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Apple HomePod trails far behind Amazon Echo, according to new shipping estimatesApple HomePod trails far behind Amazon Echo, according to new shipping estimates

Apple's HomePod is trailing far behind its biggest rivals when it comes to the number of units shipped, according to new data from market research firm Strategy Analytics.

Apple shipped an estimated 600,000 HomePods in the first quarter of 2018, reports Strategy Analytics, netting 6% of smart speaker market share.

That's significantly behind Amazon,

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Smart luggage firms close because of airline battery rulesSmart luggage firms close because of airline battery rules
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Two smart luggage firms have closed in May, with both blaming changes to airline policies regarding how lithium batteries can be taken on board planes.

Raden and Bluesmart said the changes, by several major airlines in December 2017, had made business impossible.

The new rules meant that luggage batteries had to be removable.

The

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Airbnb to report homeowners' income to Danish tax authoritiesAirbnb to report homeowners' income to Danish tax authorities
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Airbnb will automatically report homeowners' income to tax authorities in Denmark under a landmark move.

It will make it easier to spot tax evasion by homeowners renting out rooms and properties via the site.

Danish tax minister Karsten Lauritzen said the country wants a "sharing economy" to flourish, but on condition

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US mugshot website owners face criminal chargesUS mugshot website owners face criminal charges
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The four alleged owners of a website which publishes photos of people taken soon after they have been arrested, have been arrested themselves.

The alleged owners of the mugshots.com website have been accused of

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Cambridge Analytica starts bankruptcy proceedings in USCambridge Analytica starts bankruptcy proceedings in US
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Cambridge Analytica's name has been taken down from the wall of the London office it occupied

Cambridge Analytica has filed for bankruptcy in the US.

The consultancy was at the centre of the Facebook data-sharing scandal in which it was accused of improperly obtaining

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