Nine of 11 directors quit the board of Japan Investment Corp

SoftBank prices its cellular IPO at $13 per share, aims to

Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) suggests large digital ad networks

Intel and JD.com announce a partnership to develop IoT tech for

Google acquires India-based software firm Sigmoid Labs, maker of transit app

Facebook announces a plan to repurchase $9B worth of shares; the

G7, a China-based fleet management firm, raises $320M led by HOPU

Samsung announces 6.4-inch A8s featuring a circular cut-out for the front-facing

Amazon dismisses a number of staff suspected of leaking company info

Prosecutors in MN are nearing a decision on whether to charge

Microsoft plans to add extension support for its in-development Chromium-based browser;

China says Canada has violated a bilateral agreement over the arrest

Elon Musk says he personally chose Robyn Denholm to take over

China-based AI software firm Megvii is raising $500M on a $3.5B

Scooter-sharing firm Bird is raising additional funding at its current valuation

Alibaba spends $160M to increase its stake in Alibaba Pictures from

South Korean fintech firm Toss raises $80M on a $1.2B post-money

Google and Levi's develop smart jacket feature designed to prevent users

StarVR suspends developer kit program; a spokeswoman cited shareholder

US-China tech institute Global Innovation Exchange graduates first class of students;

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence partners with Microsoft Research to develop

Morgan Stanley Research report finds the autonomous flying vehicle market could

Travel tech startup Tourlane raises $24M Series B led by Sequoia

Electrify America installs first public 350kW EV chargers in CA; the

Google updates Files to offer USB On-the-Go support; users can now

Dash Financial Technologies to acquire eRoom Securities, LLC; terms undisclosed; the

YouTube users surpass 50B hours of gaming video views in 2018;

Montreal startup Stradigi AI develops a game to teach users American

Facebook updates community standards guidelines to prohibit

Researchers discover more than 415k routers worldwide infected with cryptocurrency mining

Google unveils plans for new Mountain View multi-use development; the project

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