South Korea-based fintech firm Viva Republica raises $64M on a $2.2B

Amazon will begin testing its Scout delivery robots in Irvine, CA;

President of Indonesia Joko Widodo signs a decree outlining the country’s

Postmates receives the first-ever permit to test sidewalk delivery robots in

Russian regulators open an antitrust investigation into Apple following a complaint

Flaws in WhatsApp could allow third-parties to manipulate private and public

Google Maps rolls out AR walking directions as a beta; known

Stock-trading app Robinhood receives regulatory approval for the UK; the Financial

Group dating app 3fun exposes user data, according to security testing

Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony say, starting in 2020, they will require

The Trump Administration is drafting an executive order to tackle alleged

Salesforce ($123.9B market cap) acquires Israel-based field service software firm ClickSoftware

Upcoming Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL will feature OLED

Instagram bans marketing firm Hyp3r for scraping public data and using

Netflix signs a multi-year overall deal with “Game of Thrones” series

Samsung announces 13.3-inch Galaxy Book S laptop; weighs 2.1 pounds, runs

Samsung announces 6.3-inch Note 10 ($950) and 6.8-inch Note 10 Plus

Canadian accelerator VentureLab raises ~$1.3M from FedDev Ontario; the funding will

Subway to test a meatball sub sandwich using a plant-based meat

This Week in Startups episode 962: Jason speaks with Girlboss Co-Founder

Proposed executive order would aim to address perceived political bias in

Ticket marketplace TickPick raises $40M from PWP Growth Equity; it is

Machine learning-powered website optimization platform Ezoic raises $33M Series B led

Brooklyn-based cybersecurity startup Capsule8 raises undisclosed amount from Intel Capital; the

New York City-based mortgage marketplace Morty raises $8.5M Series A led

Swedish browser-based game platform Hiber raises $800k from Luminar Ventures and

Code debugging startup Rookout raises $8M Series A led by Cisco

Los Angeles-based co-living spaces startup Tripalink raises $10M Series B at

Nike ($101B market cap) acquires Boston-based Celect, which developed AI to

Elizabeth Warren reveals $85B rural broadband subsidization plan; currently, the FCC

The White House invites tech company representatives to a Friday discussion

Seattle-based Vreal, which immersed VR users in the 3D live gameplay

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