Fri. 09/29 – Could Apple Have Bought Bing?

What if Apple had bought Bing and turned it into its own search engine? Why did France’s competition authority raid, we believe, Nvidia’s offices? Big layoffs and peel offs from Epic shows that the gaming industry is still hurting. And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Microsoft Discussed Selling Bing to Apple as Google Replacement (Bloomberg)
• Google adds a switch for publishers to opt out of becoming AI training data (The Verge)
• Nvidia’s French Offices Raided in Cloud-Computing Antitrust Inquiry (WSJ)
• Epic Games cuts around 830 jobs (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions

• The new phone call etiquette: Text first and never leave a voice mail (Washington Post)
• Can FTX Be Revived—Without Sam Bankman-Fried? (Wired)
• Could ‘The Terminator’ really happen? Experts assess Hollywood’s visions of AI. (Washington Post)
• ‘Nerfball’ introduces Nerf’s smartest foam yet — it detects dart impacts (The Verge)
• Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope (NYTimes)