Wayve raises $20 million to give autonomous cars better AI brains
Former Uber execs launch virtual kitchen company out of stealth with $17 million
Password manager 1Password raises $200 million in its first round of funding
Freshworks nabs $150 million to bring cloud and automation tools to customer engagement teams
Google Maps gets text-to-speech translations for place names and addresses in 50 languages
Volvo’s prototype autonomous bus drives itself around depots
Convoy raises $400 million at $2.75 billion valuation to make freight trucking more efficient
Google now lets businesses customize CallJoy, the automated telephone customer service agent
Whoop raises $55 million to improve athletic performance with wearables and analytics
Angular Ventures is a $41 million early-stage fund for deep tech startups entering the U.S.
Twitter proposes flagging deepfakes, but would only remove content that threatens harm
OpenText acquires data backup and security platform Carbonite for $1.42 billion
Voi raises $85 million to make escooter sharing profitable
How the ride-hailing industry is fueling a new breed of startup
Applause targets AI bias by sourcing training data at scale
Maas Global raises $33 million to bring multi-modal transport subscriptions to cities globally
Spruce Up wants to do for home decor what Pandora did for music
Immersive Labs raises $40 million to upskill cybersecurity workers through gamification
WhatsApp now lets everyone control who can add them to a group
Intelligent search platform Coveo raises $227 million at a valuation of over $1 billion
Facebook comparing Libra to the open internet rings hollow
Medopad raises $25 million to detect chronic diseases using AI and big data
Dropbox launches its file transfer service for all users
Huawei could get Android lifeline as U.S. mulls trade licenses
Why encrypted email service ProtonMail is open-sourcing its mobile apps
Google to acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion
Google launches Site Kit plugin for insights into WordPress websites
Dropbox doubles Extensions support to include WhatsApp, Workplace by Facebook, Microsoft Teams, and more
You can now unlock WhatsApp for Android with your fingerprint
Canalys: Global smartphone shipments rose 1% in Q3 2019, first growth in 2 years
Xiaomi opens R&D hub in Finland to develop smartphone camera technologies
Wholesale marketplace Faire raises $150 million at a $1 billion valuation
Canalys: Huawei smartphone sales jump 66% in China as rivals plummet
Moovit taps Waze to bring carpooling to its urban transport app
Facebook drops U.K. appeal against Cambridge Analytica fine, but admits no liability
Snapchat’s new 3D Paint feature makes it easy to create your own AR snaps from your camera
Microsoft Project upgrade launches in general availability with a focus on collaboration
Spotify grows users 30% in Q3 2019, premium subscribers reach 113 million
Google Search to stop indexing Flash content in late 2019
Google’s experimental Morph app highlights a feature that should be baked into all smartphones
