- Uber has held talks to buy electric scooter startups Bird and Lime . The Information reported that a multi-billion dollar deal for one of the firms could alleviate Uber's scooter supply concerns.
- . Pichai will testify in front of Congress for the first time on Wednesday, a day before he and other tech bosses hold a meeting at the White House.
- . Soft robotics is an experimental field of robotics that draws inspiration from biology, from lizard tongues to octopuses.
- . In a speech in London last week, he said tech startups need to be more diverse, less product driven, and more willing to partner early.
- . It promises you'll get 36 gifts in return for buying just one, but it's actually an illegal pyramid scheme, and law enforcement is warning about it.
- Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz's Asana is now worth $1.5 billion . The software startup passed the so-called unicorn valuation of $1 billion. "It's really nice to cross over that concrete mark," Moskovitz said.
- . Administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters that SpaceX CEO Musk's cannabis smoking on a podcast in September "was not appropriate behavior."
- . Venture capital firms Meritech Capital and Tribe Capital are leading the funding round, multiple sources told Business Insider.
- . The company plans to build 12 ground stations throughout the world, with two facilities operational on Tuesday.
- . The Close Friends update allows users to create an exclusive list of people who can see their Stories.
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