YouTube has acquired social commerce startup Simsim, valued at over $70 million, which raised about $17 million prior to today’s announcement and was valued at $50.1 million in its 2020 Series B financing round. The acquisition will enable YouTube to help small businesses and retailers in India reach new customers in more powerful ways.

Bitcoin fell below $30,000 for the first time since Jun. 22 on Monday as $90 billion was wiped off the entire cryptocurrency market in 24 hours. Bitcoin was down 6% while ether fell 8% and XRP tanked almost 10% according to CoinDesk data.

Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, is flying to space Tuesday morning on his company’s suborbital rocket, riding with a motley crew of three other passengers: his brother Mark, 82-year-old aviation icon Wally Funk, and 18 year-old Dutch high school grad Oliver Daemen.

Google is adding new tools to Android TV to make it feel more like Google TV, adding titles to your watchlist, recommendation tuning and detail pages. The company also tweaked the detail pages by adding trailers that autoplay when you dive deeper into each title. The Android TV operating system powers hundreds of models of streaming sticks, TV sets, and more.

IBM reported second-quarter revenue that beat analysts' estimates, as a recovery in client spending powered strong growth in its cloud and consulting businesses. The company's shares were up 2% at $140.73 in extended trading, with more clients spending on digitizing their operations.

Apple launched the iPhone SE 2020 last year, bringing back the SE moniker that was first spotted on the original iPhone SE, which debuted in 2016. The 2020 SE did the same thing as the OG version, as it became a welcome change in the world of larger handsets that became too much to handle.

After peaking at $63,503 on April 13 this year, bitcoin has fallen just over 50% to approximately $30,700 today, still up 6% for the year but has been in a steady downward trend.

CNN has unveiled a new service that will offer a blend of live and on-demand shows that are "separate and distinct" from existing TV coverage. The service will debut sometime in the first quarter of 2022, with eight to 12 hours of topical coverage and "lifestyle" material every day.

Windows 11 is coming out of beta version, but there are many reasons to upgrade to the new version of Windows 11, but that doesn't mean you have to live with all aspects of the new user interface. With a combination of registry tweaks, third-party apps and some different art work, you can get some of the look and feel of Windows 10 back in Windows 11.

The new emojis will be available to devices over the next year. The draft list is being published by the Unicode Consortium to celebrate World Emoji Day. The new additions will all but complete the consortium's drive to offer masculine, feminine, and gender-neutral versions of all available emoji.

Zoom Video Communications Inc announced a $14.7 billion all-stock deal to buy cloud-based call center operator Five9 Inc as competition intensifies in its core videoconferencing sector.

Huawei is expected to launch the vanilla P50 smartphone in China on July 29. It is claimed to feature the world's first 4G version of the Snapdragon 888 processor. However, there is no information regarding the launch of the P50 Pro.