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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-11-02


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Department of Justice indicts China-based Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit and Taiwan’s
Hackers publish private messages from more than 80k Facebook accounts, reports
Singapore-based biotech firm Nalagenetics raises $1M pre-seed led by East Ventures
Australia-based shipbuilder Austal discloses a data breach; Austal says unidentified hackers
Elon Musk says Tesla’s in-development pickup truck will have a “cyberpunk”
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) says it may regulate
China-based edtech startup Yuanfudao is raising $250M on a $2.8B post-money
Evan Spiegel says Snap will still be an independent company in
Baidu says its DuerOS voice assistant is on more than 150M
AT&T-owned WarnerMedia (WM) accuses the Department of Justice (DOJ) of collaborating
Instagram adds support for sharing IGTV videos via Stories; works from
More than 50 companies including Apple, Google, and Amazon sign an
Facebook open sources Horizon, a set of tools it uses to
Sonos delays Google Assistant support until 2019; first announced in 2017
The seven core organizers of the Google mass walkout list several
Marketing analytics startup Edo raises $12M Series A led by Breyer
Apple will stop reporting unit sales for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
GoPro ($1B market cap) Q3 beats: $286M revenue, down 13 percent
IBM and Harvard researchers create a debugging tool enabling developers of
Amazon launches its second 4-Star location, at Park Meadows mall in
Symantec ($12B market cap) FQ2 beats: $1.18B adjusted revenue ($1.15B expected);
Apple is testing a vintage device repair service, according to 9To5Mac
Apple ($1.07T market cap) FQ4 beats: $62.9B revenue, up 19.5% year-over-year
Sen Ron Wyden (D-OR) releases draft legislation that would empower the
Zume, which uses AI to automate food preparation and to predict
Recode parent Vox Media to fold Recode.net into Vox.com next year;
DeepMap, which uses autonomous vehicle fleet data to create maps, raises
Uber is testing a Pro program, rewarding top performing drivers with
Microsoft announces engagement and monetization updates for Twitch competitor Mixer; users
HashiCorp, which provides open-source infrastructure management tools, raises $100M Series D
Uber launches Eats for Business; enables workers to order food for
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar