Microsoft acquires the biggest name in speech tech. Apple is maybe developing some home gadgets I feel like they should have done years ago. Might we see new iPads by the end of the month? Google wants to stop you from walking and texting. And a review of the new Mercedes-Benz entrant into the EV wars.

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Links:

• Microsoft buys speech recognition firm Nuance in a $16 billion deal (CNBC)
• Apple Working on Combined TV Box, Speaker to Revive Home Efforts (Bloomberg)
• Apple Facing Supply Shortage of Upcoming High-End iPad Displays (Bloomberg)
• Ant to Be Financial Holding Firm in Overhaul Forced by China (Bloomberg)
• Alibaba’s rivals on alert after China’s regulators hand out record fine (FT)
• Google starts rolling out “Heads Up” in Digital Wellbeing to stop distracted walking (XDA Developers)
• THE 2022 MERCEDES-BENZ EQS IS A DECLARATION OF MAXIMUM ELECTRIC LUXURY (The Verge)

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