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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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Google calls Microsoft’s cloud practices in the EU anti-competitive

Computerworld Vertical IT

Google Cloud has joined AWS and Europe-based Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) in protesting Microsoft’s anticompetitive cloud software licensing practices in the EU.

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How an Oracle win over Google could set the software industry back to the licensing age

Tech Republic Cloud

Oracle thinks it wants to squeeze Google for Java copyright infringement, but it shouldn't. The future of software is about APIs and the cloud, not licensing.

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Microsoft’s real AI battle against Google begins with the promise of new superpowers for work

GeekWire

Microsoft was encroaching onto Google’s turf when it announced an AI-powered Bing search engine last month. The preview of “Microsoft 365 Copilot” in a pre-recorded online event followed Google’s attempt to preempt Microsoft’s news earlier this week.

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GitHub previews upcoming ‘Copilot Workspace,’ catering to AI-hungry software developers

GeekWire

Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that uses natural language to help developers plan and implement projects. Copilot competes with Amazon CodeWhisperer , Google Cloud’s Duet AI , and independent AI coding tools.

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Authoring Software: Features, Capabilities, How to Choose, and More

Kitaboo

This article will cover the basics of authoring software, how it can help you design effectively for the web, and much more! What is an Authoring Software? Authoring software is used to create content to publish online. Content creators use authoring software to write, design, and format web pages, books, magazines, and more.

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Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more

The Verge

Google has been publicly building tiny radar chips since 2015. Now, Google has launched an open-source API standard called Ripple that could theoretically bring the tech to additional devices outside Google — perhaps even a car, as Ford is one of the participants in the new standard.

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