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Michael Saylor's microstrategy buys 5,445 more bitcoin for $147.3 million - He's been pretty accurate with his bitcoin predictions to date, so this is likely quite a bullish sign. Interesting choice of header graphic. bitcoinmagazine.com #

Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music - Very disapointing. Many podcasters don't have their own websites so Google podcasts has been my go to place for getting show urls that I include in the newsletter. The interface is minimalist and contains all relevant info. I wonder what will happen to the urls. Will they let them rot or be a good web citizen and keep them alive? If they disapear they will atlantis a massive part of the web which was built during a perhaps unrepeatable period of human intelectual enlightenment. techcrunch.com #

The Booking.com Decision Shows the True Scope of the EU’s Big Tech Crackdown - It's a bit of a suprising decision because to date regulators have focussed on american and chinese companies. But their reasoning seems well thought out, trying to avoid monopolies forming that would ultimately impact users across the eurozone. I'd like to know more about the regulators long term plans to ecourage genuine diversity in the ecosystem. wired.co.uk #

Jony Ive is reportedly developing an AI gadget with OpenAI’s Sam Altman - I've always thought it would be cool to have some linux based hardware designed by Jony Ive. Perhaps it will be a GNU humanoid robot, or maybe a super intelligent roomba. Actually what I'd really love would be a podcast audio and video player, with cool new podcasting features like being able view show attachments like images, slide decks and even small html5 apps. theverge.com #