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Kelvin Chan / Associated Press: EU Commissioner Thierry Breton says Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary EU pact to combat online disinformation and adds Twitter’s “obligations remain”  —  Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary European Union agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official said Friday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeff Burt / The Register: Microsoft makes Azure Linux, a container host OS for the Azure Kubernetes Service, generally available, after running it in public preview since October 2022  —  Come for the Kubernetes, stay for the containers  —  After using Azure Linux internally for two years and running … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Platformer: Sources: Elon Musk cut the Twitter Spaces team, which once numbered as many as 100 employees, down to roughly three people over the past several months  —  How a decimated team and shrinking server capacity rained on Ron DeSantis’ parade  —  Programming note: Platformer will be off Monday for Memorial Day. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: France’s CNIL says Microsoft changed the way the company tracks Bing users; CNIL fined Microsoft €60M in December 2022 and threatened fines of €60K per day  —  Microsoft Corp. has dodged further French privacy fines after the US firm made changes to the way it tracks users of its bing.com search engine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alistair Barr / Insider: Amazon backs out of its pledge to make 50% of its shipments net-zero carbon by 2030 and says it plans to reach net-zero carbon across all its operations by 2040  —  – Amazon scrapped its Shipment Zero initiative, which was announced a few years ago.  — The company is rolling the goal into a broader Climate Pledge. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: Source: Twitter stopped paying Redis Labs for software handling high-traffic services, including live-audio, weeks before Ron DeSantis’ glitchy Spaces event  —  On Wednesday night, Twitter experienced multiple outages during a high-profile live audio forum on the app in which Republican Florida … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: France’s CNIL says Microsoft changed the way the company tracks Bing users; CNIL fined Microsoft €60M in December 2022 and threatened fines of €60K per day  —  Microsoft Corp. has dodged further French privacy fines after the US firm made changes to the way it tracks users of its bing.com search engine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: France’s CNIL says Microsoft changed the way the company tracks Bing users; CNIL fined Microsoft €60M in December 2022 and threatened fines of €60K per day  —  Microsoft Corp. has dodged further French privacy fines after the US firm made changes to the way it tracks users of its bing.com search engine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: France’s CNIL says Microsoft changed the way the company tracks Bing users; CNIL fined Microsoft €60M in December 2022 and threatened fines of €60K per day  —  Microsoft Corp. has dodged further French privacy fines after the US firm made changes to the way it tracks users of its bing.com search engine. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: France’s CNIL says Microsoft changed the way the company tracks Bing users; CNIL fined Microsoft €60M in December 2022 and threatened fines of €60K per day  —  Microsoft Corp. has dodged further French privacy fines after the US firm made changes to the way it tracks users of its bing.com search engine. Lees verder op Tech Meme