Tech Roundup: Android 13 DP2, Brazil's Telegram Ban & More

[A recurring feature on the latest in Science & Technology.]

• Microsoft's LinkedIn says it removed 11.6 million fake accounts during registration in the first six months of 2021; adds another 3.7 million were proactively restricted and that 85,700 accounts were restricted after being reported by members.
• PayPal expands its services to allow users to send money into Ukraine and temporarily waives fees for customers sending funds to Ukrainian PayPal accounts.
• Snap updates its app building policies for developers to ban anonymous messaging apps from its Snap Kit platform and restrict friend-finding apps to users aged 18 and older to tackle bullying and harassment on the platform.
• Tile, which makes Bluetooth trackers to find lost items, adds an anti-stalking feature called "Scan and Secure" that lets users to check for unknown Tiles that may be on or near them after Apple's competing trackers, AirTags, faces backlash for being used a stalking tool.
• Google rolls out Android 13 Developer Preview 2, adding a feature requiring apps to ask permission to post notifications, clipboard editor, automatic dark mode at bedtime, and support for Bluetooth LE Audio; officially launches a feature that lets users delete the last 15 minutes of their search history on Android, eight months after bring the setting for iOS.
• Apple once again rallies against Digital Markets Act, a new anticompetition law in the E.U. that would force the company to allow users to download apps outside of the App Store, a practice called sideloading; says it "would cripple the privacy and security protections that users have come to expect."

• Retail and entertainment giant Amazon officially closes its acquisition of MGM for US$ 8.45 billion, days after European antitrust regulators "unconditionally" approved the deal, stating "MGM's content cannot be considered as must-have."
• Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint filed by three European rivals, including OVHcloud, in the cloud computing business, alleging that the company's "contractual and business practices make it costly and difficult for users of its cloud computing services to opt for those of a competitor."
• Online stock trading platform Robinhood announces plans to add a fully paid securities lending program in the coming months, letting users loan out their stocks to other financial institutions.
• Brazil's Supreme Court orders telecom carriers, Apple and Google to help block access to the Telegram messaging app within the country, demanding that telecommunications agency Anatel officially suspend Telegram until it complies with local orders and pays a series of fines over its failure to prevent users from spreading disinformation and inciting violence.
• DigiLocker, an app that enables Indian citizens to digitise and store a copy of more than 560 different documents, including government-issued ID cards, says it has topped 100 million users.
• LG becomes the latest company to halt shipments to Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine.
• Twitter tests new feature that allows users of Twitter Spaces to create 30-second audio clips from recorded discussions to share and listen on the Timeline.
• Microsoft begins rolling out support for auto-generated alt text for images on the web through its Edge browser to help blind or low vision users.