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| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
Reporting on tech from India “feels like having a front-row seat to the country's rapid slide into authoritarianism”, as Big Tech companies remain silent — I love writing about tech. But covering how a Hindu nationalist government is using it to destroy a secular democracy isn't what I signed up for.
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| Ben Smith / New York Times: |
Substack strikes deals with trans writers, amid claims it supports allegedly anti-trans writers and is a kind of lucrative off ramp for “cancel culture” victims — A company that makes it easy to charge for newsletters has captivated an anxious industry because it embodies larger forces and contradictions.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft in advanced talks to buy speech technology company Nuance Communications for ~$16B, or $56 a share, a 23% premium to Nuance's Friday close — - Price under discussion would value Nuance at $56 a share — An agreement could be announced as soon as this week
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| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Apple and Google block an update to NHS COVID-19 app that uploads logs of venue check-ins, citing API terms on collecting location data — An update to England and Wales's contact tracing app has been blocked for breaking the terms of an agreement made with Apple and Google.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is in early stages of developing a product that combines an Apple TV with a HomePod speaker and has a FaceTime camera and smart home functions — - Company also exploring Amazon-like speaker with iPad as screen — Apple has trailed Amazon, Google in the connected home market
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple faces supply constraints due to issues with MiniLED display production, but still plans to debut two iPad Pros later this month — - New iPads planned for introduction in latter half of April — MiniLED display is key part of Apple's upgrade proposition
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| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
Sources detail how Facebook allowed state-backed political manipulation in small countries, prioritizing abuses considered PR risks in countries like the US — A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform — Facebook has repeatedly allowed world leaders …
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Under intense pressure from China, Ant Group will become a financial holding company that is regulated more like a bank, among other changes — - Chinese regulators summoned Ant for meeting on April 12 — Ant to fold all financial operations into holding firm
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google confirms it is ending support for Google Shopping apps on Android and iOS, as it expands shopping functionality in Search and apps like YouTube — A new Google Shopping experience that featured a personalized homepage launched in 2019. On Android, Google rebranded the existing Express app …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Google urges Biden admin to join a US-EU technology council to prevent further barriers to trade and data flows, citing an “explosion in national policies” — Google is worried that an “explosion in national policies” is harming technology trade between the US and Europe …
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| Bloomberg: |
British cybersecurity company Darktrace announces plans for a London IPO; one source says it could value the company at around $3B to $4B — - IPO may value cybersecurity firm at $3 billion to $4 billion — ‘This is a very different technology company’: Gustafsson
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| Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers: |
Google is rolling out “Heads Up”, a Digital Wellbeing feature that tells users to raise their head when walking while on Pixel devices — In November last year, XDA's Mishaal Rahman spotted an upcoming feature, called Heads Up, in a teardown of the Digital Wellbeing app.Sponsor Posts
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