Naspers-owned PayU acquires fellow fintech firm Wibmo for $70M; CA-based Wibmo

Self-driving startup Pony.ai raises $50M pre-Series B from Kunlun, a China-based

Dutch authorities launch an antitrust probe into Apple; the country’s Authority

Japan Display is raising $1.1B from a Chinese-Taiwanese business group; the

Lime has chosen Singapore for its Asia-Pacific HQ, reports The Straits

Indonesia-based payments firm Ovo acquires fintech platform Bareksa, according to sources

France-based intranet platform LumApps raises $24M Series B led by IdInvest;

Skype begins testing screen sharing features for iOS and Android; lets

Facebook may bundle Messenger in its main app once again, according

Samsung opens Galaxy Fold pre-orders today; starts at $2k, set to

Jeff Bezos challenges Amazon’s competitors to pay workers a minimum of

Shift, an online used car firm, raises $40M Series D from

Tesla begins offering Model 3 leasing options in the US; drivers

US Department of Justice charges Julian Assange with conspiracy to commit

Uber spent $457M on self-driving and flying car tech last year,

Disney’s streaming service will launch November 12 and cost $7 per

DARPA announces three teams have qualified for the rocket-launch phase of

PagerDuty ($PD) debuts on the NYSE, pops 59 percent; the operations

GoFundMe launches GoFundMe.org, an independent 501(c)(3) public charity; users can make

T-Mobile promises that New T-Mobile (the combined entity that would result

Uber files S-1 in preparation for a May debut on the

Tel Aviv-based nonprofit SpaceIL, which hopes to achieve the first Israeli

HR, payroll, and benefits platform Gusto hires former Google Chief Diversity

Sony files to patent a VR-based spectator system for live esport

Walmart ($288B market cap) acquires ad-tech company Polymorph Labs (formerly AdsNative);

Canadian wireless carrier Rogers spends $1.7B on 20-year licenses for 600MHz

Slow Ventures raises $165M for its fourth flagship seed fund and

Boston-based Affectiva, which develops AI for detecting the emotional states and

Berlin-based Rasa, which is building an infrastructure layer for conversational AI,

London-based speech-to-text transcription company Trint raises ~$4.5M Series A led by

Brooklyn-based Cityblock raises $65M Series C led by Redpoint; runs medical

Recruitment and technical screening platform Triplebyte raises $35M led by YC

IoT network security company Armis raises $65M Series C led by

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