ – but not yet deciding to bail Analysis Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware one year ago, on November 22, 2023. Has it been a success?… AI Summary and…
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The Register: European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/european_cloud_competition_observatory/ Source: The Register Title: European Cloud Competition Observatory created to keep an eye on software licensing Feedly Summary: Initiative follows Microsoft settlement with CISPE consortium Exclusive The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) consortium has launched the European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) to keep an eye on software licensing practices in…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Pixtral Large
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/18/pixtral-large/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Pixtral Large Feedly Summary: Pixtral Large New today from Mistral: Today we announce Pixtral Large, a 124B open-weights multimodal model built on top of Mistral Large 2. Pixtral Large is the second model in our multimodal family and demonstrates frontier-level image understanding. The weights are out on…