Strategic Partnerships

• Facebook says Israeli company used fake accounts to target African elections -Facebook has removed hundreds of fake Facebook and Instagram pages, groups, and accounts that it says were run by an Israeli firm that was targeting countries in Africa.
  
  
• Grumpy Cat is dead, but will live on through AI -Grumpy Cat ? the angry-looking celebrity feline who launched countless internet memes ? died on Tuesday. The beloved cat leaves behind her owner Tabatha Bundesen, a small empire of books and merchandise bearing her unique face, movie and TV appearances, and millions of Google hits.
  
  
• Spotify is testing a voice-controlled gadget for cars -The announcement suggests Spotify has some interest in creating hardware devices that may compete with Amazon's line of Echos, Google Home and Apple's HomePod.
  
  
• The 'Jurassic Park' computer company just got sold for $1.3 billion -Cray has been synonymous with supercomputing for nearly half a century. Now the legendary tech company is joining the business that pioneered Silicon Valley: HP Enterprise.
  
  
• Minecraft AR game could be the next Pokémon GO phenomenon -The world of Minecraft is about to get even more real.
  
  
• The WhatsApp attack didn't target you. But here's why you should still care -The WhatsApp vulnerability revealed earlier this week sounds terrifying.
  
  
• Virtual kidnappings are rattling families across the US -"I have your son and I'm going to f*ck him up," a voice on the other side of the phone said.
  
  
• SpaceX will launch its first 60 satellites to deliver internet from space -SpaceX wants to beam cheap broadband internet all over the planet. It's gearing up for the first crucial step toward making that a reality.
  
  
• Pinterest stock falls 15% after first earnings report -Pinterest's honeymoon on Wall Street may be over.
  
  
• Losing Huawei as a customer could cost US tech companies $11 billion -New US measures that restrict exports to Huawei could cost Silicon Valley billions in lost revenue.
  
  
• Baidu posts its first loss in 15 years as China's slowdown hits online advertising -China's economic slowdown is taking its toll on one of the country's biggest tech companies.
  
  
• Fiverr, another gig-economy startup, files to go public -Even the semi-disastrous IPOs of Uber and Lyft don't appear to have stopped the flow of on-demand companies wanting to go public.
  
  
• Nvidia stock jumps after first quarter earnings beat expectations -Nvidia's first quarter earnings beat projections, sending the chipmaker's stock surging.
  
  
• Samsung's first 5G phone is out for Verizon customers -It's a big day for the future of wireless internet connectivity.
  
  
• Huawei: 'All options are on the table' -Huawei said Thursday it has not ruled out legal action to resolve a growing crisis with the Trump administration following the Commerce Department's decision Wednesday to place the Chinese tech giant on a trading blacklist.
  
  
• US bans Huawei from selling telecom gear and threatens its supply chain -President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday barring US firms from using telecom gear from sources the administration deems national security threats.
  
  
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• Former Apple exec Angela Ahrendts joins Airbnb board -Angela Ahrendts, the high profile former Apple executive and once Burberry CEO, is joining Airbnb's board of directors.
  
  
• This startup is planning a flying taxi service that costs about the same as normal taxis -A flying taxi that you can order through an app? This German company plans to make that a reality in the next six years.
  
  
• US move against Huawei could slow the global rollout of 5G -The United States just made it much harder for Huawei to do business with American companies, a move that threatens the Chinese tech giant's supply chain and could delay the rollout of 5G services around the world.