A British financial task force advises regulatory action against ICOs and

Insurtech firm Ethos raises $35M Series B led by Accel Partners

Customer engagement firm Conversica raises $31M Series C led by Providence

Drone company Airobotics raises $30M led by Pavilion Capital with participation

Coinbase raises $300M Series E on an $8B post-money valuation led

Mexican scooter-sharing firm Grin merges with Brazil-based Ride; terms unknown but

Snapchat launches 25 new Discover shows from UK-based partners; represents the

China-based VC firm Hillhouse Capital partners with VMG Partners to launch

China’s finance ministry criticizes Xiaomi for accounting mistakes; the authority says

South Korean fintech firm PeopleFund raises $11M Series B led by

The UK government announces a digital services tax for large tech

Evernote CEO Chris O’Neill leaves the company; reasons for the departure

Google launches reCAPTCHA v3 API; the website authentication tool promises to

Volkswagen and Intel-owned Mobileye announce plans for an autonomous ride-hailing service

A number of Pixel 3 XL users report a bug that

The Verge profiles Foxconn’s plans to build a $10B display plant

Hong Kong-based e-commerce firm Goxip raises $1.4M from Convoy, Meitu, and

Apple confirms iOS 12.1 will launch today; adds Group FaceTime, dual

Snap VP of US Sales Kristen O’Hara departs the company; Bloomberg

Seattle-based Receptor Life Sciences emerges with $29M Series A; the company

Google announces AI for Social Good: an initiative to apply artificial

More than 200 Google engineers are planning a

Tesla publishes parts catalog with schematics covering Roadster, Model S, Model

SoundCloud writes a new standard artist contract for its Premier

Volkswagen and Intel-owned computer vision company Mobileye announce plans to launch

Berlin-based electric scooter company Unu Motors raises $12M Series B led

Nvidia updates Shield TV with Alexa skills (US only); the set-top

August announces Smart Lock voice control via Google Assistant; a user

Intel hits incremental diversity goal two years ahead of schedule; the

Google updates Home with read-along storytelling features; works with Disney’s Little

Twitter is considering removing the Like button as part of a

Apple is investigating claims that supplier Quanta Computer illegally used high

Sony reveals the 20 titles included with its coming retro console,

British budget airline EasyJet pushes its launch window for electric airplanes

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