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Sources: Dish may make a $6B+ deal this week for T-Mobile and Sprint assets including spectrum and Sprint's Boost Mobile as the carriers try to get DOJ approval
London-based Zego, which offers flexible insurance policies with pricing based on usage data from vehicles, raises $42M Series B led by Target Global
Palm opens preorders for an unlocked version of its tiny $350 3.2-inch smartphone with Snapdragon 435, expected to ship in the next six to eight weeks
NewtonX, which connects companies with subject matter experts, raises $12M Series A led by Two Sigma Ventures
Amazon's Twitch has acquired social networking platform Bebo, source says for $25M, to bolster its esports business
techcrunch.com · 4 hours ago
Token, an open banking and digital money platform that enables lower cost instant payments, raises $16.5M from Opera Tech Ventures, Octopus Ventures, others
Optimizely, which offers tools for A/B testing and personalization on the web and in mobile apps, raises $50M Series D led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital
Amazon leases 15 more Boeing planes to expand its air cargo network by more than a quarter to 70 planes by 2021
venturebeat.com · 4 hours ago
French Finance Minister calls on the Group of Seven central bank governors to review Facebook's Libra, citing concerns it may become a "sovereign currency"
MongoDB announces Atlas Data Lake, which lets users query data of any format, and gives its newly-acquired mobile database, Realm, Atlas cloud sync integration
An in-depth first look at Facebook's new Libra cryptocurrency, due to be rolled out in the next 18 months, and its impact on the broader crypto ecosystem
Apple adds a feature in iOS 13 beta 2 that tells users about ongoing subscriptions for apps they are about to delete
Google says it will help build 20,000 homes in the Bay Area over the next ten years by putting $1B toward the goal, repurposing some of its land as residential
CEO of parenting support app Cleo, which raised its $27.5M Series B in May, has resigned after it came to light that her resume contained falsehoods
California has teamed up with startups Mindstrong and 7 Cups to help mentally ill patients before and during crises, putting $100M over 5 years toward the cause
Hazelcast, which is developing a speedy in-memory computing platform, raises $21M Series C led by new investor C5 Capital
India-based Razorpay, which helps businesses process and manage digital payments, raises $75M Series C at what sources say is a valuation of ~$450M
Facebook announces plans to launch Libra, a new cryptocurrency, and Calibra, a newly formed Facebook subsidiary to oversee financial services for Libra
Facebook announces an independent consortium, Libra Association, with 28 founding members including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, Lyft, Coinbase, and others
Facebook's Calibra subsidiary will launch a digital wallet for Libra, as a standalone iOS and Android app and within WhatsApp and Messenger
Facebook says your Libra transaction data will not be shared with Facebook and will not be used for ad targeting or ranking your News Feed
The current state of diversity and inclusion in the US tech industry and why new startups and VCs with inclusive-minded CEOs are critical to implementing change
Cloudflare announces The League of Entropy, a project that provides public random numbers using eight independent, globally distributed randomness beacons
Apple adds support for Picture in Picture to tvOS 13 beta 2, letting Apple TV users leave the currently playing video in a thumbnail while navigating the OS
Analysis: 50K+ US license plate numbers leaked in CBP subcontractor breach reported last week; CBP says the subcontractor was not authorized to keep the info
US-based cybersecurity company publicly discloses two zero-days in two of Facebook's official WordPress plugins, one with 200K users and one with 20K+ users
YouTube Kids, intended as a haven from the dangers of the main YouTube site, is used by just 20M+ people a week, compared to the main site's 2B+ monthly users
In a case that may affect social media, SCOTUS says First Amendment rules against "state actors" controlling speech don't apply to public access TV operators
After pulling Huawei notebooks from its online store last month, Microsoft now says it's "resuming the sale of existing inventory of Huawei devices"
Ripple to take a 8-10% stake in the money transfer service MoneyGram, which will use the digital currency XRP as part of its day-to-day operations
Atlassian says it has spent over $1B to acquire more than 20 companies, publishes its term sheet document used for acquisitions
Tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Netflix are reshaping LA's real estate market as they pour hundreds of millions into campuses for their entertainment units
latimes.com · 1 day ago
Dish launches OnTech, a professional installation service for smart home devices from Nest, Ring, and others, in 11 cities initially, for a flat fee of $99
Nvidia says that by 2020 it will share its full stack of AI and high-performance computing software with Arm's ecosystem, paving way for new supercomputer tech
Akamai: there were 55B credential stuffing attacks between Nov. '17 and March '19; US was the top source and target, with 67% of attacks targeting US-based orgs
venturebeat.com · 1 day ago