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WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multiservice messaging app Beeper for $125M — TC

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Google considering charge for internet searches with AI, reports say — The Guardian

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Data brokers are gearing up to fight privacy bills — The Verge

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SFMTA’s train system running on floppy disks; city fears ‘catastrophic failure’ before upgrade — ABC

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Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny — CNBC

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Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app from the Instagram co-founders — The Verge

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Sam Altman has been removed as the owner of the OpenAI Startup Fund — Quartz

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Google to destroy billions of private browsing records to settle lawsuit — The Guardian

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Red Hat tries on a McKinsey cap in quest to streamline techies’ jobs — The Register