Tom Warren / The Verge: A live blog of Microsoft’s Surface and AI event, where the company is expected to detail its vision for Surface, Windows, Bing, and more  —  Microsoft is ready to talk more about its AI plans at a “special event” in New York City today.  We’re expecting to hear about three new Surface devices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nathan Edwards / The Verge: Microsoft announces a unified Copilot built into Windows 11, launching across all of its apps and services, including Office 365, from September 26  —  Microsoft today announced a new, unified Copilot experience launching on September 26th.  The new “AI companion,” just called Copilot … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity company Splunk for $157 per share in cash, up 31% on Splunk’s September 20 closing price, in a deal valued at ~$28B  —  Cisco will pay $157 a share in cash, the companies said in a statement Thursday.  That represents a 31% premium to Splunk’s previous closing price on Wednesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal: Tether confirms resuming lending its stablecoins to customers, less than a year after saying it would end such loans; $5.5B of its assets were loans on June 30  —  Cryptocurrency issuer had said it would cut loans to zero in 2023  —  Tether Holdings resumed lending out its own stablecoins to customers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta updates Facebook’s “identity system”, including a new logo to confidently express the platform’s “core blue color”, and refines Facebook’s emoji Reactions  —  Meta is updating Facebook’s “identity system,” and that includes a dramatically refreshed logo.  —  Just kidding! Lees verder op Tech Meme