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WorldRemit, which helps immigrants and migrant workers abroad send money back home, raises $175M Series D, source says at a $900M+ valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Report: 52% of parents vs. 39% of teens said they spend too much time on their phones, up from 29% of parents and down from 61% of teens in 2016 (Niraj Chokshi/New York Times)

Report: Finland-based IoT service company Uros says it had sales of €1.3B, up 171% YoY, and profits of €120M, up 845% YoY in 2018 (Anne Kauranen/Reuters)

Infineon to acquire Cypress Semiconductor for $23.85 per share, valuing the company at €9B, at about 33% premium to its Friday closing price of $17.82 (Bloomberg)

Caller ID and spam blocking app Truecaller can endanger journalists by revealing their phone numbers, even if journalists never use the app (Marianna Tzabiras/IFEX)

Infineon to acquire Cypress Semiconductor for $23.85 per share, valuing the company at €9B, at about 33% premium to its Friday closing price of $17.82 (Infineon ...)

NBC officially launches NBC News Now, a free streaming news service with 8 hours of programming every weekday, expects to have it running 24/7 by 2020 (Alex Johnson/NBC News)

TaniGroup, which operates a B2B platform for Indonesian farmers to sell their produce direct to 400 SMBs that cater to 10,000 consumers, raises $10M Series A (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)

PE firms Francisco Partners and Israel Growth Partners to acquire LiveU, an Israel-based developer of live broadcasting and streaming tech, for $200M (Meir Orbach/CTech - 24/7)