UK telco BT signs a deal with Ericsson for 5G tech;
Amazon launches a dedicated portal for Sweden; the company has long
Boston-based wearables firm Whoop raises $100M on a $1.2B post-money valuation
Apple signs a multi-year TV show deal with Jon Stewart, reports
Airbnb says it will list its publicly available shares on the
UK-based market research app Streetbees raises £30M (~$39M) led by Lakestar
Instagram extends the maximum runtime of live streams from 60 minutes
Waymo and Daimler announce a partnership to develop self-driving trucks; terms
Sidekick Health, a Sweden-based healthtech firm, raises $20M Series A led
Hackers briefly gained access to President Trump’s re-election campaign website; donaldjtrump.com
JPMorgan Chase says its proprietary digital currency is being used commercially
Ankhi Das, Facebook’s top exec in India, exits the firm; Das
TikTok says it plans to hire 3k engineers over the next
Microsoft teams claims 115M DAUs, up from 75M in April; Satya
Market intelligence company SimilarWeb raises $120M led by ION Crossover Partners
Vimeo launches asynchronous video messaging feature Record, targeting business users with
AMD ($92.6B market cap) Q3 beats: $2.8B revenue, up 56 percent
Apple ($2T market cap) acquires Barcelona-based computer vision company Vilynx for
Microsoft ($1.61T market cap) FQ1 beats: $37.2B revenue, up 12 percent
Reddit announces new long-term policy allowing most employees to choose remote
This Week in StartupsJason speaks with Reeves Wiedeman, author of Billion
Harley-Davidson to spin out e-bike division as Serial 1 Cycle; the
Wholesale marketplace Faire (YC W17) raises $170M Series E at a
TikTok and Shopify announce global partnership enabling Shopify merchants to create
Eightfold, which provides AI-powered software for recruiting and employee retention, raises
Ubisoft rebrands its UPlay Plus game subscription service as Ubisoft Plus,
Google to temporarily prohibit election-related ads when voting polls close on
T-Mobile to launch live TV streaming service TVision on Nov 1;
Starlink launches “Better Than Nothing Beta” program for consumers who expressed
Los Angeles-based ghost kitchen and tech platform company Ordermark raises $120M
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