Sources: after setbacks, Facebook partners with Luxottica to help make “Orion” AR smart glasses designed to replace smartphones, with 2023-2025 launch timeframe
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: Sources: after setbacks, Facebook partners with Luxottica to help make “Orion” AR...
France says it has received €5B from institutional investors to invest in tech startups over the next three years, as it seeks to grow more unicorns
Harriet Agnew / Financial Times: France says it has received €5B from institutional investors to invest...
Facebook shares more on its upcoming Oversight Board for content decisions and how members are picked, says decisions will be binding even if Facebook disagrees
Makena Kelly / The Verge: Facebook shares more on its upcoming Oversight Board for content decisions...
As Amazon's spend on One Day shipping aligns with its customer-centric focus, its product selection policies stressing profitability risk its “Day One” culture
Ben Thompson / Stratechery: As Amazon's spend on One Day shipping aligns with its customer-centric focus,...
VENN, a Cheddar-like TV network that wants to mix esports with Twitch-like game streaming, raises $17M seed round, plans to launch in 2020
Janko Roettgers / Variety: VENN, a Cheddar-like TV network that wants to mix esports with Twitch-like...
Trulioo, a Vancouver-based electronic identity and address verification startup, raises ~$53M Series C led by Goldman Sachs, bringing its total raised to $96.6M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Trulioo, a Vancouver-based electronic identity and address verification startup, raises ~$53M Series...
Facebook to give body cameras to UK Met for firearms training exercises and will use the footage to train algorithms on real-life first person shooter incidents
Financial Times: Facebook to give body cameras to UK Met for firearms training exercises and will...
Sources: as Amazon gets ready to add linear TV channels to IMDb TV, partners push back against its plans to sell all ads with 55% revenue share to publishers
Tim Peterson / Digiday: Sources: as Amazon gets ready to add linear TV channels to IMDb...
Adobe beats with Q3 revenue of $2.83B, up 24% YoY, and Digital Media revenue of $1.96B, up 22% YoY, forecasts $2.97B Q4 revenue, vs. $3.03B expected by analysts
Reuters: Adobe beats with Q3 revenue of $2.83B, up 24% YoY, and Digital Media revenue of...
Judge in California certifies lawsuit against Apple for offering refurbished replacement devices under AppleCare and AppleCare+, as a class action
Juli Clover / MacRumors: Judge in California certifies lawsuit against Apple for offering refurbished replacement devices...
FarmWise, which is developing autonomous farming robots for removing weeds, raises $14.5M Series A, following a $5.7M seed round in 2017
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: FarmWise, which is developing autonomous farming robots for removing weeds, raises $14.5M...
HTC names former Orange exec Yves Maitre as its new CEO; HTC had $770M in revenue in 2018, the first time its annual revenue fell below $1B as a public company
Steve Dent / Engadget: HTC names former Orange exec Yves Maitre as its new CEO; HTC...
Mike Muller, who has served as ARM's CTO for nearly 20 years and was one of about 16 founders, is retiring at the end of the month
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Mike Muller, who has served as ARM's CTO for nearly 20 years...
Founder of the Rookie mag reflects on being an early influencer and the effect that Instagram had on her life and career as Instagram's aesthetic keeps evolving
Tavi Gevinson / The Cut: Founder of the Rookie mag reflects on being an early influencer...
HP debuts 13'' Elitebook Dragonfly ultra-light business convertible with Intel Core vPro processor, 2TB storage, 16GB RAM, available Oct. 25, starting at $1,549
Cherlynn Low / Engadget: HP debuts 13" Elitebook Dragonfly ultra-light business convertible with Intel Core vPro...
Crisp, which helps food brands reduce food waste by analyzing data from sources such as inventory databases and POS systems, raises $14.2M Series A
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Crisp, which helps food brands reduce food waste by analyzing data from...
Hong Kong-based AutoX, which recently announced plans to roll out 100 robotaxis in Shanghai by early 2020, has closed $100M Series A from Alibaba and others
Song Jingli / KrASIA: Hong Kong-based AutoX, which recently announced plans to roll out 100 robotaxis...
Filing: DevOps platform Gitlab has authorized a Series E round that could raise up to $268M at a $2.55B valuation
Amanda / Prime Unicorn Index: Filing: DevOps platform Gitlab has authorized a Series E round that...