Iran-backed hackers attempt to infiltrate personal email accounts for US Treasury

Airbnb acquires French property hosting firm Luckey Homes; terms undisclosed; the

AI sales analysis firm Chorus.ai raises $33M Series B led by

Robotics firm Robotiq raises $23M fom Battery Ventures; the company offers

Samsung will launch Galaxy S10 on Feb 20, reports Gizmodo UK;

Cryptocurrency firm Basis is shutting down and returning most of the

Apple has hired as many as 50 doctors to help with

Lucy Peng steps down as CEO of Alibaba-controlled e-commerce firm Lazada;

Glose, a France-based ebook service, raises (€3M) $3.4M from OneRagTime, Expon

Former execs for cryptocurrency firm AriseBank agree to pay almost $3M

Israel-based blockchain startup Orbs raises an undisclosed strategic investment from Kakao

SoftBank’s cellular division plans to replace 4G networking equipment built by

Grab raises $150M as part of its ongoing Series H; the

German robotics software firm Wandelbots raises €6M ($6.8M) Series A from

Facebook and ZeniMax settle a legal dispute over the creation of

Apple and its suppliers may move iPhone manufacturing out of China

France-based construction software firm Finalcad raises $40M Series C led by

Apple announces plans for a $1B campus in Austin; the 133-acre

Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality company Immersive Wisdom raises undisclosed funding

The FCC announces it will provide the Connect America Fund with

Amazon launches a small-format Go store in Seattle; located in the

London-based apparel retailer Farfetch acquires New York-based streetwear marketplace Stadium Goods

Brooklyn-based KitSplit, a rental marketplace for video production equipment, acquires The

Net neutrality advocates have until Dec 21 to convince House legislators

New York City-based indoor farming startup Bowery raises $90M Series B

Microsoft launches website analytics service Clarity in beta; provides session playback

Epic Games announces the free Online Services SDK, rolling out through

This Week in Startups episode 884: News Roundtable with Initialized Partner

Procter & Gamble ($235B market cap) acquires Tristan Walker's Walker &

Dublin-based management consulting firm Accenture acquires New York-based digital marketing company

Apple job listing indicates the company is developing its own modem

Apple could launch its subscription magazine and newspaper service as soon

The FCC votes to reclassify text messaging as an information service;

Uber launches the Uber Bus service in Cairo; similar to Uber's

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