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 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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

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 (Pranav Dixit/BuzzFeed News)

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.

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 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

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 …

CCI issues discussion paper on blockchain tech, competition

The paper on 'blockchain technology and competition' noted that in the case of any legal, policy or regulatory issue, it is difficult to understand which jurisdiction's policies and regulations might apply. https://ift.tt/3a1RziK

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 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
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

Game streaming services like Xbox Game Pass allow disabled gamers to try new games without wasting money on potentially inaccessible games (Grant Stoner/Wired)

Grant Stoner / Wired:
Game streaming services like Xbox Game Pass allow disabled gamers to try new games without wasting money on potentially inaccessible games  —  Services like Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now allow users to easily see if a new title is accessible without having to buy it first.