JD.com names Jason Hu as head of strategic investment; Hu previously

US Treasury says Libra will have to meet the highest standards

Alibaba founder Jack Ma officially steps away from the company; the

Facebook is telling curators working on its upcoming News Tab to

Google begins rolling out Chrome 77, adding the ability to send

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) offers £29.6B ($36.5B) for the

Apple will launch macOS Catalina in October (exact date undisclosed); the

The We Company (aka WeWork) is considering changes to its governance

Singapore-based Grab is in talks to acquire a majority stake in

Connected exercise firm Peloton issues a guide price of $26 to

Indonesia-based Go-Jek partners with local startup hub Digitaraya to launch an

Swiss financial regulator FINMA says the Libra cryptocurrency project is formally

Dutchie, a Shopify-like platform for cannabis merchants, raises $15M Series A

Nigeria-based challenger bank Kuda raises $1.6M seed led by angel investor

Apple announces iPadOS will launch Sept 30; includes desktop-class browsing via

CA Senate passes a bill that could reclassify some gig economy

Angel investor and SaaS School creator Brianne Kimmel raises $5M for

Parisian career guidance and job recruitment platform JobTeaser raises ~$56M led

Sydney-based Q-CTRL, which develops quantum computing firmware with noise and error

CenturyLink ($13.7B market cap) acquires Paris- and New York City-based video

McDonald's ($159B market cap) acquires AI conversational agent company Apprente; terms

Ad-supported EV charging station company Volta raises $20M Series C from

Apple unveils a new entry-level iPad with 10.2-inch display, starting at

Apple to launch subscription gaming service Arcade on Sept 19; the

Apple announces the 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro and 6.5-inch iPhone 11

Uber lays off 435: 170 from product and 265 from engineering;

Apple announces its TV+ streaming service will launch Nov 1 at

Apple announces a Research app that will enable Watch owners to

Apple unveils Watch Series 5 with always-on display; the screen dims

Apple unveils the iPhone 11, the successor to the iPhone XR;

MI-based EV company Rivian raises $350M from Cox Automotive, parent of

Neighborhood-based digital communities company Nextdoor raises $47M Series F led by

Germany's government commits ~$718M over two years to a quantum computing

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