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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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Engadget, CNBC, Reuters, Gizmodo, Reuters, Financial Times, Neowin, GeekWire, MSPoweruser, OnMSFT.com, AppleInsider, ZDNet, CNET, iTnews, PYMNTS.com, and The Economic Times
| 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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| 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.| 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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XDA Developers, The Verge, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, MUO, PhoneArena, Hindustan Times, Mashable, and Releases. Tweets: @ronamadeo
| 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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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Daring Fireball, Reuters, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Verge, Insider, United States Senate, The Verge, and Los Angeles Times
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Erroneously unredacted court docs reveal Google ran a secret program called “Project Bernanke” that used past bid data to boost its win rate in ad auctions — 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, Gizmodo, The Verge, Engadget, AppleInsider, Pluralistic, 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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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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Insider, The Record, The Verge, AppleInsider, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, HackRead, MUO, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, The Economic Times, DataBreaches.net, Guncelkal.net, and Softpedia News
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| 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 …
Tweets: @ericgeller
| 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: |
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Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Alizila, The Verge, Reuters, TechCrunch, CNN, Business Wire, Engadget, CNBC, PingWest, Al Jazeera, Insider, ZDNet, Finbold, TechNode, South China Morning Post, and The Economic Times
| 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, @pratyush_r8, @apompliano, @el33th4xor, @earnwithrk, @wheatpond, @beller, @nischalshetty, @freedommaximal, @dugalira, @nischalshetty, @kichsr, @himjaparekh, @muneeb, @vinnylingham, @melt_dem, @fehrsam, @calilyliu, @balajis, @benedictcooney, @akothari, @rajivmessage, @abhymurarka, @rahulbhosale__, @miamidao, and @rachaelrad
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Austin has been a top location for tech workers leaving CA amid the pandemic, and residents are worried about how the new wave is affecting Austin's culture — Matthew Congrove got the first offer on his house one month into the pandemic. Now, says Congrove, who lives in an eclectic neighborhood …
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Cointelegraph. Tweets: @kevin_faulconer, @urbanizedokie, @lizette_chapman, @bullcityma, @dsilverman, @lexdanielle, @bw, @alfonslopeztena, @martinsfp, @jamesrambin, @bw, @joshuabrustein, and @alistairmbarr
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Some SMB owners who advertise heavily online say Facebook is speaking the truth about how iOS privacy changes might disproportionately affect such businesses — With big changes coming to iPhones, small online merchants are bracing for lost sales. ‘Why is Apple now the decider?’
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The Boston Globe, Pixel Envy, and Al Jazeera
Facebook: Christian Lovrecich. Tweets: @mims, @chronotope, @carnage4life, @eric_seufert, @othermaciej, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @dialtone_, @dialtone_, @justinschuh, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @tkawaja, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @mattyglesias, @sarthakgh, @hypervisible, @ilonakickbusch, @mims, @folletto, @jensmithwsj, @bryanrbeal, @libskrat, @matt_cochrane7, @procyclicality, @foxcahn, @dancharvey, @bggoodell, @modeledbehavior, @mims, and @mims
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