Self-driving sensor firm Velodyne Lidar lays off its entire sales team

Malaysia-based used car marketplace Carsome raises $50M Series C from MUFG

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says Amazon’s $575M investment

Tesla will increase the price of some imported Model 3 vehicles

Carmaker Audi begins testing a ride-sharing service in Southern Germany; known

Telefonica says it will use tech from Huawei and Nokia for

Gojek is close to acquiring Indonesia-based point-of-sale startup Moka, according to

The Pirate Bay is seemingly testing a streaming option for some

The new North American trade agreement is set to include expanded

The Department of Justice is reviewing Google’s $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit,

DNA sequencing firm Verogen acquires genomics database GEDmatch; terms undisclosed; GEDmatch

Ireland-based cybersecurity firm Tines raises $11M Series A (second tranche) led

Tesla aims to manufacture 500k vehicles a year at a recently

German insurtech firm Wefox raises $110M Series B (second tranche) led

TikTok-owner ByteDance is testing a music streaming app in India and

WeWork is in talks to sell office its services unit Managed

China-based EV firm Nio cuts ~140 jobs at its San Jose

Magic Leap shifts focus from consumers to business, rebrands its One

The Verge lists the 100 most important gadgets of the past

Online influencers sold $4B of goods in China last year, according

Facebook terminates a contractor who took bribes to reactivate banned ad

Google reveals new Android TV developer device; a previously leaked roadmap

This Week in StartupsJason speaks with Josh Browder, founder and CEO

Stratechery analyzes the differences between aggregators and platforms within the context

Reuters details how former US Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke, working as

Yahoo extends the deadline for downloading Groups data to Jan 31;

Google launches Chrome browser v79 with security improvements, including built-in Password

Much of the disinformation surrounding Britain's general election is coming from

Facebook rejects a request from the US, UK, and Australian governments

Apple rolls out iOS 13.3 with support for USB-C, NFC, and

Apple opens sales for the new Mac Pro; the company expects

Microsoft launches group communications tool Teams for Linux in public preview;

Apple launches 24-month, interest-free iPhone installment plans for Apple Card customers;

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