PlayVS, a high school-centric esports league, raises $30.5M Series B led

WhatsApp names Abhijit Bose as head of operations for India; Bose

Amazon is encouraging brick-and-mortar merchants to accept Amazon Pay, according to

Foxconn plans to cut $2.9B worth of expenses in 2019, reports

Airbnb draws criticism from the Israeli government for removing 200 listings

Nvidia signs separate deals with three Chinese EV firms to develop

LG launches XBOOM AI ThinQ WK9, a Google Assistant-powered smart display;

Twitter apologizes after Jack Dorsey is pictured holding a poster with

Dubai-based travel firm HolidayMe merges with Malaysian counterpart Tripfez, raises $16M

Indonesian e-commerce firm Tokopedia is raising $1B on a $7B post-money

Germany-based scooter and bike sharing firm Wind Mobility raises $22M seed

Alphabet chairman John Hennessy shares his concerns about Google returning to

LinkedIn begins testing Student Voices, a Stories-like feature aimed at college

Apple ($840B market cap) acquired AI software firm Silk Labs earlier

Autodesk acquires construction software firm PlanGrid for $875M; the company offers

Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm are seemingly working on a version of

Mark Zuckerberg says he has no plans to step down as

Google Assistant for iOS gets Shortcuts support; lets users activate Assistant

Elliot Schrage, Facebook's outgoing head of public policy, says the company

FCC proposal would increase the minimum broadband speed required for rural

FCC Chair Ajit Pai proposes two regulatory changes to fight spam

Russian company sues Facebook in a bid to have its account

This Week in Startups episode 876: Founder Lessons at LAUNCH Scale:

Jason appears on CNBC's Squawk Alley to discuss Facebook's crises; he

Amazon launches its Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit in general availability; the

NASA to conduct safety reviews at SpaceX and Boeing, both of

More than 580k Android users installed malware from a single developer

Amazon bids for 22 Fox regional sports channels, according to CNBC

Microsoft announces support hardware-based two-factor authentication via FIDO 2-compliant devices and

Madison-based weather data and analytics company Understory raises $7.5M led by

Uber partners with paratransit company MV Transportation to increase its supply

Google applied to patent motorized footwear for VR in May; the

FedEx announces it will add 1k Chanje Energy electric vans to

Valve announces its Steam Link box is sold out in Europe

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