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Afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Friday, October 3rd. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. Apple has removed apps that enable users to track U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from its App Store. The Justice Department demanded the removal of one such app, Iceblock, after raising concerns that it could put law enforcement officers at risk. A spokesman for Apple said the company removed it and similar apps from the App Store, too. Iceblock's developer said the app was engaged in protected speech and compared it to apps that crowdsource speech traps. BlackRock is nearing a deal to acquire Aligned Data Centers for about $20 billion. People familiar with the matter say it could come together as early as next week. Last year, the asset manager launched the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership along with Microsoft and MGX, with plans to raise $100 billion in equity and debt to invest and expand the network of data centers used by AI G. The deal with Aligned would be the new consortiums first and staying on AI funds. We exclusively report that the venture capital firm Gradient Ventures has spun out of Google in a move to better position itself to win deals in the early stage AI market. That's according to people familiar with the situation. Google formed gradient ventures in 2017 to back AI startups, a regulatory filing shows. It's now operating under a new management company. Sources say. Several limited partners, including Google, are investing in Gradient's new venture fund, and the firm's principals wanted it to become fully independent since some startup founders are hesitant to take money from strategic investors due to concerns over potential competition. The owner of the Wall Street Journal, News Corp. Has a commercial agreement to supply content on Google platforms. And that's it for your T and B tech minutes. Check back Monday morning for another quick tech update.