Microsoft seeks to reduce its reliance on OpenAI – DTH
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Reuters reports that Microsoft is seeking to reduce its reliance on open AI's artificial intelligence models, the power of Microsoft 365 Co-Pilot, and is looking to internal and third-party models to diversify from current underlying technologies.

This is a departure from recent years when Microsoft, a major backer of OpenAI, touted its early access to OpenAI's models. This move aligns with other Microsoft business units that are also diversifying their AI model usage, such as GitHub, which incorporates models from Anthropic and Google alongside OpenAI's GPT-4. The consumer version of Copilot also now leverages a combination of in-house developed models and OpenAI models.

Hyundai announced Monday that it would send customers who bought or leased an EV before January 31st a free charging adapter that would allow their CCS port-equipped Hyundai EVs to access Tesla's supercharging network of more than 20,000 Tesla superchargers in the United States. The free adapters will be available to eligible owners of model year 2024 and earlier Kona Electric, Ioniq Hatchback, Ioniq 5, and Ioniq 6 vehicles, as well as model year 2025 Ioniq 6, Ioniq

IONIQ 5N, and Kona Electric Vehicles. The group messaging slash social media app Telegram is profitable for the first time, according to CEO Pavel Durov, who said in a post on X that the company has tripled the number of paying subscribers to over 12 million, paid off a meaningful share of its $2 billion in debt, surpassed $1 billion in revenue, and has amassed more than $500 million in cash reserves.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Xerox intends to acquire printer maker Lexmark for $1.5 billion, including debt. Xerox is expected to finance the deal with a combination of cash and committed debt financing and says the deal would, quote, strengthen the Xerox core print portfolio and build a broader global print and managed print services business better suited to meet the evolving needs of clients in the hybrid workspace, end quote.

Xerox added that the purchase will also assist the company in serving clients in the growing A4 color market as well as boost its reach in the Asia-Pacific region.

A federal court judge in California ruled that Israeli spyware maker NSO Group breached hacking laws by using WhatsApp to infect devices with its Pegasus spyware. The ruling comes five years after Meta owned WhatsApp suit NSO Group, alleging the spyware outfit had exploited an audio calling vulnerability in the messaging platform to install its Pegasus spyware on unsuspecting users' devices.

Judge Phyllis Hamilton held NSO Group liable for targeting the devices of 1,400 WhatsApp users, violating state and federal hacking laws as well as WhatsApp's terms of service. This case will now proceed to trial in March of 2025, where a jury will decide on the damages NSO Group should pay to WhatsApp.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission is expected to find that Google violated the country's antitrust law by unfairly restricting competition, harming the Internet search market with contracts requiring smartphone manufacturers to pre-download Chrome on their devices in order to have access to Google Play. The JFTC will also issue a cease and desist order that asks Google to halt its monopolistic practices.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered Marriott International and Starwood Hotels to define and implement a robust customer data security scheme following failures that led to a massive data breach in 2016 after Marriott acquired Starwood and failed to implement reasonable data security. Three major data breaches after the acquisition affected 344 million customers globally. The companies must establish a security program to safeguard the client's sensitive data from hackers and provide them better control over their data.

Netflix filed a lawsuit in California federal court on Monday alleging that VMware, the cloud computing subsidiary of the chipmaker Broadcom, has infringed on five of its patents related to virtual machines. These patents cover technologies that allow another computer's operating software to run on a host computer. The lawsuit claims that VMware's cloud software utilizes these patented technologies without authorization.

And finally, Nintendo after watching a stream of Switch 2 leaks is likely now keen to unveil its under wraps new console as soon as possible according to industry analyst Sakan Toto, CEO of Japanese game industry consultancy Catan Games. Toto says, "You can bet that Nintendo is aware of all the leaks and that it is not happy about them even if some of them will turn out to be made up. It is actually getting so bad with these leaks that they might cause Nintendo to release information earlier than planned."

The Switch 2 is widely expected to arrive later in 2025, and while Nintendo has yet to offer any suggestion of timing, we probably don't have too long to wait now and find out. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to DailyTechNewsShow.com, and if you enjoy the show, remember to tell a friend to check us out. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you next time.

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