PayPal announces COO Bill Ready will leave the company at the
Netflix showcases several projects from a recent company hackathon; Project Rumble
Apple issues a voluntary recall for select MacBook Pro variants; the
Huawei says it has shipped 100M smartphones so far this year;
Russia’s communications ministry will meet with Huawei to discuss licensing out
The US Department of State says it has no plans to
Filipino telco Globe Telecom announces a plan to roll out 5G
Google Maps product director Ethan Russell says only a small percentage
China-based crypto mining firm Bitmain plans to launch an IPO in
France will establish a G7 taskforce to look at Facebook’s Libra
Facebook introduces content sharing restrictions in Sri Lanka and Myanmar; Messenger
Amazon receives a patent for a drone surveillance service; the filing
Vestiaire Collective, a Paris-basd pre-owned fashion marketplace, raises €40M ($45M) Series
Niantic officially launches “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite”; the company released the
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin test fires an engine for
A McGill University study finds more than 31k Canadian residences were
Facebook will transition staff at Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus to @fb.com
Foxconn chairman Terry Gou steps down so he can run for
Predictive analytics company DataRobot acquires machine learning operations platform ParallelM; terms
Walmart cancels plan to acquire Latin American on-demand delivery company Cornershop
Minneapolis-based early-stage firm Great North Labs closes its first seed fund
Apple is asking suppliers to examine the possibility of moving some
Google doesn't plan to make any more tablets, focusing first-party hardware
Slack opens on the NYSE at $38.50, a 48-percent pop after
House lawmakers announce bipartisan bill to address robocalls; the Stopping Bad
Apple tells US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer the Trump administration's proposed
Canadian lender Desjardins Group discloses data breach affecting 2.9M members; data
Anti-phishing platform Valimail raises $45M Series C from Insight Partners; the
Bitwise Industries, which fosters diverse tech communities in underdog cities, raises
Austin-based Athena Security, which offers AI-powered security camera systems, raises $5.5M
OMERS Ventures MP Jim Orlando leaves the firm, reportedly to lead
Intersect Labs (YC W19) launches its machine learning-powered data analysis platform
BC-based purchasing and spend management platform Procurify raises $20M Series B
Slack opens on the NYSE at $38.50, a 48-percent pop after
Shanghai-based Haoqipei, a B2B trading platform for auto parts and supplies,
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