Wait, did any news happen this weekend? IT people don’t know about it cause they’re still digging out from the CrowdStrike thing. But why is everybody pointing fingers at Microsoft? Samsung jumps on the Google Messages bandwagon. Japan wants AI startups. And what do you do when you need 22 thousand football player avatars real quick? AI of course!

Links:

• CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes (The Register)
• Microsoft’s global sprawl comes under fire after historic outage (Washington Post)
• Blue Screens Everywhere Are Latest Tech Woe for Microsoft (WSJ)
• Samsung going all in on Google Messages in US, stops pre-installing Samsung Messages on Galaxy phones (9to5Google)
• Japan’s copyright rules draw AI groups — and alarm from creators (FT)
• How AI Brought 11,000 College Football Players to Digital Life in Three Months (WSJ)
• Review: CMF Phone 1 (Wired)

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