Australia-based rewards platform OpenSparkz raises ~$1M seed from several angels including

Samsung is set to open three new US stores on Feb

CBS says it expects to reach 25M subscribers for its premium

Waymo’s autonomous vehicles covered 1.2M miles in CA last year, more

The Boring Company has held talks with New York City officials

Berkshire Hathaway reduces its stake in Apple by 1 percent, cutting

Jack Dorsey says Twitter is considering a feature to let users

Spotify spent €300M (~$340M) to acquire Gimlet Media and Anchor, according

Alibaba is in investment talks with German wholesaler Metro, according to

Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB) informs users of a data

Germany-based marketplaces firm Scout24 says it has received a $6.4B takeover

UK-based mobile charging network ChargedUp raises £1.2M ($1.4M) seed led by

China-based ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is set to cut ~2k jobs,

Facebook’s security team uses the company’s apps to monitor the physical

Amazon agreed a plan for its Long Island City campus the

PE firm Catapult Capital acquires digital content and creation tools company

Facebook is negotiating a multi-billion dollar fine to settle an FTC

Chinese smartphone company Nubia to unveil a smartphone wristwatch on Feb

Uber Freight, which matches truck drivers with shipping companies for trips,

Austin-based Pinpoint, which is developing a data analytics platform for software

Walmart's Store N°8 incubator launches Spatial&, which develops VR merchandising and

Cloud-based networking services company DriveNets emerges with $110M led by Bessemer

Richard Branson says Virgin Orbit could replace military satellites within 24

Amazon plans cashier-less Go store in London, The Grocer reports; the

Legal workflow automation company Atrium announces fintech and blockchain division; the

Seattle-based survey platform Polly raises $7M Series A led by Madrona;

AR glasses company North announces support for prescription lenses, cuts the

Facebook considered acquiring game engine Unity following its acquisition of Oculus,

Brooklyn-based short-form media company Overtime, which focuses on high school sports,

UI design tool company Figma raises $40M Series C led by

General Motors opens pre-orders for its first electric bike line, ARĪV

Amazon cancels plans for a Queens campus; the company had intended

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