Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
France says it plans to move government computers running Windows to Linux, to further reduce its reliance on US technology, without providing a timeline  —  France is moving on from Microsoft Windows.  The country said it plans to move its government computers currently running Windows …

Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Jury deliberations began Friday in the Live Nation antitrust trial, after state attorneys general continued to pursue the case even as the US DOJ settled  —  Thirty-four states accused the concert giant of suffocating competition and driving up ticket prices.  The company denies being anything but big.

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Waymo and Waze launch a pilot program to send pothole data collected by robotaxi sensors to the Waze for Cities platform and Waze app, starting in five markets  —  Two Alphabet-owned businesses are teaming up to find potholes and share it with cities.  —  Waymo and Waze announced Thursday …

Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Documents: Amazon is working on “Project Houdini”, which aims to cut the time it takes to construct data centers by preassembling core server rooms into modules  —  Follow Eugene Kim … - Amazon's Project Houdini modularizes main server rooms, expediting AWS data center buildouts.

Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch:
Snap announces a partnership between Specs, its AR glasses-focused subsidiary, and Qualcomm, whose Snapdragon XR platform will power Specs' upcoming AI glasses  —  Snap has announced a new partnership between its AR-glasses focused subsidiary, Specs, and chipmaker Qualcomm …