Spendesk, a French fintech company, has raised $30M to $40M led

The driver of a Tesla Model S that crashed in CA

Google and Huawei discussed a partnership to launch Google Photos in

Chinese regulators have ordered deep-fake app Zao to stop collecting certain

A UK court rules police can use facial recognition tech to

Apple is set to launch a lower-cost iPhone next spring, according

Samsung announces Exynos 980 chipset with support for 5G; the hexa-core

UK-based crypto wallet firm Blockchain is raising a £41M ($50M) VC

Samsung’s delayed Galaxy Fold will launch on Sept 6 in South

Alibaba is set to acquire China-based cross-border payments service Kaola from

DJI increases its US prices in response to trade tariffs on

Indonesian lawmakers introduce a bill to make overseas tech firms such

Delivery firm UPS rolls out a fleet of hybrid electric trucks

Amazon India says it is aiming to replace all single-use plastic

eBay plans to sell off its ticket marketplace StubHub for as

Elliptic, a UK-based crypto risk-management firm, raises $23M Series B led

Firefox starts blocking third-party tracking tools by default in version 69;

Accion Venture Lab (part of Accion) raises $23M for a seed-stage

UK-based fintech firm Railsbank raises £10M ($12.1M) Series A led by

Amazon is developing a biometric payment system that uses hand scans

Supermicro remote management flaw leaves 47k unpatched and internet-exposed servers vulnerable

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Austin-based customer-powered marketing company Bazaarvoice acquires New York City-based product research

Facebook stops scanning images for facial recognition purposes by default; the

Personal styling platform Stitch Fix ($1.8B market cap) acquires New York

Ottawa-based Rockport Networks, which provides a switchless networking architecture for datacenter

Webcomic XKCD disables its forums and prompts users to change passwords

Faraday Future Founder Jia Yueting steps down as CEO, will continue

Melbourne-based employee survey platform Culture Amp raises $82M Series E led

More than half of the nation's state attorneys general are preparing

IL joins multi-state suit to block T-Mobile's $26B merger with Sprint;

Berlin-based consumer rights platform LexFox raises undisclosed seven-figure Series A led

Paris-based Heuritech, which uses computer vision and machine learning to identify

London-based Cazoo, an online used car shop that delivers, raises ~$30M

OpenGov, a data analytics and visualization SaaS for governments and civic

Tel Aviv-based user-acquisition platform Zoomd lists on the TSX Venture Exchange

Atlanta-based Kabbage, a lender targeting small businesses, acquires B2B enterprise data

Cloudflare sets initial IPO price range at $10 to $12 per

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