Online vacation rental firm Sonder raises $225M on a valuation of
Facebook partners with Carnegie Mellon to develop Pluribus, an AI bot
YouTube introduces new monetization features for creators; those working with merchandise
A China-born software engineer is accused of stealing trade secrets from
Apple allows parental control app OurPact back into the iOS App
President Trump says he will invite representatives from social media companies
YouTube announces Learning Playlists, educational landing pages that will show a
Amazon's Music Unlimited streaming service is growing faster than Spotify, Apple
French lawmakers have passed a new bill to place a 3
Amazon says it will spend $700M to retrain ~100k US workers
Twitter says it will start rolling out a feature to hide
Bird lost almost $100M in Q1, according to sources for The
Didi Chuxing launches a debit card service in Brazil and Mexico;
Dublin-based management consulting firm Accenture names Julie Sweet as CEO; Sweet
Microsoft says its Teams chat product has 13M DAUs, which compares
Delivery service Postmates has considered selling itself to DoorDash, Walmart, and
OnePlus files a certification for a remote control, according to reports;
President Trump says cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and Facebook's upcoming Libra
Twitter suffers a widespread outage; reasons for the problem unclear; Downdetector.com
Volkswagen is set to invest an unknown sum in Ford-backed driverless
Smartphone and software company Rokit launches Rokit Games, a $50M fund
Royal Bank of Canada acquires WayPay, an automated accounts payable platform
Decentralized app platform Near raises $12.1M Series A led by Metastable
Autonomous delivery robot company Refraction emerges and unveils the REV-1, an
T-Mobile and Sprint expect to extend their merger deadline, according to
Beijing-based Geek+, which develops robotics for logistics and warehouses, is raising
Verizon tried to sell Yahoo Finance this year, according to Reuters
Boulder-based weather forecasting and analytics company PlanetiQ raises $18.7M Series B
Seoul-based team collaboration app Swift raises ~$6M seed led by Korea
Google is testing a hyperlocal social network called Shoelace; the app
Exyn Technologies, which uses UAVs to map dangerous or otherwise inaccessible
3D modeling platform Matterport acquires computer vision and machine learning platform
Apartment rental marketplace Sonder raises $225M Series D at $1.1B valuation
Runa Capital raises $70M for Fund III, reportedly targets $135M for
Demetrix, which develops cannabinoids for consumer and pharmaceutical products, raises $50M
Lidar hard and software company Luminar raises $100M from existing investors,
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