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9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; (Colossians 1:9-10, ESV)

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• 🇮🇱 Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli military unit over Palestinian surveillance

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• 🌤️ Easy Cloud News

• 💫 Christian Business Spotlight

• 🧰 AI Tools

Microsoft has cut off the Israel Ministry of Defense’s access to some of its tech and services after an internal investigation found the organization appeared to be using its tech to store surveillance data on phone calls made by Palestinians.

The tech giant announced on Thursday that it made the decision to “cease and disable” certain subscriptions from the Israeli military. This affects subscriptions to Azure cloud storage and certain AI services.

“We do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians,” Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith wrote in a blog post. “We have applied this principle in every country around the world, and we have insisted on it repeatedly for more than two decades.” Read more

AI News

• 🇺🇸 Elon Musk’s xAI offers Grok to federal government for 42 cents (link)

• 🖥️ The Trump administration is going after semiconductor imports (link)

• 🌅 Will Gavin Newsom let California regulate AI? (link)

• 🏀 Steph Curry’s VC firm just backed an AI startup that wants to fix food supply chains (link)

• 🌏️ Anthropic to triple international workforce in global AI push (link)

Listen or read the following transcript as Leon Morris discusses the metaphor of Jesus as the true vine and believers as the branches. He emphasizes the importance of abiding in Christ to bear spiritual fruit, noting that apart from Jesus, one can do nothing. Morris explains the role of pruning by the Father to produce more fruit and highlights the necessity of love and obedience as evidence of genuine discipleship. The sermon underscores the centrality of a deep, abiding relationship with Jesus for a fruitful Christian life.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

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