Techmeme: Sony partners with five Japanese taxi companies with a combined fleet of over 10,000 cabs to launch S.Ride, a cab-hailing service in Tokyo (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

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Jordan Novet / CNBC:

Sources: Apple spent $350M in 2018 and is now spending $30M+ every month on Amazon's cloud, making it one of the biggest AWS customers — As Apple and Amazon compete for a greater share of consumer dollars and attention, they also have a particularly intimate business relationship …

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Todd Haselton / CNBC:

Samsung says it is delaying the release of the Galaxy Fold past the original April 26 launch date, will announce a new release date “in the coming weeks” — Samsung has delayed the release of the Galaxy Fold past the original April 26 launch date.

Nitasha Tiku / Wired:

Two Google employees who helped organize walkouts say they've faced demotions or dramatically changed roles, plan a town hall to share stories of retaliation — TWO EMPLOYEE ACTIVISTS at Google say they have been retaliated against for helping to organize a walkout among thousands …

Tweets: @frankpasquale, @lizthegrey, @techworkersco, and @nitashatiku

Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac:

Sources: at WWDC, Apple plans to announce new Siri intents, APIs to port apps to Mac, a new AR content creation app, support for stereo AR headsets, and more — Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on June 3rd. Last week, we shared exclusive details about iOS 13 and macOS 10.15.

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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Zillow launches 3D Home, an AI-powered iOS app to let buyers view 360-degree pics and tours of properties, available in the US and Canada starting this week — For prospective home buyers, touring a house traditionally entails commuting to top prospects and painstakingly documenting rooms with photos …

More: CNET, Engadget, 9to5Mac, GeekWire, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @gpcastle12

Mehreen Khan / Financial Times:

Leaked letter: Facebook is willing to exempt EU parties from some political ad rules after fears they would hinder cross-border ad campaigns from pan-EU groups — Facebook is ready to give in to pressure from Brussels over criticism that its new rules on online political advertising restricts EU parties …

More: The Guardian, The Guardian, and Bloomberg

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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:

Researcher finds that a popular hotspot finder app for Android exposed the Wi-Fi network passwords for 2M+ networks, including tens of thousands in the US — A popular hotspot finder app for Android exposed the Wi-Fi network passwords for more than two million networks.

More: WinBuzzer and Slashdot

Reuters:

Huawei reports Q1 revenue of $26.8B, up 39% YoY, 59M smartphones shipped, and 40 new commercial 5G contracts with carriers despite US opposition — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies said on Monday its first-quarter revenue jumped 39 percent to 179.7 billion yuan ($26.81 billion) …

More: huawei, CNBC, The Verge, Forbes, Bloomberg, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, and Pocketnow

Mariella Moon / Engadget:

Sony partners with five Japanese taxi companies with a combined fleet of over 10,000 cabs to launch S.Ride, a cab-hailing service in Tokyo — Uber's fledgling cab-hailing service in Japan has a new competitor, and it's not by one of its usual rivals. It's called S.Ride …

More: TechCrunch, CNET, and PYMNTS.com

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:

EU lawmakers vote for a WiFi-based standard, backed by Volkswagen and Renault, for internet connected cars, favouring it over 5G tech backed by BMW, others — STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission's push for a wifi-based standard for cars backed by Volkswagen took a big step forward …

Sahas Katta / Smartcar Blog:

Connected car platform Smartcar says it's taking legal action against rival Otonomo, which has raised ~$53M to date, alleging copying of its API documentation — We started Smartcar a few years ago with a powerful mission: making it possible for developers to easily build apps for cars.

Tweets: @geetfun and @sahaskatta. Thanks:@sahaskatta

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:

Profile of Boom, one of seven tiny fact-checking firms Facebook hired before India's elections, which finds fighting misinformation a Sisyphean task — - The company has hired contract firms during India's elections — At least one fact-check team says it's struggling to keep up

More: The Mac Observer. Tweets: @mhbergen, @pernillet, @shiraovide, @freecloud, and @mattnavarra

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