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SoftBank to invest $1B into German digital payments provider Wirecard in new fintech partnership
SoftBank is making a huge investment into one of the providers of the kind of digital commerce infrastructure that underpins many of the companies that it backs. Today, Wirecard — a digital paym
Selina raises $100M at an $850M valuation for its network of living spaces for digital nomads
The rising tide of Airbnb is lifting all boats, and today a startup that’s building a series of living-coworking-activity spaces across the world primarily geared at digital nomads is reeling in
VDOO secures $32M for a platform that uses AI to detect and fix vulnerabilities on IoT devices
Our universe of connected things is expanding by the day: the number of objects with embedded processors now exceeds the number of smartphones globally and is projected to reach some 18 billion devic
EBay beats with revenues of $2.6B and EPS of $0.67 as restructuring takes shape
As eBay continues to work through a restructuring strategy, the e-commerce marketplace and online auction pioneer reported earnings for the first quarter of the year that should keep some of the more
Verizon and Google ink deal to offer YouTube TV to Verizon wireless and Fios subscribers
Just days after Google and Amazon buried the hatchet over their longstanding streaming feud, Google has made another interesting inroad in its bid to bring yet more ubiquity to its YouTube-based premi
Twitter Q1 flies past estimates with sales of $787M and EPS of $0.25, but MAUs drop to 330M
Social networking and media platform Twitter today reported its results for the first quarter of the year, and it’s a strong one. The company said that revenues came in at $787 million, up 18 pe
Stripe acquires Touchtech, updates APIs to prep for strong customer authentication in Europe
Stripe, the payments powerhouse that is now valued at $22.5 billion, has made an acquisition to help it gear up for new regulations in Europe that will be rolled out later this year to improve securit
Super raises $20M to fix the home services and repairs market with its subscription service
Home owners in the U.S. spend upwards of $300 billion annually on home repairs and maintenance — a huge sum that often comes with another, more hidden cost: the stress of finding reliable trades
Intel acquires UK’s Omnitek to double down on FPGA solutions for video and AI applications
Intel’s strategy to build out its FPGA processor business continues apace. Today the company announced that it was acquiring Omnitek, a company based out of England that has developed FPGA solut
Salesforce ‘acquires’ Salesforce.org for $300M in a wider refocus on the nonprofit sector
Salesforce yesterday announced a move to reposition how it provides software to and works with nonprofits like educational institutions and charities: the company announced that it would integrate Sal
Logistics startup Zencargo raises $20M to take on the antiquated business of freight forwarding
Move over, Flexport. There is another player looking to make waves in the huge and messy business of freight logistics. Zencargo — a London startup that has built a platform that uses machine le
TikTok downloads ordered to be blocked on iOS and Android in India over porn and other illegal content
TikTok, the user-generated video-sharing app from Chinese publisher ByteDance that has been a global runaway success, has stumbled hard in one of the world’s biggest mobile markets, India, over
Facebook is discontinuing P2P payments in Messenger in the UK and France on June 15
Facebook is pulling away from its ambitions to provide peer-to-peer money transfers via Messenger in Europe. Today, the company announced that it would be discontinuing the service — which let i
Electric car startup Byton loses co-founder and former CEO, reported $500M Series C to close this summer
The race is on for building and shipping more cost-effective electric cars, but today one of the more ambitious startups in the field announced some significant changes that underscore some of the cha
Vimeo has acquired short-form video-creation platform Magisto, reportedly for $200M
Vimeo, the IAC-owned platform for hosting, sharing and monetizing streamed video, has made an acquisition to expand into providing more creation and editing tools. The company has acquired Magisto, a
Microsoft: Hackers compromised support agent’s credentials to access customer email accounts
On the heels of a trove of 773 million emails, and tens of millions of passwords, from a variety of domains getting leaked in January, Microsoft has faced another breach affecting its web-based email
Naspers-owned PayU doubles down on India with $70M deal to buy Wibmo
PayU, the Naspers-owned payments company that competes with the likes of PayPal but focuses mainly on emerging markets, has made an acquisition to expand its business in India. It has acquired Wibmo,
GoFundMe rebrands the Direct Impact Fund as GoFundMe.org for wider charitable giving
GoFundMe.com has made a name for itself as a wildly successful platform for people to raise awareness virally and collect money for their personal causes, with $5 billion coming from 50 million donors
LinkedIn adds celebrate, love, insightful and curious reactions to spur more engagement
Sometimes a “like” in social media doesn’t give the full picture, or you’re just not inspired enough to write a fuller response. Today, LinkedIn addressed that issue on its own
Triplebyte raises $35M for its online coding test and credentialing service for hiring engineers
LinkedIn, with nearly 600 million users, dominates the market today for recruiters headhunting suitable candidates for knowledge-worker roles. But with minimal controls for guaranteeing that people ar