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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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India says not to preorder Starlink until it obtains a license

The Verge

India has instructed the public not to preorder Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service, according to a report from Reuters. As the report notes, the Indian government says that the company needs to obtain a license to operate in the country before it starts deploying its services. Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge.

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MicroSoft: Still dominating in enterprise office automation

CTOvision

All enterprise professionals should continue to track MicroSoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ). We focus most of our energy tracking smaller, more disruptive firms since most enterprise technologists will know how to get updates on MicroSoft, but like the other Tech Titans we track we have to keep an eye out for surprises. What Is Microsoft HoloLens?

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France says Google, Microsoft cloud services are OK for sensitive data

Venture Beast

France said its state and corporate data can be stored on Google and Microsoft's cloud services which have been licensed to French companies. Read More.

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Astra Space joins broadband internet race with proposal to launch 13,000 satellites

GeekWire

Make room for yet another competitor in the market to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space , the venture that went public with a helping hand from Seattle-area telecom pioneer Craig McCaw, is asking the Federal Communications Commission for authorization to launch as many as 13,620 bit-beaming satellites.

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Microsoft says U.S. should copy Australian law targeting Google and Facebook over news content

GeekWire

Microsoft President Brad Smith. Microsoft likes Australia’s plan to make Google and Facebook pay local publishers for content included in search results or news feeds so much that the company thinks the U.S. It should copy it instead,” Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote in a blog post Thursday.

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‘We’ve done it before’: Bill Gates offers historical view on managing AI’s biggest threats

GeekWire

The Microsoft co-founder and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair acknowledges the pitfalls of AI — including deep fakes, misinformation, perpetuation of bias, and cyberattacks — but points to historical precedent for adapting. . It’s the new reality, and the only question is how we deal with it.