The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchticker

The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-11-06


Listen Later

Crypto mining firm Bitfury raises $80M led by Korelya Capital with
San Francisco orders Darren Lee and Valerie Lee to pay $2.2M
Instagram is developing Stories that can be limited to schools and
Images and video of purported Asus Zenfone 6 leak indicating the
Scooter-sharing firm Bird launches a limited pilot scheme in London; the
Foxconn is considering moving engineers from its Chinese factories to an
UK regulator Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is referring certain issues related
Numerous transportation companies including Uber, Lyft, and Lime are offering discounted
Samsung will announce some details of its first foldable device tomorrow,
Waymo’s chief business development officer Shaun Stewart steps down, reports The
VMware acquires Heptio, a Kubernates training and support service; terms undisclosed;
Uber Eats plans to triple its workforce to 900 staff across
Resy confirms it has acquired rival restaurant booking service Reserve; terms
India-based social commerce firm Meesho (YC S16) raises $50M Series C
Facebook blocks 115 accounts across Instagram and Facebook for possibly engaging
Australia-based subterranean drone startup Emesent raises $2.5M from CSIRO Innovation; the
Amazon plans to base HQ2 across two cities, according to a
Swedish ISP Bahnhof blocks the site of academic publisher Elsevier in
Volkswagen and D-Wave announce a quantum computing-based traffic management system that
Early-stage VC firm CRV hires former Greylock Partners investor Matt Heiman;
Raleigh-based PrecisionHawk, which provides a platform for UAV-collected data, acquires Chicago-based
Lime announces Respect the Ride: a safety campaign through which the
New York City-based digital banking platform Cogni raises $1.7M seed; the
Tim Berners-Lee proposes a new Contract for the Web: an agreement
Apple releases WatchOS 5.1.1 after pulling v5.1 due to reports of
Instacart acqui-hires app analytics startup MightySignal; terms undisclosed; the entire team
Experience management company Qualtrics sets IPO price range at $18 to
7-Eleven launches Scan & Pay pilot at 14 Dallas-area stores; iOS
Esperanto Technologies raises $58M Series B from undisclosed investors; the four-year-old
The Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal of a lower
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo to acquire CA Technologies' Veracode unit
Chrome browser v71, slated to launch next month, will block all
Social network Gab resumes operations via registrar and web host Epik;
Facebook launches nine merchant pop-up stores at Macy's locations; the displays
Spotify ($25B market cap) to repurchase up to 10M shares of
The Daily Download is an unofficial fan based experiment.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar