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Welcome to Tech News Briefing.

It's Friday, November 17th.

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

Israel has deployed its overwhelming technological

and military advantage over Hamas at every stage of the conflict.

There's also a command center set up

to receive thousands of data points directly

from the battlefield, giving Israel a fuller real-time picture

of the war.

Later in the show, our correspondent Doe Fleiber will tell us more about this sprawling

nerve center that's set to play a more vital role in the weeks ahead as fighting continues.

But first, Ali Baba has grabbed its plan to spin off its cloud computing division.

The Chinese e-commerce and cloud service giant cited last month's advanced chips export

ban from Washington as the reason behind the move. Alibaba had planned to hive off its business and target a listing by May 2024.

The company added that the U.S. chip restrictions may also affect Alibaba's businesses more generally

by limiting its ability to upgrade technologies.

Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay a fine of six and a half million dollars over the compromised

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