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Waymo’s driverless taxi service can now be accessed on Google Maps; Twitter redesigns its mobile app to make Spaces the center tab; United Airlines agrees to purchase 15 Boom supersonic airliners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon to stop screening employees for marijuana; Facebook opens its Messenger API for Instagram to all; FlixMobility raises $650M+ at a $3B valuation to double down on buses and other transport in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter to begin pilot testing Fleet ads; Line launches digital banking platform in Indonesia; European insurtech startup Wefox grabs $650 million at $3 billion valuation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and other internet giants comply with India’s IT rules; EU to review TikTok’s ToS after child safety complaints; Penfold closes $8.5M to provide a full-stack pension in an app aimed at freelancers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter says its concerned with India intimidation, requests 3 more months to comply with new IT rules; EU bodies’ use of US cloud services from AWS, Microsoft being probed by bloc’s privacy chief; RevenueCat raises $40M Series B for its in-app subscription platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA’s new lunar vehicle could be built by GM and Lockheed Martin; Facebook and Instagram will now allow users to hide ‘Like’ counts on posts; Visa takes a swipe in fintech, builds new online marketplace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft brings more of its Azure services to any Kubernetes cluster; JD.com, Meituan and Neolix to test autonomous deliveries on Beijing public roads; Whatnot raises $50M to let people sell Pokémon cards, Funko Pops and more via livestream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tesla faces $163M payout to drivers in Norway following court decision; New Instagram Insights make its TikTok competitor Reels more appealing; Seed-stage accelerator Flat6Labs closes $13.2M fund for startups in Egypt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify brings offline listening to the Apple Watch, at last; Mio, a social commerce startup focused on smaller cities and rural areas in Vietnam, raises $1M seed; Mental health app Wysa raises $5.5M for ’emotionally intelligent’ AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is opening a retail store in New York this summer; US Treasury calls for stricter cryptocurrency rules; Eano raises $6M for its home renovation software Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Construction tech upstart Assignar adds a Fifth Wall with $20M Series B; Super raises $50M to cover home repairs and maintenance via a subscription model; Review: Apple’s 2021 iPad Pro is great, again, but… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything Google announced at I/O; Extend raises $260M on a $1.6B valuation to expand its warranty and protection plan services; Explorium scores $75M Series C just 10 months after B round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday.com is going public; Telda raises $5M for Egyptian neobanking; Ankorstore raises $102M to supply indie stores Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coding school drama; Stripe acquires Bouncer, will integrate its card authentication into the Radar fraud detection tool; Airbnb managed a roughly 2.5% gain after reporting its own earnings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google hit with $123M antitrust fine in Italy over Android Auto; Legionfarm, pairing pro gamers with amateurs, raises $6 million Series A; Elon Musk, Technoking of Tesla, orders a halt to bitcoin car payments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Salesforce is bringing drag and drop interactive components to its low-code toolkit; Stampli raises $50 million in Series C to help companies intelligently manage invoices; Prime today, gone tomorrow: Chinese products get pulled from Amazon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube announces a $100M fund to reward top YouTube Shorts creators over 2021-2022; Samsung withdraws from in-person MWC; TransUnion led blockchain fintech Spring Labs’ $30M Series B Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at Expensify ahead of its IPO; Neobank 'Fair' is launching to the public; 'Snack,' a ‘Tinder meets TikTok’ dating app is opening to Gen Z investors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A mega-exit for American fintech; Walmart’s Flipkart to cover insurance for all sellers in India; 5 investors discuss the future of RPA after UiPath's IPO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Freemium is the future of SaaS; Google reveals slate of Chromebook docks; Chinese EV maker Nio steps outside of China Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices