The UK government will decide whether to allow Huawei to participate

Q2 global smartphone sales fell 1.7 percent year-on-year, reports Gartner; 368M

Sweden-based insurtech firm Hedvig raises $10.4M led by Obvious Ventures with

John Rich, head of operations for Ford’s autonomous vehicle unit, suggests

The EU confirms it's looking at whether Google favors its own

Uber Eats partners with Japan-based convenience store firm Lawson for food

Festicket acquires fellow UK-based ticketing firm Event Genius; terms undisclosed, but

Uber and Lyft take a higher cut of driver fares than

Raisin acquires fellow fintech firm Fairr; terms undisclosed; Germany-based Fairr lets

Singapore-based online sneaker marketplace Novelship raises ~$2M seed led by Global

Nintendo says its “Mario Kart Tour” smartphone game will launch Sept

China-based Vivo publishes a video showcasing its upcoming Nex 3 smartphone;

French president Emmanuel Macron announces a deal with the US to

YouTube Hong Kong starts adding info panels for content from state-sponsored

AT&T’s CEO of communications John Donovan announces he will retire on

Google launches Nest Hub in India; starts at ~$140 and includes

Denmark-based Blue Ocean Robotics acquires Beam telepresence robot IP from parent

Israel-based Playtika acquires fellow gaming firm Seriously, reports GamesBeat; terms undisclosed;

The BBC announces plans for a digital assistant; will work with

Facebook is developing a new messaging service known as Threads, reports

The Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency expects to launch a program to

Ontario-based Communitech, which operates an innovation center in Waterloo, announces a

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike ($18.2B market cap) launches the $20M Falcon Fund

MA-based long-duration energy storage solutions company Form Energy raises $40M Series

Bangalore-based CRED, which aims to help consumers improve credit scores through

Apple re-patches an iOS vulnerability that enabled jailbreaking; Apple fixed the

Apple suspends development of a walkie-talkie-like feature for messaging, according to

YouTube refuses to negotiate with the YouTubers Union, which partnered with

Hackers exploit Webmin and VPNs to access enterprise networks; attackers installed

Semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries files suit against chipmaker TSMC, alleging patent infringements;

Broadband satellite startup Astranis (YC W18) books its first commercial satellite

Boulder-based BDS Analytics, which provides cannabis industry market intelligence, raises $7M

Denver-based EverCommerce, which provides a commerce platform for service companies, acquires

Presight Capital closes its first fund at $80M; the firm, which

Beyond Meat and KFC to test a plant-based chicken alternative at

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance launches a Binance Lending, enabling holders of

The Daily Download is an unofficial fan based experiment.