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Fareed Sahloul / Bloomberg:
Sources: StubHub, Klarna, eToro, and adtech group MNTN have paused their IPO plans as President Trump's trade war upends the global economy and public markets  —  Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump's trade war upends the global economy …
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a “Decel-in-Chief”, who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies  —  In October of 2023, Marc Andreessen, founder of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
The Nasdaq fell 5.8% on the second day following Trump's tariffs announcement, with Nvidia closing down 7.4%, Apple 7.3%, Netflix 6.7%, Meta 5%, and Amazon 4.2%
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Joel Kaplan says Meta's US fact-checking program will be over by Monday, and Community Notes will start appearing on Facebook, Threads, and Instagram  —  Meta will no longer have any fact-checkers in the U.S. come Monday, according to chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Amazon debuts a Kindle Recaps feature that uses generative AI and moderators to create short recaps of books in a series “that accurately reflect book content”  —  Amazon is introducing a new “Recaps” feature for Kindle users to help them recall plot points and character arcs before picking up the latest book in a series.
Harry Alston / TheGamer:
Schedule 1, a drug-dealing simulator made by a single developer, tops Steam charts with an estimated 2M+ copies sold after going viral on streams and TikTok  —  I keep my eyes on new game releases because I have to: it's a part of my job.  For those who are a bit more casual when it comes to playing games …
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
New Jersey's governor signs a law criminalizing creating and sharing “deceptive and dangerous deepfakes”, like fake AI nudes of minors, with up to a $30K fine  —  When Francesca Mani was 14 years old, boys at her New Jersey high school used nudify apps to target her and other girls.
Reuters:
Sources: a TikTok US deal, which was largely finalized by April 2, was put on hold after China indicated it would reject the deal over President Trump's tariffs  —  A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated that it would not approve …
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Trump says he signed an executive order to keep TikTok running for 75 more days, as “the deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed”

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Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
The FTC ends a demand for info from NewsGuard after settling a case against Dentsu, Publicis, and WPP; NewsGuard has sued the FTC over restrictions on Omnicom

Bloomberg:
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says regulators are scrutinizing media deals for sports leagues beyond the NFL; source: the DOJ plans to look at MLB rights and others

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
A district court judge in California issues a preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar's acquisition of Tegna while an antitrust lawsuit proceeds

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Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Microsoft Copilot adds support for memory, personalization, web-based actions, podcast creation, camera and screen analysis, deep research, and more
Tom Warren / The Verge:
On Microsoft's 50th anniversary, company executives reflect on its history and how it responds to challenges, experiments with software and hardware, and adapts
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders, which were set to start on April 9, “to assess the potential impact” of Trump's tariffs; the June 5 launch date is unchanged
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Sam Altman says OpenAI plans to release o3 and o4-mini “after all”, followed by GPT-5 “in a few months”, citing challenges to “smoothly integrate everything”
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Midjourney debuts V7 in alpha, its first new AI image model in nearly a year with a “totally different architecture”, a week after OpenAI's new image generator
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