UK-based pet services firm HouseMyDog merges with Spanish counterpart Gudog; terms

Big data platform Databricks raises $250M Series E on a $2.7B

Amazon spent $1.6B on M&A deals in 2018, according to an

Apple is in talks to acquire 60k square foot office space

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Huawei must commit to not sharing

Microsoft opens a new tech center in Sydney, Australia; the facility

Flickr begins enforcing its new storage limits; free users with more

Toyota partners with Sumitomo to announce Kinto, a vehicle subscription service

Periscope introduces a new call-in style feature, letting broadcasters add audience

India-based food delivery firm Swiggy acqui-hires computer vision firm Kint.io; terms

Japan-based messaging firm Line says it will invest $182M in its

Google expands Chromebook instant tethering to more devices; lets Chromebooks automatically

Marques Brownlee publishes a video purportedly showing Samsung Galaxy S10 and

French fintech startup Lunchr raises €30M ($34M) led by Index Ventures,

Instagram says it will introduce “sensitivity screens” in an effort to

Amazon disputes an MIT study showing its facial recognition software is

Apple stores data for users within Russia on local servers in

Mark Zuckerberg marks Facebook’s 15th anniversary with a commitment to spend

Alphabet ($791B market cap) FQ4 beats: $39.3B revenue, up 22 percent

Amazon appoints Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer to its board; she is

Product management system Productboard raises $10M Series B led by Index

Y Combinator spins out women's networking company Leap, rebranded as Elpha;

Facebook ($486B market cap) acqui-hires distributed ledger startup Chainspace, Cheddar reports;

Hellman & Friedman-led group of investors to acquire Ultimate Software ($10B

AR/VR/MR pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev left his role as senior manager of

PE firm K1 Investment Management acquires majority ownership in Washington DC-based

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) plans action against 400 suspected

Chicago-based process automation company Catalytic raises $30M Series B led by

Volkswagen's Electrify America EV charging network will install Tesla Powerpacks at

Aurora Solar, which uses computer vision for solar installation estimates and

Tesla ($54B market cap) acquires San Diego-based energy storage manufacturer Maxwell

Slack files confidentially to go public, reportedly via direct listing; Reuters

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken acquires London-based fintech company CryptoFacilities; terms undisclosed, but

The FBI enlisted Chicago-era startup Akhan Semiconductor to conduct a sting

Microsoft ($809B market cap) acquires education analytics company BrightBytes; terms undisclosed;

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