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| 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 …
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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.
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| Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: |
TED talk details the targeted disinformation on Facebook ahead of Brexit and the dark money that likely funded it, as Zuckerberg keeps refusing to testify in EU — For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley.
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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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| 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.| 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 … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Luminary, the subscription-based podcast app backed by $100M in venture capital, debuts Tuesday without The New York Times' The Daily or shows from Gimlet Media — It took less than a day for Luminary to become enemy number one of the podcast industry. Last month, on the same day that it unveiled …
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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.
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| 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.| 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 … | 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) …
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| 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 …
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| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
The Galaxy Wearable app has had log-in problems since at least Thursday, as Samsung Gear and Galaxy Watch Active users report getting stuck on a white screen — If you were hoping to set up your Samsung smartwatch with a new phone, you might want to hold off.Sponsor Posts
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