Stories by Chris O'Brien
Mobility startup Dott raises $23 million for its durable electric scooters and bikes
Apple will build $1 billion campus in Austin amid ongoing U.S. hiring spree
Google will shift control of European data from U.S. to Ireland to aid GDPR compliance
Everything that was announced at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon
Hardware Club expands size of first fund to $50 million
Facebook and Twitter face growing scrutiny for their role in sparking France’s ‘Gilets Jaunes’ protests
Google Cloud says Security Command Center beta is live with expanded risk-monitoring tools
Berlin’s Camunda raises $28 million to automate business workflow
Contentful raises $33.5 million to reinvent content management systems
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies partners with Port of Hamburg operator to develop cargo service
Paris-based Agricool raises $28 million to expand its urban farming tech
Superpedestrian launches e-scooter designed to be smarter, cheaper, and more durable
France and Germany propose digital advertising fees after tax on tech giants fails
Kubernetes 1.13 launches with simplified cluster management
Cloud Native Computing Foundation says Envoy proxy has graduated from open source incubation program
Startup coalition publishes open letter urging European leaders to address tech talent shortage
Insurance tech startup Clyde raises $3 million to simplify product warranties
Watch: Facebook’s Richard Allan fields questions from 9 countries at U.K. Parliament hearing
Amazon calls Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday the ‘Turkey 5 weekend’, giving you another reason to hate capitalism
How Munich’s Franka Emika wants to reinvent industrial robotic assistants
French tobacco shops will sell Bitcoin and Ethereum starting January 2019
From Withings to blockchain: Meet the French entrepreneur trying to reinvent digital health
How automotive supplier Valeo wants to accelerate autonomous vehicle development
Facebook rebuttal claims ‘inaccuracies’ in scathing New York Times investigation
Bain Capital Ventures closes new funds totaling $1 billion for startups in SaaS, security, financial tech, and health
Intel Capital leads $12 million round for SAM Seamless Network and its home IoT security system
France leads effort to save internet from itself with ‘Paris Call’ and Facebook embed
Rethink Robotics’ assets bought by Hahn, Universal Robots hires 20 employees from pioneering firm
Google Cloud announces transfer hardware appliance for EU-compliant data migration
BlaBlaCar buys French bus service, raises $114 million
How Prague’s Avast went from Soviet-era security project to $4.5 billion IPO
Grab raises $250 million from Hyundai and will partner on electric vehicles for Southeast Asia
Moovit partners with Microsoft to provide public transit data for Azure Maps
Web Summit plans VC fund to leverage startup data from its mega conference
Giant robotic spider and minotaur turned streets of Toulouse into massive labyrinth
Apple flees from transparency as it stops reporting unit sales of iPhones, iPads, and Macs
Mix of startups and industrial giants makes Munich more than just Germany’s ‘other’ tech hub
Spotify’s paid user growth slowed in Q3, company slightly lowers outlook for 2018
