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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-10-16


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Battery manufacturing firm Lithium Werks (LW) announces plans for a $1.8B
On-demand pharmacy service NowRx raises $7M Series A via SeedInvest equity
Elon Musk says some Tesla owners will receive a new chip
Lyft rolls out its $300 monthly subscription plan across the US;
Singapore-based social events platform Get (formerly Qnect) raises $2.5M led by
Sony rolls out a fix for PlayStation 4 messaging bug that
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley suggest Uber could reach a valuation
Recycling investment initiative Closed Loop Fund (CLF) raises $10M from Amazon;
Temasek acquires Israel-based cybersecurity firm Sygnia; terms undisclosed but TechCrunch sources
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says there is an increase in
Jeff Bezos predicts there will someday be 1T humans living across
Syncron, a Sweden-based production solutions firm, raises $67M from Summit Partners;
Dieter Bohn reviews Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL for The
Germany-based startup recruitment startup JobUFO raises €2M ($2.3M) seed led by
Sundar Pichai discusses Google’s work on a censored search engine for
Smartfrog invests $25M in fellow home security camera firm Canary, giving
Google withdraws from the Saudi Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh;
Barcelona-based travel platform TravelPerk raises $44M Series C from Kinnevik and
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies aged 65 following complications from non-Hodgkin’s
Facebook expands and toughens ban on posts that provide misinformation regarding
Of the 22M comments submitted on the FCC's initiative to repeal
Twilio ($7.4B market cap) acquires SendGrid ($1.4B market cap) for $2B
Jeff Bezos hopes Blue Origin will conduct its first space tourism
Amazon patents tech that would enable Alexa to detect health problems
Electric scooter companies Lime and Bird are in talks to raise
Immersive experience technology company Jaunt announces it will shut down VR
Former Google+ designer Morgan Knutson says the project was plagued by
The Transportation Security Administration reveals roadmap to employ biometrics, specifically facial
Radionomy to relaunch Winamp next year with mobile-first apps targeting centralized
Rolls-Royce partners with Intel to develop fully autonomous ships; Rolls-Royce previously
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology commits $1B to integrate computing and
Mexico City-based scooter startup Grin (YC S18) raises $45.7M Series A;
The departures of key Tesla executives have left 29 managers reporting
Adobe launches video editor Premiere Rush in general availability; previously known
Adobe announces Project Aero, a tool for building AR experiences; integrates
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar