Brazil-based fintech firm BizCapital raises $12M from MercadoLibre, Quona Capital, and

Los Angeles-based drone service DroneBase raises $7.5M from Valor Equity Partners,

Germany-based VC company Fly Ventures closes its latest fund at €53M

TikTok is aiming to generate $500M revenue in the US this

Bellman, a French proptech startup, raises €4M (~$4.5M) seed led by

Google removes more than 70 malicious Chrome Extensions, reports Reuters; follows

Google launches a Chrome Extension to let users generate URLs that

Australia’s antitrust watchdog says Google’s $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit could harm

UK-based VC firm Hoxton Ventures closes its second fund at ~$100M;

AI-powered video analytics firm Drishti raises $25M Series B led by

Google Assistant-powered smart displays will soon be able to show AMP-enabled

Dish is set to finalize its agreement to acquire Boost from

Bird launches a standalone app for turn-by-turn navigation; Bird Maps provides

T-Mobile says an outage on Monday was caused by the failure

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and wife Patty Quillin to donate $120M

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces an initiative to increase the presence

Qualcomm announces the RB5 development kit for robots and drones, created

Microsoft pitched its facial recognition tech to the DEA in 2017,

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin withdrew from digital service tax negotiations with

Twitter is testing a voice tweet feature that enables users to

Sen Josh Hawley (R-MO) unveils the Limiting Section 230 Immunity to

Zoom to launch end-to-end encryption for free and paid users in

Lyft announces it will require every vehicle on its platform to

Facebook to allow users to disable political ads; the feature is

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