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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-01-28


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Singapore proposes new ride-hailing licensing rules that block driver exclusivity clauses;
India-based ride-hailing firm Ola cuts investment in its food delivery business
Altran, a France-based engineering consultancy firm, shuts down its IT network
Chinese regulators begin approving mobile games from numerous publishers including Tencent,
China’s envoy to the EU warns excluding Huawei from 5G networks
97 Chinese firms reached unicorn status last year, according to a
Naspers acquires full control of Russia-based classified ads platform Avito for
Didi Chuxing partners with China-based automotive firm BAIC for Jingju, a
Former and current BuzzFeed staff are asking the company to honor
Google is set to launch a Duo web-client in the coming
Japanese lawmakers approve an amendment to let government agencies attempt to
NightOwl (Mac) lets users easily toggle between macOS standard and dark
Canada removes John McCallum from his post as envoy to China
A group known as Distributed Denial of Secrets (aka DDoSecrets) releases
Samsung says it will replace plastic packaging with more environmentally friendly
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts Apple will sell 188M to 192M iPhones
Roadside assistance startup Urgently raises $21M Series B led by BMW,
New iOS 12.2 developer's beta includes Downtime feature customization capabilities; users
E-commerce startup Jamja raises $1M round from Bon Angels and CyberAgent
India-based auto buying platform CarDekho.com raises $110M Series C led by
Japan authorizes government hack of consumers' IoT devices; employees from the
US-based recruiting software startup Lever expands to Canada; the company says
Fintech firm Zafin raises $17.2M Series B led by Vistara Capital
Parking marketplace WhereiPark acquires Seattle startup GarageHop; terms undisclosed; the company
Microsoft and MIT researchers develop AI model for covering self-driving cars'
Mastercard says it plans to apply for a bank card clearing
Ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing reports 550M users and 31M drivers in
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar