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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 (Bloomberg)
2025-04-22 19:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Instagram launches Edits, a "video creation app designed for creators" intended to rival ByteDance's CapCut app, for free on iOS and Android (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
2025-04-22 17:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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" (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
2025-04-22 17:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Supabase, an open-source alternative to Google's Firebase that's used by 2M+ developers, raises $200M Series D at $2B valuation (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
2025-04-22 18:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Ronan Shields/Digiday)
2025-04-22 17:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
2025-04-22 16:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
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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 (Financial Times)
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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 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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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 (Counterpoint Research)
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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 (Erin Woo/The Information)
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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 (Lauren Goode/Wired)
2025-04-22 15:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
2025-04-22 13:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Pew Research Center)
2025-04-22 12:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
2025-04-22 11:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Frances Vinall/Washington Post)
2025-04-22 11:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Jay Peters/The Verge)
2025-04-22 10:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
2025-04-22 10:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
2025-04-22 10:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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 (Financial Times)
2025-04-22 10:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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