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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-11-05


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Google’s head of US policy Susan Molinari will step down at
Pinterest names Andréa Mallard as its first CMO; she will report
Amazon opens a 4-Star brick-and-mortar store in Berkeley, CA, its third
Tencent says it will implement age restriction checks across all its
Apple suspends plans for an iPhone XR manufacturing boost, according to
Wireless charging firm Reach Labs (YC S15) raises $9M led by
Verizon announces a reorganization effective Jan 1; there will be three
An unnamed HQ Trivia employee filed a formal complaint about co-founder
David Pierce reviews 2018 iPad Pro for The Wall Street Journal;
South Korea-based AI firm Skelter Labs raises an undisclosed investment from
Lime says it will invest $3M on a new safety initiative;
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son says the firm will wait for an
Amazon drops its $25 minimum purchase requirement for free standard shipping;
Credit report firm Credit Karma acquires UK-based counterpart Noddle from TransUnion;
Apple is set to launch a 5G iPhone in 2020, according
UK-based VC firm Atomico names Sophia Bendz as Partner; Bendz joined
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts 2019 iPhones will feature improved Face ID;
Amazon exec Mike Grella criticizes an unnamed source for speaking to
Secret computing startup Inpher raises $10M Series A led by JPMorgan
Healthtech company Wellth raises $5.1M Series A led by Boehringer Ingelheim’s
Facebook reorganizes Oculus AR and VR team; it restructured the team
Citi analyst Mark May says Amazon is reducing its number of
Blockchain firm ConsenSys acquires asteroid mining startup Planetary Resources; terms undisclosed;
Child advocacy groups ask the Federal Trade Commision to investigate the
Motorola announces plans for a US rollout of its Motorola One;
Travel booking platform Freebird raises $8M Series A led by American
San Francisco-based hospitality tech startup Properly raises $8.5M Series A led
Automated expense management startup AppZen raises $35M Series B led by
Alibaba Group reports cloud computing business growth; the multinational tech company
Industry researchers expect Apple iPhone sales in India to decline for
OpenAI publishes new research showing how a sense of curiosity can
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar