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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 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) 16-04-2025

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

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms the elimination of R/FIMI, an office aimed at tracking and countering foreign disinformation campaigns (Eileen Guo/MIT Technology Review) 16-04-2025

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

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 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge) 16-04-2025

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

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 (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press) 16-04-2025

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

Sources: Intel told its Chinese clients last week that sales of some AI chips would require a license; Nvidia was blindsided by Trump's curbs on its H20 chips (Financial Times) 16-04-2025

Financial Times: Sources: Intel told its Chinese clients last week that sales of some AI chips would require a license; Nvidia was blindsided by Trump’s curbs on its H20 chips  —  US chipmaker reveals $5.5bn impairment, while full hit to China revenues could surpass $10bn  —  Nvidia has been caught by surprise … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sensor Tower: Temu and Shein cut their ad spending on platforms including Meta and X an average of 31% and 19%, respectively, so far in April, compared to March (Financial Times) 16-04-2025

Financial Times: Sensor Tower: Temu and Shein cut their ad spending on platforms including Meta and X an average of 31% and 19%, respectively, so far in April, compared to March  —  Chinese retailers’ retreat threatens Big Tech advertising revenues  —  Chinese ecommerce giants Temu and Shein have slashed … Lees verder op Tech Meme