Data pertaining to 20M Ecuadorian residents leaks; includes names, addresses, national
NBCUniversal announces its upcoming streaming service will be called Peacock; the
Apple awards $250M to supplier Corning; terms undisclosed; Apple established a
Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a European Central Bank board member, says
China-based driverless truck firm TuSimple raises $120M Series D (second tranche)
Facebook exec David Marcus says the existence of the Libra cryptocurrency
Google plans to add its Stadia gaming service to Android TV,
Facebook removes 600 fake accounts, pages, and groups with links to
Construction industry software firm Fieldwire raises $33.5M Series C led by
Germany-based vacation rentals service Holidu raises €40M (~$44M) Series C led
Nilay Patel reviews iPhone 11 for The Verge; cites great cameras
Amazon has changed its algorithms to show products that generate more
Google plans to add its Stadia gaming service to Android TV,
Google sends out media invites to a hardware event in New
French pay-TV firm Canal+ says it will offer a Netflix bundle
Starting today, Uber drivers in New York City will be locked
Richard Stallman, a computer scientist and proponent of free software, steps
Apple launches Apple Arcade for iOS 13 and iPadOS beta users;
The We Company (aka WeWork) is likely to delay its IPO
Qualcomm ($95B market cap) acquires TDK's interest in RF360 Holdings for
Amazon altered its search algorithm to increase the ranking of products
Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners files to raise $410M for Fund
Unprotected Elasticsearch database exposes personal information for most of the population
The Wi-Fi Alliance launches its Wi-Fi 6 certification program; manufactures can
Dublin-based exam preparation tolls startup Studytracks raises ~$1.1M seed led by
Startups to represent 15 percent of global payments revenue by 2025,
Amenitiz, which provides tools enabling hospitality providers to manage digital identities
Germany-based Game Seer Venture Partners, which focuses exclusively on video games,
German malware detection and analysis platform VMRay raises $10M Series B
Beekeeper, a communications platform for non-desk workers, raises ~$45M Series B
Atlanta-based financial literacy company Greenlight raises $54M Series B led by
Content monetization company Coil partners with Mozilla Foundation and Creative Commons
Open-source license management platform FOSSA raises $8.5M Series A led by
Password manager LastPass issues fix for bug that could have enabled
Tel Aviv-based Trigo, which develops cashier-free shopping tech, raises $22M led
Construction field management software company Fieldwire raises $33.5M Series C led
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