Apple will soon allow Siri to default to third-party messaging and

Tesla’s $2B Shanghai factory is set to become operational this month,

Multiplayer connection startup Rune (YC W19) raises $2M seed led by

Mobile ordering startup Cloosiv (YC S19) raises $1M seed from Y

Google Maps rolls out Incognito Mode; first announced earlier this year,

Fitch Ratings downgrades The We Company’s credit rating from B to

SoftBank is responsible for $1 in every $10 spent by VC

Google makes its Password Checkup feature an inherent part of Chrome;

Huawei Mate 30 users are no longer able to download Google

Samsung stops producing phones in China citing pressures from local competition;

WhatsApp is set to introduce a self-destructing messages feature, reports WABetaInfo;

Twitter suffers an outage, preventing some users from sending tweets; reasons

The We Company promotes Kazuyuki Sasaki to head of WeWork Japan;

Google Pixel 4 will include a voice recording app with automatic

The We Company is selling off subsidiaries Teem and SpaceIQ, according

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the FCC’s decision to

India-based proptech firm NoBroker raises $50M Series D led by Tiger

Visa, Mastercard, and others are reconsidering their involvement with the Libra

Airbnb is planning a direct listing rather than a traditional IPO,

Seattle-based on-demand vehicle repair company Wrench acquires Toronto-based maintenance management software

This Week in StartupsHong Quan, founder of electric bicycle startup Karmic

Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America launches the Electric Vehicle Home Charger at

Tesla ($44B market cap) acquires computer vision company DeepScale, CNBC reports;

Boston-based product experience platform Salsify acquires Baltimore-based e-commerce consultancy B2X Partners;

Austin-based Diligent Robotics, which produces intelligent robotic assistants for hospital nurses,

BC-based Tonit (iOS, Android), a social networking and mapping app for

Tesla registers construction unit in Shanghai, indicating capital of $1M; public

The FAA authorizes UPS subsidiary Flight Forward to operate a

Luxury air travel startup Aero discloses $16M raised from Expa and

Berlin-based presentation software startup Pitch raises $30M led by Thrive Capital;

NASA issues final call for human lunar lander design proposals; as

Naborly (YC W18), which provides landlords with tenant screening and other

Los Angeles-based Relativity Space, which is designing 3D-printed rockets for launch

VCs organize San Francisco meeting to urge startups to go public

Former Yahoo engineer Daniel Ruiz pleads guilty to one count of

London-based Rapyd, which operates a cloud platform that enables clients to

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