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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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| 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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| Balaji S. Srinivasan: |
Adding crypto to IndiaStack, a set of national APIs for payments and identity, could allow India to build an OSS stack for domestic and foreign transactions — Use the digital rupee to facilitate domestic commerce and crypto protocols to attract international investment.
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ProductNation. Tweets: @nandannilekani, @balajis, @joemccann, @wheatpond, @earnwithrk, @wheatpond, @beller, @nischalshetty, @dugalira, @nischalshetty, @himjaparekh, @vinnylingham, @melt_dem, @calilyliu, @benedictcooney, @akothari, @abhymurarka, @pratyush_r8, @freedommaximal, @kichsr, @rajivmessage, @fehrsam, @balajis, @muneeb, @apompliano, @el33th4xor, @rahulbhosale__, @miamidao, and @rachaelrad
| 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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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Responding to Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee, Apple says it will make Chief Compliance Officer Kyle Andeer available at an upcoming hearing on app stores — - Company earlier declined to attend, now makes Andeer available — Subcommittee investigating developer concerns, competition
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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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| CyberNews: |
Database containing 1.3M Clubhouse profiles was posted to a hacker forum; Clubhouse says it hasn't been breached, and the data is public info from its app — So far, it seems like it's been the worst week of the year for social media platforms in terms of data leaks, with Clubhouse seemingly joining the fray.
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Tweets: @joinclubhouse, @lukerobertmason, @kimzetter, @tarah, @martinsfp, @parker_gibbons, @lawyershubkenya, @wongmjane, @ashindestad, @kerempekedis, @vmanancourt, @wongmjane, @tomfgoodwin, @corny_stripes, @benmaynard, @hypervisible, @asaadhannaa, @troyhunt, @_danielsinclair, @chrismessina, @laurahuu, @pt, @dazzagreenwood, @wongmjane, @gaberivera, @thebookisclosed, @rakeshlobster, @wongmjane, @wongmjane, @morqon, @itsjeffhiggins, @bonnienorman, @martinsfp, @cybernews, and @netalexx
| 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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| Wall Street Journal: |
Erroneously unredacted court docs in Texas antitrust case expand on Facebook and Google's Jedi Blue deal, detail Google's secret “Project Bernanke” program — Program used past bid data to boost tech giant's win rate in advertising auctions, according to court filing
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BIG by Matt Stoller, The Verge, Engadget, AppleInsider, Pluralistic, Gizmodo, New York Post, and Insider
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| David Heinemeier Hansson: |
Apple should stop saying the App Store adds meaningful security, which seeds cynicism among devs, and focus more on macOS-style system-level protections for iOS — When Kosta Eleftheriou first started revealing scam upon scam in the App Store, I have to admit I didn't quite get it.
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TechCrunch, Forbes, FOSS Patents, and Michael Tsai
| Yuan Yang / Financial Times: |
Employees at Tencent Music, Meituan, and other Chinese tech giants are expecting increased antitrust scrutiny and penalties after Alibaba's record $2.8B fine — Tencent Music and Meituan expect increased scrutiny after Jack Ma's group hit with $2.8bn penalty| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
A look at Tencent's TJ Sports, which surpassed $152M in total revenue since 2019 and runs the League of Legends Pro League, the largest esports league by size — - Esports blend Tencent specialties of gaming and streaming — Genre thrived despite the pandemic and has ample room to grow
Tweets: @quicktake
| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Sources: Biden admin to announce the nominations of ex-NSA deputy director Chris Inglis as first national cyber director and Jen Easterly as CISA head on Monday — The Biden administration plans on Monday to name a former senior National Security Agency official as the first national cyber director … Sponsor Posts
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