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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-02-22


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Rakuten-owned messaging platform Viber will begin charging chatbot operators from April
Facebook executives will meet with Indian lawmakers on March 6 to
Google plans to announce new gaming hardware during a Game Developers
Goldman Sachs issues an advisory note warning Samsung may not supply
Some Italian lawmakers are pushing for a national ban against Huawei’s
Purported images of Sony’s new Xperia smartphone lineup leak; 91Mobiles says
Real estate platform Zillow names co-founder Richard Barton as CEO; Barton
Malaysia-based Vynn Capital raises an undisclosed sum from Malaysia Venture Capital
Apple partners with Alipay to offer two-years of interest-free financing to
Singapore Airlines (SA) and American Airlines (AA) confirm some of their
Facebook removes its Onavo VPN from Google Play, reports TechCrunch; Apple
Uber Eats is in talks to sell its Indian operations to
Apple is set to transition away from Intel chips in its
Samsung says it will extend Bixby button remapping to all Galaxy
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé announces his retirement; Fils-Aimé has
AT&T and Hasbro pull their ads from YouTube; follows a vlogger’s
Lime names Ted Tobiason as its first CFO; Tobiason previously served
Podcast production firm WaitWhat raises $4.3M Series A led by Cue
The UK government's Rapid Response Unit, established to combat misinformation online,
Local delivery services company DoorDash raises $400M Series F at a
Google to abolish mandatory arbitration policy for employees on March 21;
Pinterest confidentially files for IPO, according to sources for The Wall
Multi-lens camera company Light partners with Sony to co-develop and market
HTC announces Vive Focus Plus, a standalone VR headset slated to
Facebook enabled advertisers to target users who expressed interest in neo-Nazi
Huawei says it will address, in the first half of this
Digital security company Gemalto announces 5G Sim cards slated to roll
Twitch signs first direct sponsorship management agreement with esports organization Team
YouTube shuts down 400-plus channels and deletes tens of millions of
Boston-based Zoba, which uses machine learning to predict demand for rental
Short-form video streaming company Loop Media, which emerged last week, acquires
Supply chain management company Flexport raises $1B led by SoftBank's Vision
Verizon plans to launch 5G in 30 cities this year; the
Oakland-based customer communications platform Broadly acquires About.me, the personal homepage company
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar