India-based ride-hailing firm Ola will launch in London on Feb 10;
Nintendo says it has no plans to launch a new version
Microsoft launches a bug bounty program for Xbox; offers up to
French telco Orange says it will use tech from Nokia and
Dating apps Tinder, Bumble, Grindr and others face an investigation by
Healthtech firm One Medical is set to raise $245M as it
Japan-based conglomerate NEC says it has suffered a cyberattack targeting multiple
Japan-based Hitachi offers ~$5B to take full control of industrial equipment
Hong Kong-based Skymind Global Ventures (SGV) announces an $800M fund; targets
Google adds an SOS Alert for Search results relating to the
Elon Musk releases an EDM track on SoundCloud; titled “Don’t Doubt
Apple rolls out an update for its Maps app; adds real-time
Abidali Z Neemuchwala announces he plans to step down as CEO
Facebook says it will remove misinformation about the coronavirus cures and
Twitter suspends British conservative figure Katie Hopkins for violating its anti-hate
Amazon ($927B market cap) Q4 beats: $87.4B revenue, up 21 percent
Dropbox hires Olivia Nottebohm as COO; Nottebohm previously served as a
IBM names Arvind Krishna as its next CEO; Krishna, who currently
Apple has canceled a contract between AI computing subsidiary Xnor.ai and
Logistics startup CloudTrucks raises $6.1M led by Craft Ventures with participation
Direct-to-consumer liquor startup Haus raises $4.5M seed from Combine, Haystack Ventures,
Tobacco conglomerate Altria Group writes down its stake in e-cigarette company
Overwatch League (OL) organizers have canceled esports events in China until
Apple passed Samsung to become the top-selling smartphone firm for Q4
GM says it will relaunch the Hummer brand with a 1k
India-based airline SpiceJet confirms a data breach affecting 1.2M customers; an
AIOps platform OpsRamp raises $37.5M led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital
UPS announces a partnership with Waymo; the firm will begin testing
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the UK’s decision to
Uber and DoorDash held merger talks about six months ago, according
UK-based tech recruitment platform Codility raises $22M Series A led by
Apple has hired engineer Ruslan Meshenberg, who previously played a key
Nintendo has sold 52.5M Switch units to date, making it the
Antivirus software firm Avast says it will close its data analytics
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