Google VP Phil Harrison says Stadia will support third-party cloud hosts

Guesty, an Israeli firm that offers short-stay management tools, raises $35M

Nigeria-based fintech firm OneFi acquires remittance company Amplify; terms undisclosed; Amplify

Microsoft will launch a disc-free XBox One on May 7, reports

Microsoft is set to introduce a macOS version of its Defender

Singapore-based adtech firm AnyMind Group raises $8M Series B led by

Marketplace services firm Amify raises $5.8M Series A led by Mercury

Purported images and specs for Huawei P30 Pro and P30 Pro

Arlan Hamilton steps down as head of Backstage Studio, the incubation

Wikipedia, Twitch, and others temporarily suspend service in the EU as

Former Amazon employee Justin Rashad Long claims he was fired for

Ireland-based games startup WarDucks raises €3.3M (~$3.7M) led by EQT Ventures;

Walmart CTO Jeremy King is leaving the firm, reports CNBC; reasons

Square is looking to hire several engineers and a designer to

A court in FL orders John McAfee to pay $25M to

Facebook Messenger introduces threaded messages; lets uses respond to specific chats

Triton Research CEO Rett Wallace says Lyft’s IPO filing does not

The Plumb Guide, a UK-based premium vacation rentals marketplace, raises £14M

Faraday Future has sold off its Los Angeles HQ, reports The

Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says Amazon's plans for its Long Island

The Wall Street Journal will publish via Apple's coming subscription news

Uber Freight, the truck shipment booking business that spun out of

CDN and cloud security provider Fastly hires Bank of America to

Lithuanian man pleads guilty to one count of wire fraud in

Starbucks commits $100M to the $400M Siren Ventures fund, operated in

Design and workflow platform Abstract raises $30M Series C led by

Apple announces new AirPods with

The White House launches ai.gov: a website that highlights the AI

Skedulo, an app for scheduling and managing remote workers, raises $28M

Deep-learning tools company Skymind (YC W16) raises $11.5M Series A led

Las Vegas-based NS8, which provides an anti-abuse and anti-fraud suite for

Oculus announces the $400 Rift S, launching this spring; the successor

Atlanta-based business communications company Movius raises $45M Series D led by

Epic Games announces $100M MegaGrant program; will disburse $50k to $500k

New York-based Splice, which offers tools for collaborative music production and

Boston-based self-driving tech company Optimus Ride to deploy autonomous shuttles in

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