GuestReady, a service for managing short-term rentals, acquires French counterpart BnbLord;

Apple persuades 15 more suppliers including Foxconn and TSMC to transition

Insurtech firm Lemonade raises $300M Series D led by SoftBank with

More than 4.5k Amazon staff sign an open letter to Jeff

Dutch chip firm ASML acknowledges one of its US subsidiaries was

The Department of Defense says Amazon and Microsoft will compete for

G Suite adds Google Assistant support for calendars; users can check

Traveloka, an Indonesia-based online travel firm, raises $420M led by GIC,

Bytedance asks India’s Supreme Court to prevent an injunction against its

British police arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange; the arrest occurred at

Google says all devices running Android 7 and up can now

Amazon ($907.4B market cap) acquires robotics startup Canvas Technology; terms undisclosed;

Amazon is using a team of thousands to transcribe and annotate

GoDaddy ($13.3B market cap) acquires e-commerce firm Sellbrite; terms undisclosed; Sellbrite

Google+ rebrands as Google Currents for G Suite customers; the platform’s

Google announces native support for working with Microsoft Office files in

US trade negotiators are in talks with their Chinese counterparts about

Streetwear marketplace Bump (YC W18 - iOS, Android) raises $7.5M Series

Online used car marketplace Shift raises $40M Series D (second tranche),

Microsoft researchers worked with China’s military-controlled National University of Defense Technology

Two out of every three hotel websites leak user data, according

New York-based key duplication kiosk company KeyMe secures $50M in debt

Chicago-based Avail, which provides a rental platform for self-managed landlords and

Mumbai-based, mobile-first CRM company CleverTap raises $26M Series B led by

Netflix to launch full-time comedy radio station

New York Department of Financial Services rejects Seattle-based crypto exchange Bittrex's

YouTube TV to increase monthly subscription cost to $50 per month

Beijing-based TikTok owner Bytedance secures $1.3B in debt financing led by

Prefabricated classroom company iMod Structures raises $11M Series A led by

Netflix is in talks to acquire Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre from American

Save the Internet Act passes the House 232-190, now moving to

Apple to break out Music, Podcasts, and Video apps in macOS

Bipartisan bill would expand EV tax credit program by 400k vehicles

Cybersecurity risk management company RedSeal raises ~$60M, selling a 70-percent majority

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