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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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AI Weekly: TikTok’s algorithm licensing signals China’s play for AI dominance

Venture Beast

Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. This week, TikTok parent company ByteDance began licensing parts of its AI technologies to third parties through a new division called BytePlus. Register today.

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Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies

GeekWire

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. Unity, which has an office in Bellevue, Wash., Before moving to Unity in Feb.

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MTC Namibia moves OSS to the cloud

TM Forum

African mobile operator MTC Namibia is reducing technical debt and enabling growth with a greenfield, cloud-native approach to transforming operational support systems (OSS). MTC Namibia is tackling technical debt and preparing for growth by moving operational and business support systems (OSS/BSS) to the cloud. Monica Nehemia.

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Amazon is bringing macOS to its AWS cloud

The Verge

Amazon is bringing macOS to its AWS cloud for the first time ever. New Mac mini instances will be available on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), allowing developers to create apps for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and more all on AWS. Amazon is using Apple’s Intel-powered Mac mini computers for its cloud version of macOS.

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Microsoft releases Office 2021 for Mac preview

The Verge

Microsoft is releasing a preview version of Office 2021 for Mac and Office LTSC this week. While Office LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) is designed for commercial customers , both versions are perpetual versions of Office that don’t rely on subscriptions or the cloud. Office 2021 for Windows will include similar features.

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud costs remain a key concern for IT leaders, who find themselves nearing a crossroads where expenditures for core workloads will need containment to free up spend for innovation. 1 barrier to moving forward in the cloud. Cloud costs continue to be a top concern for CIOs,” says Dave McCarthy, analyst at IDC.

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