Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Friday said he is stepping down from the company's board to dedicate more time to philanthropic activities.

SoftBank-backed startup CloudMinds has been blocked from sharing US-origin technology with its China business, documents showed, illustrating how increased US government restrictions are creating new headaches for tech firms and their investors.

Big companies are setting aside big budgets for digitization - but what are the big digitisation trends in India and globally? What were they like last year and what can we expect in 2020? Will they also have an impact on jobs? To discuss digitisation trends and impact. Startup Street is now joined by two senior partners from Mckinsey, Noshir Kaka and Rodney Zemmel to tell us the key trends in digitization that they saw in 2019, globally and India as well.

The new cloud region will expand Google's existing network, which stands at eight regions in the Asia Pacific and 22 regions globally.