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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-01-18


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Meron Gribetz, founder of defunct AR headset company Meta, says the
UK-based recipe kit firm SimplyCook raises £4.5M ($5.8M) Series A led
China’s envoy to Canada says the country may face repercussions if
YouTube bans British far-right figure Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) from
European scooter-sharing startup Flash emerges from stealth, raises $62.7M Series A
A transgender engineering manager at Facebook has left the company after
China-based EV car manufacturer Kandi says it plans to launch two
Facebook launches version one of its open source image processing library
DC Circuit Appeals Court rejects a request by the FCC to
Maoyan Entertainment, a China-based ticketing platform, plans to raise as much
Vic Gundotra steps down as CEO of health firm AliveCor; reasons
Satya Nadella says Microsoft will focus on making Cortana available on
E-commerce firm Birdies raises $8M Series A led by Norwest Venture
Tech columnist Kevin Roose notes some five star Amazon reviews for
A group of Amazon shareholders call on the company to stop
Tesla will recall ~14k Model S vehicles in China due to
Munich-based Personio, which provides a cloud platform for HR and recruiting,
Los Angeles-based Relativity Space, which is developing 3D-printed rockets, announces a
Redpoint Ventures is raising $400M for two new funds: $300M for
Slack CPO April Underwood is leaving the company to focus on
New York-based Spell, which provides a collaborative platform for machine learning
Walmart abandons plans for a new streaming service, according to CNBC
Twitter discloses a bug in its Android app that made some
Google to acquire in-development smartwatch tech from Fossil for $40M; the
Amazon announces a public version of its private MARS conference; Re:MARS
Location-based immersive gaming startup Immersive Games Lab raises $3.2M seed led
Germany considers banning Huawei equipment from 5G networks, Handelsblatt reports; numerous
Square announces a new merchant debit card that draws from funds
Tim Cook calls on Congress to pass federal privacy legislation that
Tesla to shut down its customer referral program on Feb 1;
Seattle-based Pro.com, a general contractor for home projects, raises $33M Series
Facebook takes down Pages, groups, and accounts belonging to two organizations
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar