Report The Internet is an endless flow of conversations between computers. These conversations often take place using application programming interfaces (APIs), which allow us to interact with software and apps in new ways. For instance, OpenAI’s ChatGPT API enables Slack to streamline chat-based workflows, and Booking.com to deliver more personalized trip planning experiences ..read more

A few devs versus the powerful forces of Redmond – who did you think was going to win? Claims by developers that GitHub Copilot was unlawfully copying their code have largely been dismissed, leaving the engineers for now with just two allegations remaining in their lawsuit against the code warehouse ..read more

Board to take non-binding vote at mega SaaS haus into consideration Investors have turned down billionaire Marc Benioff's bid for greater compensation from Salesforce, the SaaS company he helped found 25 years ago, a proxy statement filed on Monday reveals ..read more

Statement of Objections sent to Redmond HQ following probe that began July 2023 Microsoft broke the European Union's antitrust regulations by "tying" collaboration tool Teams to its dominant online Office productivity suite, according to preliminary findings from an investigation begun in July 2023 ..read more

Despite unbundling video and chat app from Office, Redmond 'committed to find a resolution to regulators' concerns' Microsoft says it will likely take "additional steps" in a bid to resolve the European Commission antitrust investigation into its bundling of Teams with Office ..read more

Multiple folks are working on FOSS servers for classic messaging apps Multiple independent efforts are underway to save ICQ from extinction… as well as MSN, AIM, Yahoo! and more ..read more

Suggested heir is Putin-approved and hard to download outside Russia Venerable instant messaging service ICQ has announced it will shut down for good in June ..read more

Several people are typing. And something might be learning... Salesforce division Slack has responded to criticism by users outraged that its privacy principles allowed the messaging service to slurp customer data for AI training unless specifically told not to, claiming the data never leaves the platform and isn't used to train "third party" models ..read more

ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: Grab's fintech profits surges; TSMC exec gets ASML sticker shock; US and China talk about AI, and more. Jean Qing Liu, the president of China's top rideshare biz DiDi (and daughter of Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi) on Sunday "informed the Company and its board of directors her wish to resign from her current position as a director and president, with a view to focusing on the company's talent and organization, development of supporting functions and social responsibility work ..read more

Reg Standards Bureau Testing wind turbine blades the size of three rusty angel wingspans The UK has announced new units of measurement as part of pronouncements on wind turbines by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT ..read more