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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-10-12


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Tesla says vehicles ordered by Oct 15 will be eligible for
Oculus CTO John Carmack ends his legal dispute with ZeniMax; the
Blockchain startup Spring Labs names Gary Cohn as an adviser; Cohn
WhatsApp rolls out a street theater campaign across India intended to
SoftBank plans to raise ~$27B when it publicly lists its cellular
The Wall Street Journal publishes a teardown of the iPhone XS/XS
French telco Orange partners with Google for an undersea cable project
Senior assistance startup Papa (YC S18) raises $2.4M seed led by
Amazon is developing order-picking robots for use in its fulfillment centers,
Apple says 50 percent of all eligible devices are running iOS
Samsung mobile head DJ Koh says the company’s yet-to-launch foldable smartphone
Instagram tests tapping through posts as a replacement for scrolling, reports
China-based Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) delays its IPO following a selloff
China-based lidar firm RoboSense (formerly Suteng Innovation) raises $45M from Alibaba,
Direct-to-consumer shoe firm Allbirds raises $50M Series C on a $1.4B
Uber writes to the SEC seeking permission to compensate drivers with
Lime requests a temporary restraining order against San Francisco’s scooter-sharing program
Apple partners with Genius to display song lyrics within Apple Music;
Scooter-sharing firm Bird hires Dennis Cinelli as head of finance; Cinelli
LA- and Austin-based Moonshots Capital closes $20M for its inaugural fund;
Google updates Translate with visual translation for 13 new languages, including
Business software marketplace G2 Crowd raises $55M Series C at an
PA's Department of Transportation issues its first authorization for state-wide testing
Sens John Thune (R-SD), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Facebook announces 3D Photos; a user with a supported iPhone (7
Microsoft updates Xbox One with an Alexa skill for controlling via
Facebook removes more than 800 publishers and accounts from the platform,
Oculus launches Home v2 and Dash in general availability; currently rolling
Virtual worlds company Improbable announces an SDK that brings support for
Facebook removes at least 66 accounts belonging to SocialDataHub, citing the
Donald Trump signs the Music Modernization Act into law; updates the
Google makes Assistant accessible from the lock screen; also added a
Apple applies for a patent on technology for detecting whether an
Apple's App Store generated 93 percent more revenue in the third
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar