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Podcast: Tech Brew Ride Home
Episode: Fri. 10/06 – Microsoft Looks To Close
Description: Looks like Microsoft is inches away from getting the Activision acquisition over the line. Hardware ambitions are one thing, but OpenAI might also design its own silicon. Microsoft’s new version of Teams is finally not the most resource hungry piece of software on your computer. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.Links:Microsoft eyes closing its giant Activision Blizzard deal next week (The Verge)Exclusive: ChatGPT-owner OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips (Reuters)Microsoft’s faster and redesigned Teams app now available for Windows and Mac (The Verge)Weekend...