Samsung launches a Galaxy S20 buyback program that promises up to

UK-based edtech startup Lingumi raises £4M (~$5M) led by North Summit

New York City’s Commission on Human Rights is launching an investigation

VR firm Strivr raises $30M Series B led by Georgian Partners;

Ride-hailing firm Via raises $400M Series E on a $2.2B post-money

Teleconferencing firm Zoom is leaking some email addresses and user profile

Uber says it will provide 10M free rides and food deliveries

Facebook launches Community Help, a tool that connects those offering help

NY-based Games studio Rockstar Games says it will donate 5 percent

China-based EV battery company Farasis Energy receives regulatory approval to raise

SoftBank names Taiichi Hoshino as head of a new investment planning

Amazon and Walmart have ended e-commerce affiliate partnerships with media firms

CA-based plastics alternatives firm Vericool raises $19.1M from Radicle Impact Partners,

Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab names Peter Oey as CFO; Oey previously

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with

Xerox says it’s ending its attempted hostile takeover of HP; the

Games company Niantic acquires AR firm 6D.ai; terms undisclosed; 6D.ai offers

Hotel company Marriott discloses a data breach impacting 5.2M guests; full

Apple acquires weather app Dark Sky; terms undisclosed; Dark Sky co-founder

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Research and Development

Huawei predicts US firms could face retaliatory restrictions in China if

Singapore-based healthtech firm Doctor Anywhere raises $27M from Square Peg, EDBI,

General Catalyst raises $2.3B for three new funds; comprises a $600M

Spotify launches its Spotify Kids app in the US, Canada, and

Palo Alto networks acquires software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) firm CloudGenix

China-based edtech firm Yuanfudao raises $1B on a $7.8B valuation led

Canada-based electric motorcycle startup Damon raises $3M from from undisclosed investors;

Teleconferencing firm Zoom does not use end-to-end encryption (E2E) despite marketing

Apple says it will pay hourly contract workers who had recently

Facebook has deleted a video posted by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

LCD manufacturer Japan Display says it has secured a $200M investment

Samsung’s display division says it will stop producing LCDs by the

76-year-old computer scientist and co-creator of the internet Vint Cerf has

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