Overseas:
1. Facebook’s AI team maps the whole population of Africa
2. Google Cloud challenges AWS with new open-source integrations
3. YouTube Is Developing Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Programs
4. Accenture announces intent to buy French cloud consulting firm Cirruseo
5. Walmart is expanding its use of robots in stores as it seeks to keep labor costs down
6. Qualcomm Announces New AI Chip for Cloud Data Center Servers
7. Fantasy sports platform Dream11 nets $1 billion valuation following new investment
8. Travel activities platform Klook raises $225M led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund
11. Teeth straightening startup Candid raised another $63.4 million in a Series B round
13. Mobile shopping startup Dote raises $12M and introduces live-streamed Shopping Parties
14. Labelbox raises $10 million for its services to support machine learning applications
China:
3. Alibaba’s Cainiao 菜鸟 to raise delivery fleet wages 20% within 3 years
4. Alipay revealed that the number of users of its small program exceeded 100 million after 3 months
5. China’s private equity firm Harvest Capital holds first close for consumer fund at $446m
6. China game-streaming firm Huya 虎牙 launches $343 million follow-on offering
8. Chinese plastic surgery services platform So-Young files for $150m US IPO
11. Chinese video streaming company LeTV 乐视视频 is RMB 12 billion in debt, may face delisting
Cross-border:
2. Tech giant Alphabet launches drone delivery service in Australia
3. Amazon Go Faces Unlikely Challenge From Checkout-Free Portuguese Startup Sensei in Europe
4. German HR and recruiting platform Personio acquires Spanish payroll startup Rollbox
Blockchain:
1. Regulators in China are weighing a ban on Bitcoin mining
Emerging Market:
1. Indian social commerce startup GlowRoad raises $10M Series B
2. Women-focussed media Clozette secures US$10M funding from Cool Japan Fund
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