Google-Microsoft Truce Crumbles Amid Feud Over Cloud, Ad Tech
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(Bloomberg) Microsoft and Google, tech giants that compete in cloud computing, web search and artificial intelligence, five years ago formally agreed to cease using their substantial lobbying firepower against each other, seeking to eliminate a pricey and distracting battle and clear the way to collaborate more. That truce, forged at the time by two new CEOs wanting a fresh start on a formerly acrimonious relationship, expired in April.Even before the deal was allowed to lapse, the non-aggression pact had been fraying. The companies feuded publicly over a proposal to force Google to pay news publishers for content and squabbled more quietly over technology for selling search ads. Neither company is eager to extend or renew the alliance, according
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Elon Musk himself has repeatedly boosted Bitcoin on Twitter and other platforms.
Unless you re the world s richest person, you shouldn t be buying Bitcoin. That s the message from Bill Gates - the third richest.
With a rally of more than 400% over the past year, Bitcoin has become increasingly mainstream, and everybody including prominent investors and policy makers have been talking about it. The world s on-again, off-again richest person, Elon Musk, recently invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency through his company, Tesla Inc., and said Bitcoin would soon be accepted for payments.
For Gates, it s not something Main Street should buy into - plus it s bad for the environment as mining the coins requires a lot of energy.