Google is set to close its Play Artist Hub on April

Lawyers for Elon Musk will appear in a New York City

Carl Icahn sold his 2.7 percent stake in Lyft to George

Facebook rolls out WhatsApp Business for iOS worldwide (previously available for

Germany-based pharmaceutical firm Bayer says it has detected and contained a

Numerous pro-Brexit Facebook ads from seemingly disparate groups are all linked

Google rolls out the second Android Q beta; features new multitasking

Amazon has scaled back promotion of its private label products on

Accenture’s digital marketing unit acquires control of creative company Droga5; full

Tencent announces a new bond sale, aims to raise as much

Samsung will launch Galaxy S10 5G in the US on May

Swedish fintech firm Zaver raises $1.2M seed from Joen Bonnier, Tom

Australia’s parliament passes a controversial bill that could see tech execs

MIT ends its R&D partnerships with Huawei and ZTE; MIT says

Internet Archive uploads 450k songs collected from MySpace; referred to as

Apple is losing confidence that Intel will be able to deliver

Adrian Perica, Apple’s VP of corporate development, begins reporting to Tim

Jack Dorsey says Europe’s GDPR laws have proven to be a

Beats announces $250 Powerbeats Pro; the wireless earbuds feature the same

WhatsApp’s recently announced tip-line for India is not for reporting misinformation

Fintech company Affirm raises ~$300M Series F on a $2.9B post-money

SoftBank in talks to add $15B to its $100B Vision Fund,

Volkswagen is testing Level 4 autonomous vehicles on public roads in

New York-based retirement plan platform Vestwell raises $30M from Goldman Sachs,

Austin-based HyperSciences, which addresses material production, tunneling, and more, raises $9.6M

Toronto-based Clearbanc, which makes data-based investments in e-commerce startups, announces The

This Week in Startups episode 916: Office Hours, Part 2 of

Leadership coaching platform Torch raises $10M Series A led by Norwest

Google is rolling out Duplex, a Google Assistant feature that makes

Toyota announces it will license 24k patents related to hybrid vehicle

New York-based Hometalk, a community for DIY home and garden enthusiasts,

UpGuard researchers find data belonging to 540M Facebook users exposed on

The We Company (WeWork) acquires office services company Managed by Q;

Employee management solutions company Rippling raises $45M Series A at a

Verizon launches mobile 5G in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis; plans

Customer experience platform Squelch raises $12M Series A (extension) led by

Altaba to sell its entire Alibaba stake and shut down; the

POS consumer loan company Affirm raises $300M Series F for a

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