Chinese authorities say they have confirmed scientist He Jiankui’s claims of

Honor announces Watch Magic and Watch Dream; both feature a 1.2-inch

U2 lead singer Bono partners with private equity firm TPG to

Google spent $21.2M on US lobbying in 2018, its largest amount

Netflix achieves its first-ever Academy Award nomination for Best Picture with

Netflix joins film industry group Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA);

Department of Labor regulators claim Oracle discriminates against women and certain

Cloud-based identity management firm Okta names Becky Saeger to its board;

Google is considering pulling its Google News service in the EU

Amazon pauses sales of its $30 Echo Wall Clock due to

Elon Musk says Tesla will launch Sentry Mode for Autopilot soon;

Google will begin phasing out its classic Hangouts service from October;

Huawei-owned Honor announces 6.4-inch View 20 featuring a 48MP back camera

India-based investment app Groww (YC W18) raises $6.2M Series A led

Viacom acquires video streaming service Pluto TV for $340M cash; the

UK-based Dyson announces plans to relocate its HQ to Singapore; reasons

Startup accelerator Alchemist raises $2.5M led by Juniper Networks; Alchemist supports

Target, Taco Bell, Hy-Vee, and others are rolling out Apple Pay

Hedge fund Elliott Management is urging eBay ($32B market cap) to

Apple display cable issue reportedly affects Touch Bar MacBook Pros produced

Twitter is rolling out a desktop redesign to some users; the

This Week in Startups episode 896: Jason speaks with Hans Gangeskar,

Google.org donates $2M to the Wikimedia Endowment; Google will also donate

SAP announces SAP.iO No Boundaries: a program that will fund and

US Supreme Court refuses to hear a case regarding Yelp's culpability

Zynga Founder Mark Pincus is raising a $700M fund for Reinvent

BMW and Daimler to brand their co-owned ride-hailing and ride-sharing platform

Vox Media acquires open-source publishing platform The Coral Project; provides newsrooms

Mozilla hires former Elo Touch Solutions CFO Roxi Wen to serve

Brainbees Solutions, parent of baby product retailer FirstCry.com, raises $149M Series

The Linux Foundation launches Hyperledger Grid: a framework for supply chain

Real estate platform REX (Real Estate Exchange) raises $45M Series C;

St Louis-based live tutoring platform Varsity Tutors acquires CA-based academic test

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation approves an $8M grant for Waymo

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