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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-09-05


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Facebook files a patent lawsuit against BlackBerry, claiming the company is
Twitter says President Donald Trump is not immune from account suspension;
Elon Musk refers to cave diver Vern Unsworth as a “child
Samsung says it will showcase a foldable smartphone this year, reports
Minneapolis police say JD.com CEO Richard Liu’s arrest last week followed
Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos give $10M to With Honor
Facebook says it will continue an internal investigation into company bias
Nigeria-based ISP Tizeti (YC W17) raises $3M led by 4DX Ventures;
German mobility firm Wunder Mobility raises $30M Series B led by
FCC chairman Ajit Pai says it may be necessary to introduce
Google says it’s considering changing how URLs displayed in Chrome; the
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are set
Netflix hires Christie Fleischer as head of Consumer Products; she will
Fintech firm SynapseFI raises $17M Series A led by Trinity Ventures
Healthtech firm Theranos will formally dissolve, reports The Wall Street Journal;
Google publishes CLO Kent Walker's prepared testimony for a Senate Intelligence
Thoma Bravo acquires majority stake in quote-to-cash vendor Apttus; price undisclosed;
HTC opens its Viveport VR subscription service to Oculus Rift; enables
Instagram is developing a dedicated app for shopping, according to sources
Swedish watch company Pansar Augmented launches Kickstarter campaign for its Analog
Apple sold 4.7M Watches last quarter, representing 17 percent of the
Tribe Capital (founded by three former Social Capital partners) is raising
Apple doesn't plan in-display fingerprint sensors for this year's nor next
Roberto Viola of the European Commission says a new law will
Evernote has lost four top executives in the last month: CTO
Mercedes-Benz unveils its first all-electric vehicle, the EQC400 4MATIC SUV; 80kWh
The Wikimedia Foundation says Europe's copyright reform proposal, on which the
Google launches a redesigned Chrome browser for the app's 10th anniversary;
Samsung announces the Bixby SDK and API, which will enable third-party
Amazon ($995B market cap) briefly passes $1T market value; it's the
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar