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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 …
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 …
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
The US v. Google remedies trial opens with the DOJ arguing that Google should be forced to divest Chrome, and Google calling the proposed remedies “extreme”
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
Allie Garfinkle / Fortune:
Supabase, an open-source alternative to Google's Firebase that's used by 2M+ developers, raises $200M Series D at $2B valuation  —  Supabase cofounders Ant Wilson and Paul Copplestone.  —  Supabase  —  Paul Copplestone didn't think things like this actually happened.
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.

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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The EU is reviewing Paramount's WBD takeover under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, probing involvement of Middle Eastern funds; a decision is due by July 14

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Fubo and NBCUniversal reach a deal ending a months-long blackout, with NBCU's Spanish-language networks available Wednesday, English-language networks later

Reuters:
Sources: Nick Bilton hired TV production consultant Kelly Funke, to help manage his 60 Minutes transition, and a 24-year-old operations manager, Nick De Lucca

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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
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
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

Earlier Picks

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
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
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Bluesky starts rolling out blue check verification, initially limiting verification to select organizations and its moderation team
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
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
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