Apple is considering producing AirPods in Vietnam as it looks to

Germany-based fintech startup N26 raises $170M Series D (second tranche) on

The EU approves a $22B deal that will see UK-based carrier

Instagram expands a pilot scheme that hides the number of likes

Sen Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says the FBI and FTC should investigate

eBay acquires a 5.5 percent stake in India-based e-commerce marketplace Paytm

SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son says there is a lack

The Japanese government is developing a cryptocurrency-based international payments network, according

Oakland’s city council votes to block local agencies from using facial

Bain Capital is in talks to acquire a minority stake in

China-based ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing plans to raise as much as

President Trump is considering whether to intervene in a $10B Department

VoIP operator 8x8 acquires Singapore-based cloud-communications platform Wavecell for ~$125M cash

The European Commission (EC) launches an antitrust investigation into Amazon; the

Netflix says it will officially launch a mobile-only plan in India

Netflix ($158.5B market cap) FQ2 mixed: $4.9B revenue, up 26 percent

Microsoft has notified ~10k people they were targeted by state-sponsored hackers

Bulgarian police arrest a 20-year-old cybersecurity professional who allegedly hacked the

Toronto-based Horizon Blockchain Games raises $3.75M seed led by Initialized Capital;

Fifth Wall Ventures raises $503M for its second fund; closed Fund

Autonomous and assistive driving tech company Peloton Technologies unveils Level 4

SpaceX's Starship test model caught fire during last night's Raptor engine

This Week in Startups episode 955: Office Hours Sydney: Jason and

London-based contract software company ContractPodAi raises $55M Series B led by

Microsoft unveils HoloLens tech that generates an avatar of the user

Atlanta-based Ebix ($1.4B market cap), which primarily serves the insurance industry

Conversational marketing company Rival Technologies raises ~$6.5M from undisclosed investors; the

Turo, a marketplace for peer-to-peer car sharing, raises $250M Series E

Data flow automation company Ascend emerges with $19M from Accel, Sequoia,

New York City-based AlphaSense, which provides a market intelligence search engine

Amazon says this week's 48-hour Prime Day was its most successful

In-space flight services company Momentus (YC S18) raises $25.5M Series A

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