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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 … | Julian Mark / Washington Post: |
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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 …
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| 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 — Practice the classic game with help from Duolingo. … Duolingo will soon be able to help you learn another new skill: chess.
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| 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.
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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 — The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has gone into business with artificial-intelligence powerhouse OpenAI.| 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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| 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 …
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