Overseas:
1. U.S. regulators discuss fining Facebook for privacy violations
2. Facebook is secretly building LOL, a cringey teen meme hub
3. Uber is exploring autonomous bikes and scooters
4. PayPal offers up to $500 credit for U.S. federal employees affected by shutdown
5. AT&T ads returning to YouTube, two years after pulling back over content
6. Disney is already losing over $1 billion in streaming, and its Netflix competitor has yet to launch
7. Barclays-backed invoice finance platform MarketInvoice gets $72 million in funding
9. Wine-by-the-glass subscription service Vinebox raises $5.9 million
10. University of Virginia announces $120M gift to fund new data science school
China:
1. China’s Pinduoduo reports theft of online discount vouchers to police
3. Hainan is the latest Chinese free-trade zone with tech hub ambitions
4. Xiaomi will establish offices in Africa in order to expand its business in the continent
Cross-border:
Huawei could be banned from 5G in Germany
Emerging Market:
1. Philippine financial service firm flags data breach affecting 900,000 clients
2. Go-Jek buys fintech startup Coins.ph for $72M ahead of Philippines expansion
3. Indian news aggregator Dailyhunt raises US$3.5 million
4. Vietnamese e-wallet service MoMo raises Series C funding led by Warburg Pincus
5. Malaysia’s cab-hailing startup EaziCar to raise US$73K via equity crowdfunding
6. Singapore’s Business travel startup Travelstop officially expands to seven markets in Asia
7. Micro-retail tech startup Warung Pintar secures US$27.5M in Series B funding
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