Amazon has inadvertently shared a user’s Alexa recordings with someone else;
Online vehicle leasing firm Fair raises $385M Series B led by
Volvo sells a 75.1 percent stake in connected vehicle platform WirelessCar
Uber’s driverless car program resumes testing in Pittsburgh, PA; represents the
Alphabet-owned healthtech firm Verily signs a partnership with Walgreens; the companies
Private equity firm Cinven acquires Denmark-based web hosting platform One.com from
Dai Wei, founder of China-based bike-sharing firm Ofo, acknowledges the company’s
SoftBank investors raise doubts over a planned $16B investment in WeWork,
Gamelearn, a game-based learning platform, raises $5M Series A from Kibo
Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff gave engineers in Ukraine access to customers’
Britain’s Gatwick Airport grounds all incoming and outgoing flights due to
T-Mobile delays the launch of a TV service due to unforeseen
Apple says some iPad Pros ship with a slight bend in
Facebook’s stock fell seven percent yesterday following a report on its
Facebook confirms it gave four companies full access to users messages;
Hong Kong-based insurtech firm Bowtie raises $30M Series A from Sun
India-based food delivery firm Swiggy raises $1B led by Naspers with
Crew, which provides a communications platform for shift workers, raises $35M
Pinterest is preparing to go public as soon as April, according
Magic Leap announces prescription lens inserts for the One headset; available
Congress will not vote this year on a measure designed to
AI-powered security camera company Lighthouse announces shutdown and customer refunds; charged
Snapchat launches Lens Challenges; each challenge offers a Lens themed for
A coalition of advocacy groups urges the Federal Trade Commission to
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Memphis-based ad security company Devcon Detect raises $4.5M seed led
DC sues Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal; Attorney General Karl
Chicago-based Sprout Social, which provides 25k businesses with tools for managing,
UK Court of Appeal upholds two Employment Tribunal decisions that Uber
Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), which provides tools for analyzing driving performance,
Alphabet spins off Malta, which is developing an energy storage system
Vivendi-owned Gameloft acquires FreshPlanet, maker of the mobile music trivia game
Beijing-based dockless bike-share company Ofo has faced significant cash flow pressure
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