{"id":4554,"date":"2023-11-15T21:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T18:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2023-12-09T13:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T10:45:09","slug":"top-tech-stories-of-the-week-november-12th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/top-tech-stories-of-the-week-november-12th-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Stories of the Week \u2013 November 12th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Amazon is getting rid of its gaming content channel amid larger games layoffs &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/13\/23959224\/amazon-gaming-layoffs-crown-content-channel\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Bing Chat is now Copilot &#8211; TechCrunch | <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/11\/15\/bing-chat-is-now-copilot\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>The FCC can now punish telecom providers for charging customers more for less &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/15\/23962881\/fcc-anti-digital-discrimination-pass\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>SpaceX\u2019s second Starship and Super Heavy flight test cleared for launch &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/15\/23873201\/spacex-starship-faa-approval-super-heavy-launch-test-date\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Apple, Disney and IBM to pause ads on X after antisemitic Elon Musk tweet &#8211; Apple &#8211; The Guardian | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/nov\/17\/elon-musk-antisemitic-tweet-apple-pausing-ads\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>AI boss Sam Altman ousted after board loses confidence &#8211; BBC News | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-67458603\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>SpaceX Launches Giant New Rocket, Explosions End Test Flight &#8211; TIME | <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6337265\/spacex-rocket-launch-test-flight-explosions\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Sam Altman joins Microsoft as OpenAI taps Shear for interim CEO &#8211; CNN Business | <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/20\/tech\/sam-altman-joins-microsoft\/index.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Most of OpenAI&#8217;s staff threatens to quit unless the board resigns and reinstates Sam Altman as CEO &#8211; 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Search Engine Land | <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/x-officially-launches-its-chatgpt-rival-grok-435584\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>The EU Just Passed Sweeping New Rules to Regulate AI | WIRED | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/eu-ai-act\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Microsoft&#039;s AI Ignite Event: Everything Revealed in 8 Minutes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79wFBN5PffA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon is getting rid of its gaming content channel amid larger games layoffs &#8211; The Verge | Link Bing Chat is now Copilot &#8211; 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