SoftBank is in talks to acquire a private members club in

Fintech firm BlueVine raises $102.5M Series F led by ION Crossover

NY Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James has launched a probe into

Japan-based Olympus says it’s considering layoffs in an effort to improve

Alibaba will close share orders early for its $13B Hong Kong

Didi Chuxing says it will test a premium ride-hailing service in

FCC Chair Ajit Pai says he will push for more wireless

Amazon expands its ad-supported free music streaming service to iOS, Android,

Tech stocks are set to achieve their best year since 2009,

Ride-hailing firm Juno (which is owned by Gett) is shutting down

Google opens a new office in Japan with the capacity for

Airbnb signs a multi-year sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee

Uber Chief Product Officer Manik Gupta will leave the firm on

Evan Spiegel says Snapchat reviews and fact-checks all political ads on

Facebook launches Whale, a meme creation app for iOS (currently available

UK-based edtech startup Perlego raises $9M Series A from Dedicated VC

The New York Times interviews EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager about her

The We Company will begin laying off staff this week, reports

VC firm The House Fund closes its second fund at $44M;

Apple sends out press invites for an event in New York

TikTok CEO Alex Zhu says the company does not share user

Federal agencies have failed to prevent China from acquiring US IP

FTC Chairman Joseph Simons says the commission is conducting multiple antitrust

Almost 400M of Facebook's 2.45B monthly active users are fake and

Brian Chen reviews Google's Stadia game streaming service for The New

Facebook investigates ~500k reports of revenge porn incidents per month, according

Google acquires CloudSimple, which helps clients run workloads in virtualized cloud

Microsoft to update privacy policy for cloud contracts after the European

Sen Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduces a bill that would prohibit US

Oculus launches Link feature in beta for PC, enabling users of

Sean Hollister reviews Google's Stadia game streaming service for The Verge;

News aggregation company SmartNews closes $92M Series E at a $1.2B

The Wall Street Journal examines the competitive market for original holiday

Many startups are reducing burn and raising more than needed in

T-Mobile CEO John Legere to step down when his contract expires

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