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April 22, 2025, 5:35 PM

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Bloomberg:

DOJ v. Google: an OpenAI exec says Google declined to let OpenAI access its search index; a DOJ remedy proposal would make Google share its index with rivals — OpenAI's Nick Turley said the company never intended to simply create a chatbot like its popular ChatGPT, and instead wanted to deliver a …

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:

DOJ v. Google: a Google VP says the company pays Samsung an “enormous sum of money” every month to preinstall Gemini on its devices as part of a two-year deal — The company began paying Samsung for Gemini in January, according to Peter Fitzgerald, Google's vice president …

More: Trusted Reviews, SammyGuru, Android Central, Android Headlines, The Verge, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Cryptopolitan, Android Police, CNBC, Engadget, SamMobile, TipRanks Financial, Adweek, Fox Business, Mercury News, and Washington Post

Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz and @marypcbuk. Forums: r/Android

Erin Woo / The Information:

The US DOJ says Google backed off more restrictive Gemini distribution deals, partly due to its case; Google says rivals talked to Samsung about chatbot deals

More: PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, WinBuzzer, Yahoo Finance, Analytics India Magazine, Big Tech on Trial, NPR, The Hill, and New York Times. Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple's new Siri engineering chief Mike Rockwell is replacing much of Siri's leadership with top Vision Pro software execs, and is restructuring teams — Apple Inc.'s new Siri engineering chief is overhauling the management team leading development of the beleaguered voice assistant …

More: 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Android Headlines, iClarified, BGR, Trusted Reviews, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, and The Mac Observer

X: @adambader, @scobleizer, and @markgurman

Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Apple drops “available now” from an Apple Intelligence page featuring an AI-supercharged Siri and removes a Siri-related video, after the BBB nonprofit inquired — The National Advertising Division recommended that Apple ‘modify or discontinue’ the claim.

More: BBB NATIONAL PROGRAMS, Business Insider, MacRumors, Thurrott, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, PCMag, PhoneArena, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iClarified, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, and The Mac Observer

X: @pixbylucio and @keiferstreet

Forums: r/apple and Slashdot

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:

FTC v. Meta: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testifies that “Mark was not investing in Instagram because he believed we were a threat to their growth” — Kevin Systrom said during testimony in a landmark antitrust trial that he believed Meta viewed Instagram as a threat.

More: Engadget, Washington Post, Financial Times, Mercury News, The Information, Spokesman.com, New York Post, The Indian Express, and Android Headlines

Bluesky: @rmac. X: @joshconstine, @bbenedict33, @metacriticcap, @bbenedict33, @sarahfrier, @jaredforetek, @mikeisaac, and @jaredforetek. Forums: Slashdot

Ronan Shields / Digiday:

In a reversal, Google says it won't roll out a new standalone third-party Chrome cookie prompt, meaning adtech companies can keep using related targeting tools — In a shocking development, Google won't roll out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies in Chrome …

More: The Register, Google Privacy Sandbox, Ars Technica, PCMag, The Information, Reuters, Ad Age, Forbes, MarTech, MediaPost, Adweek, and WinBuzzer

Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz and @emz.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy. Mastodon: @emz@chaos.social

X: @aripap, @anderagakura, @eric_seufert, and @nathanthomas456

LinkedIn: Jente De Ridder, Jared Siegal, Paul Bannister, and Robert Blanck. Forums: Slashdot

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Allie Garfinkle / Fortune:

Supabase, an open-source alternative to Google's Firebase that's used by 2M developers, raised a $200M Series D led by Accel at a $2B valuation — Supabase cofounders Ant Wilson and Paul Copplestone. — Supabase — Paul Copplestone didn't think things like this actually happened.

More: SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, Coatue, and Accel

X: @heyandras, @sundeep, @kvibhor, and @kiwicopple. Forums: Hacker News

Lauren Goode / Wired:

Several VCs say they fear Trump's tariffs could slow down tech investments, further decelerate the market for IPOs, and put some tech startups out of business — Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff policies have unsettled the venture capital world, further darkening an already gloomy outlook for IPOs.

More: Hunter Walk and Inc42 Media

Bluesky: @laurengoode, @blackamazon, @mgsiegler.com, and @rtaf. Forums: r/politics

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google rolls out opt-in Sensitive Content Warnings in Messages to blur nude images on Android; the System SafetyCore-powered content classification is on-device — Following last year's announcement, Google Messages is rolling out Sensitive Content Warnings that blur nude images on Android.

More: Android Authority, TechRadar, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Standard, How-To Geek, Thurrott, Engadget, ZDNET, WinBuzzer, Android Central, Forbes, SamMobile, PhoneArena, and SammyGuru. Forums: r/Android

Dominic Preston / The Verge:

Instagram launches Edits, a “video creation app designed for creators” intended to rival ByteDance's CapCut app, for free on iOS and Android — The standalone video editing app supports green screen and cutout features, just like ByteDance's CapCut app.

More: Meta, CNET, PCMag, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, Thurrott, BayStreet.ca, Instagram for Creators, The National, Phandroid, iClarified, 9to5Google, iDownloadBlog.com, Android Headlines, Android Authority, ZDNET, Engadget, Adweek, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, MakeUseOf, Trusted Reviews, Droid Life, WeRSM, CNBC, PhoneArena, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, BGR, Mashable, Irish News, Nairametrics, PetaPixel, and Nokiamob

Threads: @tb_99999, @tb_99999, and @tb_99999. Instagram: Instagram's @Creators

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Daniel Kuhn / The Block:

Researcher: the official SDK JS library for interacting with the XRP Ledger, with 140K+ weekly downloads, was compromised; XRP Ledger Foundation says it's fixed — - The XRP Ledger Foundation said there is a potential vulnerability in recent versions of the XRPL JavaScript library used …

More: Aikido Security's Blog, DL News, CoinGape, BleepingComputer, CryptoSlate, Coinspeaker, Watcher Guru, and Bitcoin Insider

LinkedIn: Rushikesh Shreshtha. Forums: Hacker News

Financial Times:

Boeing agrees to sell parts of its digital aviation unit, including software maker Jeppesen and navigation app ForeFlight, to Thoma Bravo for $10.55B in cash — Jet maker says deal with specialist technology investor will help group focus on core businesses

More: St. Louis Business Journal, Chicago Business Journal, Washington …, Breaking Defense, Proactive, Simple Flying, Times of India, Boeing Company Press Releases, Wall Street Journal, Aviation Week Network, Sherwood News, BusinessLIVE, New York Times, RTÉ, Chicago Business, Benzinga, Tech Xplore, and Reuters

Financial Times:

Sources: the US plans to push India to give Amazon, Walmart, and other US online retailers full access to its $125B e-commerce market, as part of tariff talks — Trade talks set to discuss giving US ecommerce giants a level playing field with local rivals — The Trump administration intends …

More: The Information, Barron's Online, WinBuzzer, Benzinga, Times of India, Business Today, and Reuters. X: @jaguaranalytics

Kashish Tandon / Reuters:

Flipkart plans to shift its holding company from Singapore to India as Walmart aims to take it public; Flipkart moved the entity to Singapore in 2011

More: The Economic Times, Tech in Asia, Business Today, Press Trust of India, TechCrunch, Times of India, Entrackr, and Moneycontrol

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

On a staff call, Bari Weiss defends firing Scott Pelley, saying the foundation of “trust and mutual respect” was broken after Pelley's outburst on Monday

Bloomberg:

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Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:

WBD rolls out a $7.99/month Extra Member Add-On for US Max subscribers, about two years after Netflix made a similar move to crack down on password sharing

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X: @maxpr and @maxpr. Forums: r/television

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:

SK Telecom, South Korea's largest telecom, says hackers accessed USIM-related customer info, potentially useful in SIM swap attacks and targeted surveillance

More: TelecomTV, CyberInsider, The Fast Mode, Tech in Asia, and The Korea Times

Todd Spangler / Variety:

The Washington Post partners with OpenAI to make its content “more accessible” in ChatGPT; OpenAI says it now has similar deals with 20+ other publishers

More: The Verge, Engadget, Washington Post, The Information, Neowin, Deadline, CNBC, Moneycontrol, WinBuzzer, The Wrap, The Hill, and The Hollywood Reporter

Bluesky: @mcwm. X: @loudmouthjulia and @loudmouthjulia

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Counterpoint Research:

Global PC shipments rose 6.7% YoY in Q1 2025 driven by anticipation of US tariffs and growing adoption of AI PCs; Apple rose 17% YoY and Lenovo jumped 11% YoY

More: AppleInsider, Wccftech, MacDailyNews, Forbes, iClarified, Patently Apple, SamMobile, 9to5Mac, and Verdict

Eugene Kim / Business Insider:

Docs: in July 2024, Amazon set up Project Greenland to manage and optimize GPU allocation across its retail unit; Amazon says it now has “ample” GPU capacity

More: DatacenterDynamics

Pew Research Center:

A survey of US teens and parents: 48% of teens say social media harms people their age, up from 32% in 2022, and girls' experiences skew more negative at times

More: CNET, NextDraft, Engadget, TechCrunch, FlowingData, implicator.ai, CNN, and Tubefilter

Bluesky: @marypcbuk and @johngramlich. Threads: @parkert

X: @pewresearch, @johngramlich, and @pewresearch

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Manychat, which offers social messaging tools for brands, raised a $140M Series B led by Summit, after an $18M Series A in 2019, and says it has ~1.5M customers

More: Manychat, Crunchbase News, FinSMEs, StartupNews.fyi, SiliconANGLE, and VC News Daily. LinkedIn: Artur Evstefeev

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Frances Vinall / Washington Post:

A draft executive order sent to US agencies shows the Trump administration is considering issuing an order to create a policy integrating AI into K-12 education

More: Gizmodo, Fast Company, and Federal News Network

Bluesky: @salgentile, @kevinhardiman, and @johnpfaff. X: @jeffjarvis

Jay Peters / The Verge:

Duolingo plans to add a chess course, which uses short puzzles to help learn the game, in beta on iOS in English in the coming weeks before an Android launch

More: How-To Geek, VentureBeat, Axios, WeRSM, Polygon, USA Today, Mashable, Tech in Asia, Engadget, Entrepreneur, CNET, and Fast Company

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Q&A with Verizon Consumer CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath on why net neutrality “has gone literally nowhere”, owning Yahoo, the FCC's probes over DEI, and more

More: O'Grady's PowerPage, Techdirt, and 9to5Mac

Bluesky: @sportshotchris, @karlbode.com, @mmasnick, and @reckless. Forums: Slashdot

Kate Knibbs / Wired:

Bluesky starts rolling out blue check verification, initially limiting verification to select organizations and its moderation team

More: TechCrunch, Bluesky, CNET, Axios, GitHub, Tedium, T3, 9to5Mac, Mashable, The Verge, Silicon Republic, BetaNews, Business Standard, The Independent, The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Social Media Today, Digital Trends, PCMag, Forbes, Neowin, MediaPost, Engadget, TechRadar, Gizmodo, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, The Desk, and TechCrunch

Bluesky: @ngerakines.me, @mattburgess1, @pfrazee.com, @samuel.bsky.team, @shreyanjain.net, @filippo.abyssdomain.expert, @jcsalterego, @berniemichalik.ca, @digiphile, @digiphile, @pfrazee.com, @pfrazee.com, @tchambers, and @bsky.app. Threads: @quillmatiq

Forums: r/BlueskySocial, r/BlueskySocial, and Beehaw

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Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:

A Columbia student suspended over a tool to cheat on job interviews says he has raised a $5.3M seed for Cluely, which offers an AI tool to “cheat on everything”

More: Cluely, Futurism, The Ankler, PCMag, BGR, Business Today, StrictlyVC, Research & Development World, Decrypt, and Stove Top

Bluesky: @carnage4life, @mcken, @ramshackle78, and @hypervisible

Threads: @parkert and @crumbler

X: @signulll, @richardzphotoz, @trycluely, @thinkingshivers, @kyledesana, @statisticurban, @tautologer, @zebulgar, @eli_schiff, @byyourlogic, @broderick, @im_roy_lee, and @tautologer. LinkedIn: LinkedIn. Forums: r/technology

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Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:

Airbnb now shows the full cost of a stay, excluding taxes, in search results by default; a Biden-era FTC rule on “junk fees” is set to go into effect on May 12

More: Airbnb Newsroom, CNET, Gizmodo, GeekWire, Fortune, The Verge, Tech in Asia, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, PCMag, and Sherwood News

X: @linamkhan, @ajlamesa, and @matthewstoller. LinkedIn: Lauri Makikalli

Forums: r/technews and Slashdot

Mia Sato / The Verge:

Meta is testing using AI tools in the US to detect teen Instagram users, even if they've lied about their birthday, and place them under Teen Account settings