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PayPal invests $11.2m in Tink
Tink's technology will be utilized by PayPal to enable its own customers to connect their bank accounts to their PayPal accounts → Read More
Apple announces death of iTunes
Speaking at WWPC, Craig Federighi, senior vice-president of software engineering at Apple, said: "The future of iTunes is not one app, but three" → Read More
BBVA ignores interview route in new approach to talent discovery
BBVA's Young Data Professionals program targets both science and engineering undergraduate students, as well as graduate students pursuing a master's degree in big data or AI → Read More
DOJ gears up for antitrust probe into Google
The DOJ has been preparing for a probe into Google after it reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with which it shares antitrust authority, in which scrutiny of Google's conduct would fall to the DOJ's antitrust division → Read More
Sporting innovation to be targeted by $75m fund
HYPE will attempt to utilize its 12-fold global accelerator network which includes businesses and organizations focused on eSports, AI, fan engagement monetization, VR and performance analytics → Read More
Platform aims to ease entry for startups into China
Global innovation service operator TechCode will attempt to utilize its experiences in the country to help overseas startups engage with Chinese corporates and investors → Read More
Google to continue working with Huawei after government U-turn
The latest 90-day authorization will allow Huawei to engage in the development of standards for future 5G networks → Read More
WeBank and HKUST establish innovation lab
The HKUST-WeBank Joint Laboratory will act as an innovation platform for enterprises, universities and research institutes, and marks WeBank's first research collaboration with a local university in Hong Kong → Read More
Police banned from using facial recognition tech in San Francisco
Legislators voted to ban the use of facial recognition software by the city's law enforcement agencies and the city's transport authority as part of broader legislation which will require city departments to establish use policies and obtain board approval for surveillance technology → Read More
NASA awards $106m to small businesses for tech development
The small business awards have been granted to companies from 28 states and the District of Columbia, with the funding supporting the development of technologies in the areas of human exploration and operations, space technology, science and aeronautics → Read More
Tencent Music Entertainment Group to move more content behind paywall
Tencent Music Entertainment Group announces increase of 27.4% in the number of paid users as pay-for-streaming accounts climb to total 28.4 million → Read More
Hyperledger adds 10 new members
Hyperledger enables and supports organizations in creating industry-specific applications, platforms and hardware systems that support their business transactions through enterprise-grade, open-source distributed ledger frameworks and code bases → Read More
Facebook sues South Korean social media analytics company
Facebook has alleged that Rankwave, which analyzes social media users' data for marketing purposes, created and sold advertising and marketing tools on the apps in defiance of Facebook's rules → Read More
New VR services for businesses launched by UK firm
The pureHR proposition includes assistive reality wearable device Toshiba dynaEdge, hyperVSN and pureVR HR Induction → Read More
World watches on as Uber goes public
Uber has sold 180 million shares, raising $8.1bn having been valued at around $82bn → Read More
Facebook co-founder calls for social media giant to breakup
Chris Hughes said he was concerned that Mark Zuckerberg, who controls 60% of voting shares on Facebook's board, had surrounded himself with a team that does not challenge him, and called on the US government to hold him accountable and restrain his "unchecked power → Read More
Bayer to invest $150m in cell culture technology facility in Berkeley
The Cell Center Technology Center will support Bayer's biologics portfolio and aim to accelerate the development of biological therapies → Read More
Gaming studio launches games that challenge children to hack
The games have been built on a Linux-based OS atop the Unity game engine and have been designed to help young gamers spark their curiosity and build their confidence in coding → Read More
Presenso partners with Siemens on AI predictive oil and gas maintenance
Presenso will support Siemens' operations and maintenance (O&M) services with its real-time Industrial Analytics Solution → Read More
DATAx insider: Enabling data-driven cultural transformation
IBM has been enhancing its analytical abilities and has been able to differentiate its services from the competition by understanding what its clients are hoping to achieve with their data and why, which has been helping to drive a data-driven cultural transformation agenda that will pierce most sectors of society and business → Read More