Hundreds of Instacart’s contract workers (aka Shoppers) say they plan to

SoftBank reveals it has raised $98.6B from 14 investors for its

Germany-based fitness coaching app Freeletics (iOS, Android) raises $4.5M Series A

Lawrence Kudlow, economic adviser to President Trump, says the administration wants

Tesla says leaked documents outlining its manufacturing aims for Model Y

UK-based peer-to-peer lending firm Zopa secures a banking license; the company

The US House Judiciary Committee delays a hearing with Google CEO

Foxconn may establish an iPhone assembly factory in Vietnam, according to

YouTube rolls out autoplaying homescreen videos for its iOS and Android

Audio streaming platform Mixcloud introduces a subscription service that lets fans

Microsoft is developing a Chromium-based browser to replace Edge, according to

Yang Weidong steps down as president of Alibaba-owned video platform Youku;

UK-based biotech startup Bios (formerly Cambridge Bio-Augmentation Systems) raises $4.5M seed

Volkswagen-owned Audi says it will invest €14B (~$16B) over the next

Q&A platform Quora reveals a data breach affecting 100M users; the

France-based farming tech firm Agricool raises €25M (~$28M) from Bpifrance, Danone

France and Germany to propose a revised EU tax plan for

iOS app scam tricks users into authorizing exorbitant in-app payments; at

Rolls-Royce unveils SVAN (Safer Vessel with Autonomous Navigation), which the company

Tim Cook says those who would promote hate, division, or violence

Nvidia unveils the $2.5k Titan RTX GPU with 4.6k CUDA cores

Sunnyvale-based 3D capture and model company Matterport names former eBay CPO

Google Director of Product Management Scott Johnston disputes a recent report

Apple to update Music for Android with tablet support; the latest

Microsoft is developing a Chrome OS competitor called Windows Lite, Petri.com

Finnish sleep-tracking company Ōura raises $20M led by MSD Capital with

Dubai-based ride-hailing company Careem launches a bus-booking service in Egypt and

Uber hires Nat Beuse, former official at the National Highway Traffic

Bristol-based Ultrahaptics, which develops touch-free haptic feedback tech, raises ~$45M Series

Miami-based ParkJockey, which targets garage and lot owners with a tech-enabled

Office catering and meal hosting company Chewse raises $19M; investors include

Tumblr to ban a variety of adult content; applies to explicit

Microsoft updates Skype with real-time subtitles and captions; subtitles work for

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