Overseas:
1. U.S. Airports Will Use AI To Scan 97% Of Passengers’ Faces Within 4 Years
2. Alphabet’s Wing becomes first drone delivery firm to win FAA approval in the US
3. How Facebook Penalty Would Stack Up Against Past Corporate Fines
4. 41% of voice assistant users have concerns about trust and privacy, Microsoft report finds
5. Airbnb wants to create TV shows to convince people to travel more
6. Venmo has 40 million users, PayPal reveals for first time
7. Microsoft’s Market Cap Hits $1 Trillion On Azure, Windows Sales Growth
8. AV8 Ventures launches with $170M to invest in digital health, mobility and enterprise tech
10. Selina raises $100M at an $850M valuation for its network of living spaces for digital nomads
11. MongoDB to acquire open-source mobile database Realm for $39 million
12. VDOO secures $32M for a platform that uses AI to detect and fix vulnerabilities on IoT devices
13. Vue.ai raises $17M to equip online retailers with AI smarts
14. Embrace raises $4.5M for its mobile application performance management platform
15. Scientists Create Speech From Brain Signals By Using A Virtual Prosthetic Voice
16. Pharos AR lets you interact with a holographic Childish Gambino
China:
1. A guide to China’s post-00 market: 19% of youth in first tier cities had RMB 1000-2000 to play with
2. China on track to officially ban ‘deepfakes’ with the revised Civil Code
3. Chinese tech major ByteDance invests in talent agency Mountain Top
4. QQ released a stand-alone video streaming product Kandian Video 看点视频
5. Online healthcare platform Tencent Trusted Doctorwork raises $250 million
6. Hellobike 哈啰顺风车 invested 500m yuan to establish Shunfeng Green Travel Fund 顺风绿色出行基金
7. Coffee Box 连咖啡 completed 206m yuan financing, has returned to profitability
Cross-border:
1. Indian court lifts ban on TikTok in India
2. UK gives Huawei an amber light to supply 5G
4. Huawei to Open Its First Global Public 5G Lab in South Korea
5. Beijing-based Hosen Capital targets $1b fund for Asia food acquisitions
6. Didi’s taxi-hailing JV is expanding to 13 cities in Japan
7. Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana
8. South Korean media company invests in streaming service iflix
Blockchain:
1. Pinterest employee #1 launches blockchain art market MakersPlace
Emerging Market:
1. AI sales assistant Saleswhale raises US$5.3M Series A round led by Monk’s Hill
2. Lifetrack Medical Systems raises US$5.2M in Series A to bring radiology to remote areas
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