Tech Roundup: DuckDuckGo Privacy Gaffe, Google Imagen & More

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

• Privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo faces criticism for allowing Microsoft trackers on third-party sites in its browser app for Android and iOS due to an agreement in their syndicated search content contract between the two companies; says it's working with Microsoft to remove the limited restriction.
• Apple announces new rule that starting on June 30, 2022, all App Store apps that offer account creation must also offer an in-app option to let users delete their account.
• Dating platform Bumble to enhance its non-dating Bumble BFF feature to connect users with social networking groups based on topics and interests.
• Microsoft announces an overhaul of OneNote, support for third-party app widgets in Windows 11, and Power Pages for easily designing business websites; says over 10 million players stream games with Xbox Cloud Gaming in comparison to Nvidia GeForce Now's 12 million users as of September 2021.
• Google adds Apple Music integration to its Waze navigation app five years after it added support for Spotify; lets Chrome desktop users right-click an image and perform a Lens search to translate text, identify an object, and get the original source.
• Payments processing giant Stripe launches an apps marketplace to bring third-party tools directly into Stripe, starting with more than 50 apps from companies like Dropbox, Mailchimp, and DocuSign.
• Google's YouTube brings SoundCloud-inspired timed emoji reactions to select channels as part of an ongoing test.
• Amazon to remove the ability to browse, borrow, or buy books directly from its e-book storefront starting August 2022 from fifth-generation and earlier Kindles.
• Google shows off Imagen, a text-to-image artificial intelligence system "with an unprecedented degree of photorealism and a deep level of language understanding"; says it's capable of creating photorealistic images from input text.