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Sources: Samsung is delaying the expected Friday rollout of Galaxy Fold until at least next month — Samsung Electronics Co. is delaying the Friday rollout of its Galaxy Fold smartphone until at least next month, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest fallout from a product headache …
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| Ju-min Park / Reuters: |
Samsung says it has postponed media events for Galaxy Fold planned for this week in Hong Kong and Shanghai — SEOUL (Reuters) - Smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has postponed media events for its Galaxy Fold planned for this week in Hong Kong and Shanghai, a company official said …
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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 … | 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 …
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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| 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| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Gate.io, one of the oldest Chinese crypto exchanges, raises $64M in an ICO for its Gate Points token which can be used to offset trading fees — Crypto exchange Gate.io has raised $64 million worth of crypto assets in seven days for its own exchange cryptocurrency that won't be launched on a blockchain for at least six months.Sponsor Posts
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