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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-04-10


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Qualcomm announces Cloud AI 100, a chip designed for use in
UK university King's College London (KCL) warns staff and students of
Madrid-based scooter-sharing firm Movo raises €20M (~$22.5M) Series A led by
Hyundai partners with Tencent to develop vehicle entertainment tech, according to
Malaysia-based video streaming service iFlix raises an undisclosed strategic investment from
Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com is set to cut 12k jobs, equal
French firm Cathay Capital partners with Tunisia-based Africinvest to establish a
Carousell, an online classifieds firm, raises $42M from Naspers-controlled OLX Group,
ShopBack, a Singapore-based consumer rewards firm, raises $45M led by Rakuten
Google plans to launch new laptops and tablets, reports The Verge;
Starship Technologies says its autonomous robots have completed 50k commercial deliveries
Airbnb ends a ban on listings for Israeli settlements in the
Twitter pulls a tweet from President Trump for copyright infringement, reports
Some Slack stakeholders are selling shares for as much as $26
Oppo announces 6.4-inch Reno (starts at ~$450) and 6.6-inch Reno 10x
Edtech firm Udacity cuts 75 jobs, equal to ~20 percent of
YouTube disables comments during a live-stream of a Congressional hearing about
Uber plans to offer ~$10B worth of stock during its IPO,
Dropbox adds beta support for working with Google Docs, Sheets, and
SoftBank hires Paulo Passoni and André Maciel to work on its
YouTube announces a new unit to develop interactive content and live
The White House announces intent to veto the Save The Internet
Dublin-based management consulting firm Accenture announces plan to acquire Parisian consulting
Yahoo proposes $117.5M settlement for class-action suit regarding massive data breach;
Walmart to expand use of autonomous robots this year; will deploy
Jason urges VCs and founders to boycott Saudi money, citing human
This Week in Startups episode 918 at Founder.University: Jason speaks with
Elon Musk confirms Tesla's mobile service teams will handle the Hardware
Connected device tracking company Expanse raises $70M Series C led by
Apple hires Jaunt VR Founder Arthur van Hoff to serve as
Jacob Burrell Campos, a 22-year-old US citizen residing in Mexico, sentenced
Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners, which targets post-seed startups based in TX,
Bipartisan bill would prohibit platforms with 100M-plus monthly active users from
Munich-based HR and recruitment company Personio acquires Madrid-based, API-powered payroll engine
Machine learning support services company Labelbox raises $10M Series A from
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar