Monday
👩🏻⚖️ Supreme Court rules in Google's favor over Android software copyright dispute with Oracle (CNBC)
📴 LG Electronics to terminate smartphone business by July 31 (WSJ)
🚗 Apple CEO Tim Cook hints at the company's work in autonomous vehicles (CNBC)
🧬 Softbank plans to lead $1.2B investment in genetic-testing provider Invitae Corp. (WSJ)
🚘 Waymo CEO John Krafcik to leave company; CTO & COO to share title of Co-Chief Executive (WSJ)
Tuesday
💹 Cryptocurrency market tops $2T for the first time driven by an ethereum record high (CNBC)
🤖 SoftBank invests $2.8B in AutoStore, a Norwegian robotics company specialized on storage systems (CNBC)
💡 China creates Digital Yuan, the first digital currency of a major economy (WSJ)
📲 Clubhouse partners with Stripe for in-app payments; payment receiving only for selected users (Clubhouse)
⁉ Yahoo Answers will go offline on May 4th and will not provide a comprehensive archive (TheVerge)
Wednesday
📈 Coinbase estimates Q1 2021 revenue to jump nine-fold to ~$1.8B; Growth driven by increased institutional interest in crypto asset class (CNBC)
💱 Signal adds support for privacy-focused crypto MobileCoin to let users send and receive money; Service starts in the UK on iOS and Android (Wired)
📊 Patreon valued at $4B after tripling valuation of $1.2B from September 2020 (WSJ)
👨🏻💻 Interesting Interview with Luke Stark, a researcher dealing with emotion-sensing A.I., about promises and pitfalls of the technology (OneZero)
✈ UPS to buy electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft from Vermont-based Beta Technologies to speed up delivery times (RT)
Thursday
💹 Tencent's largest shareholder Prosus raised $14.6B by selling ~6% of its stake to fund growth ventures and M&A activity (WSJ)
🤳🏻 Facebook's mashup of Clubhouse & Instagram Live, called Hotline, launches public beta testing (TC)
📶 T-Mobile launches 5G home internet services in America, priced at $60-$65 per month (TheVerge)
💧 Egyptian researches invents device that turns stagnant salt lake water into water for agriculture usage (SpringWise)
🚗 Tesla scouts for showroom space in India, expected to import and sell Model 3 by mid-2021 (RT)
Friday
💱 RobinHood reports 458% Q1 '21 increase in crypto trading on its platform (Decrypt)
🧯 Verizon recalls 2.5M Ellipsis JetPack mobile hotspots due to fire hazard of batteries (CNBC)
📲 Samsung announces SmartTag Plus, a $40 augmented reality gadget to track lost items (cnet)