Sen Josh Hawley (R-MO) proposes a “preemptive prohibition” on mergers by

UK-based fleet management firm BigChange raises £75M (~$102M) led by Great

Dogecoin surges more than 50 percent after Elon Musk tweets about

Adult website Pornhub partners with UK-based digital ID service Yoti to

Indonesia-based fintech firm GajiGesa raises $2.5M seed led by Defy.vc and

India-based gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) raises $95M Series D

China-based battery manufacturer CATL says it will invest ~$4.5B to improve

Austria-based CMS platform Storyblok raises $8.5M Series A led by Mubadala

Lenovo shareholders have approved a plan for the company to list

GameStop hires Matt Francis to a newly created CTO position; Francis

Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) unveils an antitrust reform bill that calls

Instagram is developing vertical scrolling for Stories, reports TechCrunch; the feature

Amazon is testing AI-powered cameras in many of its contractor delivery

South China Morning Post profiles the rise of China-based Clubhouse-like apps;

Apple’s long-rumored EV will include autonomous driving features, according to a

Parler co-founder John Matze says the company’s board has fired him

Facebook designates Myanmar a “Temporary High-Risk Location” during military coup, enabling

PayPal ($295B market cap) Q4 beats: $6.12B revenue, up from $4.96B

Qualcomm ($183.6B market cap) FQ1 mixed: $8.23B revenue, up 63 percent

Google announces that Dunant, the company's second fully privately-owned subsea cable,

Brooklyn-based moped rental company Revel expands into EV charging, announces plan

General Motors to halt production for one week starting Feb 8

Apple suffers partial outages impacting iCloud services, Photos, more; earlier today,

Online grocer and meal kit delivery company Good Eggs raises $100M

ByteDance announced ~2k layoffs in India late last month, according to

New York City-based virtual events company TouchCast raises $55M led by

Valve to launch Steam China in beta next week, according to

This Week in StartupsJason speaks with Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen about

Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner finds NY-based facial recognition company

New York city-based payments platform Payoneer to go public via SPAC

SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, who joined the company in December, says

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