Nreal opens pre-orders for its Light AR glasses in Korea; available
Clearview AI, a facial recognition tech company that scrapes images from
The UK’s Court of Appeal finds police use of certain facial
UK-based fintech firm Vitesse raises £6.6M (~$8.6M) led by Octopus Ventures
SoftBank establishes an asset management firm to buy publicly available shares;
Atlanta-based insurtech firm Buckle raises $31M Series A led by HSCM
Italy-based power-tech firm Eggtronic raises $10M Series A from Rinkelberg Capital
Singapore-based invoice trading platform Incomeland raises $20M Series A led by
Tim Cook’s net worth passes $1B, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country has approved an effective
SoftBank ($128.7B market cap) reports Q1 profit of $11.8B, up 12
TikTok acquisition talks are unlikely to result in a deal, according
Tencent proposes a merger between China-based game-streaming platforms Huya and DouYu;
Twitter reports attempts to throttle and block its service in Belarus;
American Express is in talks to acquire fintech firm Kabbage for
French privacy watchdog CNIL is probing TikTok following a complaint; the
Russian anti-monopoly regulator FAS says Apple has abused its app marketplace
SpaceX reveals plans for a Boca Chica, TX resort in a
Hyundai announces EV brand Ioniq, the same name it used for
In-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo ($303M market cap) has held sale talks
Tencent Music ($26.3B market cap) Q2 beats: $995.5M revenue, up 17.5
CA Superior Court judge issues preliminary injunction requiring Uber and Lyft
The Department of Defense will reallocate 100MHz of mid-band spectrum for
Apple launches its first public beta for watchOS with v7; the
Amazon rebrands Twitch Prime as Prime Gaming with expanded benefits that
Robinhood reports 4.31M daily average revenue trades for June, ~4x E*Trade's
TikTok announces the first round of payouts from its US-focused $200M
Google updates Maps with support for Apple’s CarPlay Dashboard and announces
Microsoft employees opposed a TikTok buy in an internal Yammer channel,
Facebook establishes new business group Facebook Financial, led by Libra co-creator
Online learning platform Skillshare raises $66M Series D led by OMERS
ByteDance's valuation likely to fall dramatically with TikTok sale, according to
SpaceX wins contract to conduct ~40 percent of the Pentagon's satellite
Nikola signs deal with refuse firm Republic Services for 2.5k electric
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