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Financial Times:
Sources: Apple plans to move assembly of all iPhones sold in the US, or 60M+ iPhones per year, to India by the end of 2026, in response to Trump's trade war  —  FT Exclusive: Tech giant plans to shift assembly as soon as next year in response to Donald Trump's trade war
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Washington Post:
Sources: China has quietly exempted from tariffs at least eight classifications of US-made microchips, as it seeks to exempt “irreplaceable” goods  —  Levies on certain U.S.-made microchips have been dropped, importers say.  Meanwhile, China denied President Trump's claims that talks to reduce tariffs are happening.
Financial Times:
Deliveroo, which listed in London with a £7.6B valuation in 2021, says it received a buyout proposal from DoorDash that would value the company at £2.7B  —  UK food delivery group valued at £7.6bn in London listing four years ago  —  Deliveroo, the food delivery company …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft makes Recall available to all Copilot+ PCs, along with a new AI-powered Windows search and Click to Do, which works like Google's Circle to Search  —  Microsoft's Click to Do image and text tool is also rolling out today. … We knew Microsoft was about to launch Recall for real this time …
Dan Primack / Axios:
Deel sues Rippling for alleged defamation, libel, and deceptive trade practices, says Rippling placed an insider within Deel, is not tax compliant, and more  —  The legal battle between HR software unicorns Deel and Rippling escalated on Friday, with Deel suing Rippling for alleged defamation, libel, and deceptive trade practices.
John Revill / Reuters:
Swiss National Bank says cryptocurrencies failed to meet its currency reserve standards, as a referendum campaign seeks to require SNB to hold bitcoin reserves  —  The head of the Swiss National Bank said on Friday that cryptocurrencies failed to meet the institution's currency reserve standards …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI expands deep research usage for Plus, Pro, and Team users with an o4-mini-powered lightweight version, which also rolls out to Free users today  —  OpenAI is bringing a new “lightweight” version of its ChatGPT deep research tool, which scours the web to compile research reports on a topic …
Bloomberg:
Baidu rolls out Ernie 4.5 Turbo and X1 Turbo, new versions of its flagship foundation and reasoning models, as it looks to take on Alibaba's Qwen and DeepSeek  —  The Chinese search engine leader rolled out Ernie 4.5 Turbo and Ernie X1 Turbo, the latest versions of its flagship foundation …
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Adobe says Firefly users can now generate images using OpenAI's GPT, Google's Imagen 3 and Veo 2, and Flux 1.1 Pro, in addition to its own Firefly image models  —  Adobe (ADBE.O) said on Thursday it is adding image-generation artificial intelligence models from OpenAI and Alphabet's Google …

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David Bauder / Associated Press:
A look at the work of photographer Ann Hermes, who has documented 50 newsrooms across the US, many in smaller towns and cities, and hopes to photograph 100

Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have “reached a tentative agreement” on terms for a successor contract to their 2023 contracts; the deal is now headed for a board review

Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro is exploring a “super app” that integrates Disney+ with parks passes, games, merchandise, and cruise and resort apps

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CNN:
Temu and Shein raise prices ahead of de minimis tariff exemption expiring on May 2 and urged customers to make purchases prior to April 25 to avoid 120% tariffs

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Danny Goodwin / Search Engine Land:
YouTube is testing a new AI Overviews carousel in its search results for queries focused on products and location information, for some US Premium subscribers
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US is conducting a criminal antitrust probe into TP-Link's pricing strategies and whether the router maker represents a national security threat
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix rolls out subtitles with just spoken dialog, without audio cues or speaker names, and says ~50% of US viewing hours happen with subtitles or captions on
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Facebook will reduce the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and make them ineligible for monetization, after Zuckerberg promised a return to “OG Facebook”
Pete Schroeder / Reuters:
The US Federal Reserve withdraws guidance requiring banks to seek regulatory approval before engaging in crypto-related activities, joining the FDIC and OCC
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: a Yahoo executive estimates that a bid for Chrome would cost tens of billions of dollars, and says Yahoo “would be able to pursue it with Apollo”
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan announces changes, including an engineering refocus, reductions in unnecessary bureaucracy and workforce, and four-day-per-week RTO policy
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