Techmeme: Source: Toyota is considering investing $550M in Chinese ride hailing service Didi Chuxing and establishing a joint mobility service (Nikkei)

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Apple's new website defending the App Store, following antitrust allegations, mostly serves to highlight its power and dominance while ignoring criticisms — Apple launched a new website as a response to critics like Spotify — As it faces both an antitrust lawsuit with huge implications …

More: Mercury News, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Daring Fireball, CNET, TechCrunch, Reuters, iMore, MacDailyNews, CNBC, Financial Times, Cult of Mac, MacStories, MacRumors, Appleosophy, and VentureBeat

Tweets: @nickjshearer, @backlon, @hallstephenj, @herf, @reckless, @reckless, and @zmknox

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Apple's former head of App Store approvals, Phillip Shoemaker, discusses the review process, app rejections, competition between Apple and developers, and more — Apple Inc.'s former head of App Store approvals said he's worried about competition between the company and developers …

More: Business Insider, The Verge, The Mac Observer, Mashable, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and Digital Trends

Tweets: @trippmickle, @bzamayo, @ow, @balestrapatrick, @ayushxgarg, @hiparnold, and @stroughtonsmith

Paul Mozur / New York Times:

Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in its lawsuit against the US, in a bid to expedite an outcome without the costs and time of a full trial — SHANGHAI — Huawei is ramping up its legal challenge to American limits on purchases of its equipment, in a sign that it is doubling …

VICE:

Twitter executive Vijaya Gadde says the company is looking into how white nationalists and supremacists use the platform to determine if they should be banned — “Is it the right approach to deplatform these individuals? Is the right approach to try and engage with these individuals?

Tweets: @carnage4life, @hshaban, @escoblades, @vicenews, @warrenisdead, @devinkofsky, @vicenews, and @vicenews

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Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:

Flipboard says hackers had access to its servers for 9+ months and stole some customers' info, including digital tokens linking profiles to 3rd-party services — Extent of the hack is unknown, but Flipboard said hackers had access to its systems for almost nine months.

More: Flipboard, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, KnowTechie, Engadget, Dark Reading, SlashGear, Forbes, International Business Times, Firstpost Tech, The Hacker News, Android Central, BleepingComputer, Digital Trends, and CNET

Tweets: @flipboard, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Apple should be courageous and double down on Marzipan, retooling all of its first-party Mac apps with the cross platform framework and working out rough edges — Why Apple should go all in on iPad apps on the Mac — This year at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) …

Tweets: @backlon, @waltmossberg, and @stevesi

Nick Parker / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Microsoft outlines its vision for a modern OS that has invisible background updates, security by default, always connected, supports multiple form factors, more — Today, at Computex in Taipei, Microsoft executives Roanne Sones, CVP OS Platforms and Rodney Clark, VP IoT Sales …

More: The Verge, BetaNews, Windows Blog, Inquirer, TechSpot, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, Windows Central, WinBuzzer, Engadget, Thurrott, OnMSFT.com, The Register, Softpedia News, and blogs.microsoft.com

Tweets: @ow and @bdsams

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google introduces new policies to protect children and families downloading apps on Google Play, including mandating developers comply with content and ad rules — Google announced this morning a new set of developer policies aimed at providing additional protections for children …

More: Android Developers Blog, Financial Times, 9to5Google, Android Police, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @googleplaydev

David Ruddock / Android Police:

Google says it is banning apps that sell or facilitate the selling of marijuana and THC-based products on the Play Store

More: The Verge and Android Authority. Thanks:@rdrv3

Dara Kerr / CNET:

Uber says it will now ban riders with significantly below-average ratings after giving them several opportunities to improve — Uber has long deactivated drivers who get low ratings. Now the ride-hailing company is turning the tables. — Uber announced Wednesday that those passengers …

More: TechCrunch, Uber Newsroom, The Hill, Tehrani.com, CNN, The Verge, Washington Post, Neowin, Engadget, TechSpot, and Mashable

Tweets: @mat, @noahpinion, and @kantrowitz

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:

Following Google's announcement of Google Pay support last week, New York City subway riders will be able to pay with Apple Pay starting Friday — If you frequent the New York City subway's 4, 5, 6 line, you've probably seen the new terminals at a variety of stations like Union Square and Grand Central.

More: MacRumors, Yahoo Finance, CNET, PCWorld, KnowTechie, CNBC, BuzzFeed News, The Mac Observer, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, Cult of Mac, Mashable, and Appleosophy

Tweets: @stevekopack and @mdudas

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Amazon announces 5.5-inch Echo Show 5 that's shipping in July for $89.99, launches new Alexa commands to delete what you just said or everything you said today — A direct challenge to the Google Nest Home Hub — Amazon is releasing a new Echo device today because apparently …

More: Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CNET, VentureBeat, Engadget, BetaNews, Android Police, Techdirt, CNET, Financial Times, Telegraph, Wired, Business Wire, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, TechHive, ZDNet, CNN, Bloomberg, Thurrott, GeekWire, GeekWire, Engadget, and Mashable

Tweets: @reckless, @dcseifert, and @baxiabhishek

Aaron Mak / Slate:

An inside look at Donald Trump's Wikipedia entry, one of the most popular pages on the internet, where editors fight a brutal, petty battle over every word — It's one of the most popular pages on the internet. But behind the scenes, editors are fighting a brutal, petty battle over every word.

Tweets: @katie_rayford, @dabeard, @abenedikt, @katherinemiller, and @kelseyhalliday

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Google says Gmail's confidential mode, announced last April, will become available to G Suite customers on June 25 — Gmail's confidential mode — the privacy-preserving email feature Google unveiled last April — launched in beta roughly three months ago, and the Mountain View company today announced …

More: G Suite Updates Blog, 9to5Google, and BleepingComputer

George Nguyen / Search Engine Land:

A look back at Bing on its 10th anniversary: though Bing's market share is still small, Microsoft has stayed committed to search, winning over many advertisers — A look back, and ahead, at Microsoft's search business. — Ten years ago today, Microsoft launched Bing.

More: Bing Blogs, WinBuzzer, and Thurrott

Tweets: @gavinsbaker, @ginnymarvin, @maryjofoley, @homaionkabir, and @jordannovet

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google says it is rolling out the ability for Google Maps to show speed limits and speed cameras in over 40 countries — Google Maps is gaining some features previously exclusive to Google's navigation app, Waze. The company confirmed it's rolling out the ability for Google Maps users to see speed limits …

More: ZDNet, Digital Information World, and Firstpost Tech

Jon Porter / The Verge:

iRobot announces a pair of new cleaning robots, the $1,299 Roomba s9+ and $499 Braava Jet m6, that can work together to clean houses — A job shared in a job halved — iRobot has a pair of new cleaning robots, the Roomba s9+ and Braava Jet m6, that can work in tandem to vacuum, mop, and dust your house.

More: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Engadget, ROS Index, CNET, ZDNet, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Dropbox increases Plus plan storage from 1TB to 2TB, raises the price from $10 to $12 per month, and adds Rewind and Smart Sync features — Dropbox has doubled the storage space for its Plus users from 1TB to 2TB, added Rewind and Smart Sync features, and increased the price from $10 per month to $12 per month.

More: Thurrott and Engadget

Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:

Members of Google's Pygmalion team, responsible for Assistant's linguistic analysis, allege that subcontractors were routinely pressured into unpaid overtime — Interpreting a spoken request isn't magic, rather it has taken a team of underpaid, subcontracted linguists to make the technology possible

More: Wired, Digital Information World, Inquirer, CNET, and New York Times

Tweets: @kantrowitz, @juliacarriew, @juliacarriew, @jessesheidlower, @juliacarriew, @techworkersco, and @bxchen

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Google's Digital News Initiative is expanding its funding to North America, opening application for an “innovation challenge” offering projects up to $300K — Projects, which should be related to local news or revenue generation, can receive up to $300,000 in funding.

More: The Keyword. Tweets: @jbenton, @jbenton, and @martinsfp

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Kate Clark / TechCrunch:

CrowdStrike outlines IPO terms, seeking to sell 18M shares at $19 to $23, which at the mid-point would raise $378M at a $4B+ valuation — CrowdStrike, in preparation for its Nasdaq initial public offering, has inked plans to sell 18 million shares at between $19 and $23 apiece.

Tweets: @elissabeth and @techjournalist

Amrita Khalid / Engadget:

Facebook announces new tools to help game developers monetize their games, including in-app “rewarded videos” and new News Feed ad options — Facebook game players will soon encounter more advertising tied to in-game rewards. The social media platform will be giving publishers more options to monetize their mobile games.

More: Facebook Audience Network, VentureBeat, AdExchanger, Marketing Land, and Adweek

John Tozzi / Bloomberg:

Talkspace, whose app connects people with licensed mental health therapists for counseling through text and video chat, raises $50M led by Revolution Growth — - Talkspace also signs deal with UnitedHealth's Optum unit — Online counseling expands as U.S. faces mental health crisis

Tweets: @talkspace, @stevecase, @mhdempsey, and @shaig

Nikkei:

Source: Toyota is considering investing $550M in Chinese ride hailing service Didi Chuxing and establishing a joint mobility service — Automaker also considers setting up a new mobility service in China — TOKYO — Toyota Motor is considering buying a 60 billion yen ($548.6 million) …

More: Reuters, Dallas Business Journal, Japan Times, TechNode, and Seeking Alpha

Tom Krazit / GeekWire:

Salesforce announces Salesforce Blockchain, letting companies more easily build distributed ledgers with Salesforce data, currently in private preview — Salesforce Blockchain will allow companies to build blockchain-based distributed ledgers that integrate with their Salesforce data using …

More: TechCrunch, ZDNet, VentureBeat, and TechRepublic. Tweets: @agnotology42

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:

Logz.io, which develops open source-based logging tools for companies, raises $52M Series D led by General Catalyst, bringing its total raised to nearly $100M — Logz.io announced a $52 million Series D investment today. The round was led by General Catalyst.

More: Associated Press, SiliconANGLE, and Logz.io

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