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April 22, 2025, 4:45 AM

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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
The US FTC sues Uber, claiming the company charged for Uber One without consent, made it difficult to cancel, and failed to deliver promised savings  —  The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued Uber, accusing the ride-hailing and delivery company of deceptive billing and cancellation practices tied to its subscription service.
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”  —  The remedies trial opens in Washington with the government pushing to break up the company through measures that Google lawyers deem “extreme.”
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Bluesky starts rolling out blue check verification, initially limiting verification to select organizations and its moderation team  —  Bluesky's new verification process launches today.  It mixes the old-school, Twitter-style blue check bestowed by the platform with a more decentralized option for trusted organizations.
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  —  On Instagram, AI tools will detect underage users and automatically change their account settings.
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  —  Powerbeats Pro 2 Review: Best Workout Earbuds Still Lag on Audio Quality  —  Beats' newest exercise headphones are improved …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
CNN: over a thousand international students have had US immigration statuses terminated in 2025; a Caltech ML professor says it is harming the talent pipeline  —  An AI doctoral student in California had their SEVIS record — the digital proof of their valid student visa — terminated, putting their immigration status at risk.
Emily Mason / Bloomberg:
Circle unveils a network to link financial institutions and enable real-time settlement of cross-border payments, starting with USDC and EURC in May 2025  —  Powerbeats Pro 2 Review: Best Workout Earbuds Still Lag on Audio Quality  —  Beats' newest exercise headphones are improved, but they face stiffer competition than ever.
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
A Columbia student suspended over a tool to cheat on job interviews says he has raised a $5.3M seed for Cluely, which offers an AI tool to “cheat on everything”  —  On Sunday, 21-year-old Chungin ‘Roy’ Lee announced he's raised $5.3 million in seed funding from Abstract Ventures …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
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NDTV:
Google settles an Android TV case with India's competition regulator, will offer standalone licenses for Play Store and Play Services for Android TVs in India  —  This is the first case that has been settled under the amended Competition Act, wherein the settlement and committment provisions were introduced in 2023.
Reuters:
Sources: Huawei plans mass shipments of its 910C chip, which combines two 910B chips and is comparable to Nvidia's H100, to Chinese customers as early as May  —  Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) plans to begin mass shipments of its advanced 910C artificial intelligence chip to Chinese customers …

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