Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google is making Gemini Live camera and screen sharing features free for all Android users in the coming weeks after launching them for Advanced users last week  —  Last week, Google started widely rolling out Gemini Live camera and screen sharing to Advanced subscribers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: FTC challenges ex-Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg over past emails; she called Google+ a “real” competitor in 2011 and discussed blocking its ads on Facebook in 2012  —  – Former Meta COO testified during antitrust trial’s third day  — FTC alleges Meta is a monopoly, seeks breakup of company Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julia Shapero / The Hill: FTC v. Meta: Mark Zuckerberg says he considers TikTok the “highest competitive threat” for Facebook and Instagram in the past few years  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized Wednesday that his social media company faces stiff competition from TikTok, as Meta seeks to fend off accusations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Tech stocks plunge amid uncertainty over US tariff plans and China export controls: AMD, Nvidia, and ASML dropped 7%, Applied Materials and Lam Research fell 5%  —  Technology stocks dropped Wednesday, led by a 7% plunge in Nvidia, as the chipmaking sector signaled that President Donald … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: The US House opens a probe on whether Nvidia knowingly provided AI tech to DeepSeek in violation of US rules and asks Nvidia for details on its Asian customers  —  China’s success in artificial intelligence has the Trump administration and lawmakers weighing rules and investigations to slow Beijing’s progress in the industry. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Former CISA Director Chris Krebs says he is resigning from SentinelOne to more freely challenge the White House, after Trump directed the DOJ to investigate him  —  Chris Krebs, the top cybersecurity official in Trump’s first term, resigned from his private-sector job Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian EV ride-hailing startup BluSmart appears to have suspended service a day after regulators launched a probe into Gensol, which shares its co-founders  —  BluSmart, India’s all-electric cab-hailing startup that was once seen as an emerging rival to Uber, appears to have suspended service … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms the elimination of R/FIMI, an office aimed at tracking and countering foreign disinformation campaigns  —  The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fatima Hussein / Associated Press: Sources: the Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ free Direct File tax program, after IRS staff were told in mid-March to stop working on it  —  The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Spotify is back online after an outage on April 16; users reported issues from 8:00am ET, and Spotify said it’s “all clear” just after noon  —  Spotify posted an ‘all clear’ message just after noon on Wednesday, saying its widespread outage issues are resolved. Lees verder op Tech Meme