Bloomberg profiles Google’s use of temporary, vendor, and contract staff (known

China-based digital ads agency Cue is preparing for a US IPO,

Paris-based Shopinvest is in talks to acquire fellow e-commerce firm Rue

An international committee of lawmakers calls for a pause on micro-targeting

Alibaba invests $3.3B in logistics unit Cainiao, upping its stake from

Elon Musk posits establishing the first sustainable city on Mars could

Natalie Sojka, a former employee of The We Company, files a

More than 150 WeWork employees have sent a letter to company

Cable network Discovery says it’s considering launching a streaming service; CEO

ShiftCam launches an Indiegogo for an iPhone 11 and iPhone 11

E-cigarette firm Juul removes mint-flavored pods from sale; follows research from

Games company Zynga has $1.4B available and says it’s seeking acquisitions;

Alibaba plans to officially announce its Hong Kong IPO next week,

YouTube announces a homepage redesign for desktop web; offers larger thumbnails,

Twitter is set to roll out a set of experiments aimed

Google names Sanjay Gupta as manager and VP of sales and

Disney CEO Bob Iger says Disney+ will be available on Amazon’s

New York City-based agtech company Bowery Farming raises $50M Series B

This Week in Startups: The Next UnicornsJason speaks with Sajith Wickramasekara,

MA-based consumer DNA testing company Veritas Genetics confirms data breach and

Text messaging glitch affecting all major US carriers results in November

Consumer-focused seed-stage firm Starting Line emerges with $17M debut fund; Founding

Lordstown Motors, which plans to begin manufacturing electric pick-up trucks by

Protesters in Hong Kong are using numerous apps and social network

Autonomous driving tech company Ghost emerges with $64M from Founders Fund,

Federal prosecutors file charges against NY-based surveillance hard and software company

This Week in StartupsJason speaks with HubSpot CEO, MIT Senior Lecturer,

Google open-sources phone-powered VR system Cardboard, three weeks after discontinuing the

Microsoft begins shipping the $3.5k HoloLens 2 to pre-order customers in

OpenAI releases the full version of AI-powered text generation system GPT-2;

T-Mobile announces programs contingent on its merger with Sprint: 10 years

Travis Kalanick's CloudKitchens raised $400M at a ~$5B valuation from Saudi

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