Tech Roundup: Google Multisearch, Twitter Unmentioning Feature & More

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

• Social media platform Twitter tests new Unmentioning feature with select users on the web, letting users "remove yourself from conversations."
• Meta implements a new requirement to help prevent fraud on its platform, requiring developers of newly created Meta applications to disclose their ownership of Apple App Store or Google Play mobile apps before adding their new Meta apps to their settings; WhatsApp to no longer auto-save media shared in self-destructing chats from users' phone gallery.
• Google pilots multisearch for U.S. users on Android and iOS, making it possible to search using a combination of text and imagery at the same time.
• Indian conglomerate Tata Group takes on Jio Platforms and Amazon with new superapp Tata New, allowing users to purchase from online grocer BigBasket, electronics store Croma, pharmacy service 1mg, luxury brand Cliq, streaming app Tata Play, as well as ticketing with AirAsia and food and beverages with the coffee chain Starbucks.
• Chinese tech giant Tencent to shutter its game streaming service Penguin Esports on June 7, after the Chinese government blocked a Tencent-led merger between Huya and DouYu.

• Coinbase adds support for the popular UPI payment method in India, making it the cryptocurrency exchange functional in the country for the first time.
• Google partners with iFixit to sell spare parts for devices going back to 2017's Pixel 2, in Australia, Canada, the U.S., and European countries "later this year"; comes as the European Parliament votes to adopt a Right to Repair proposal, adding a requirement to increase warranty periods, and make it a key E.U. initiative for the year.
• Proton, the Geneva, Switzerland-based startup behind the eponymous E2E encrypted webmail service ProtonMail, has acquired French startup SimpleLogin, which offers a freemium, open-source service for creating email aliases when signing up for digital services.
• China's Cyberspace Administration to conduct on-site inspections of internet firms in the country and submit their services for review, as the government continues its crackdown of Big Tech and rein in the potential abuse of algorithms.
• Music streamer Spotify begins testing a personalised feed of its Home Screen to help users find new music, a week after launching a similar "audio news feed" for podcasts.