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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-04-23


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Healthtech firm Zap Surgical Systems plans to raise $80M from new
Bytedance says India’s ban against TikTok is costing it $500k per
Douyu, a China-based Twitch-like platform, plans to raises as much as
ProPublica illustrates how TurboTax uses various dark patterns to charge users
Elon Musk says Tesla plans to launch an autonomous taxi service
Logistics management firm KeepTruckin raises $149M Series D on a $1.25B
Twitter ($26.4B market cap) FQ1 beats: $787M revenue, up 18 percent
Apple spends more than $30M on AWS storage each month, according
Vine successor Byte launches an invite-only beta; the app lets users
Two Google employees who helped organize company-wide walkouts claim they have
Samsung is developing two new foldable devices, according to South Korean
French supermarket firm Casino signs a deal to put Amazon lockers
Singapore-based biotech firm RWDC Industries raises $22M Series A (third tranche)
Mfine, an India-based healthtech firm raises $17.2M Series B led by
AT&T reaches a settlement with Sprint over its
India-based fintech firm ZestMoney raises $20M Series B led by Quona
Facebook names Jennifer Newstead as its General Counsel; Newstead previously served
Samsung delays the launch of Galaxy Fold indefinitely; the device was
Subscription-based podcast startup Luminary launches its product Tuesday; the company has
Elon Musk says Tesla's custom chip for full autonomy is in
SolarWinds ($5.9B market cap) acquires fellow IT services provider Samanage for
Elon Musk says Tesla's custom chip for full autonomy is in
Enterprise work management tools company Upland Software ($936M market cap) acquires
Continuous delivery company CloudBees acquires Electric Cloud; terms undisclosed; CloudBees focuses
Russian hackers are taking control of computers at embassies across Europe,
Boston-based document and contract management company Evisort exposed client data via
Two Google employees who helped organize a November walkout in protest
Connected vehicle platform Smartcar alleges that auto data services platform Otonomo
Toronto Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) raises ~$5M from the federal government;
Microsoft employees petition for the company's protection of a Chinese repository
Apple to unveil new Siri intents and improvements to Marzipan and
Wi-Fi Finder, a hotspot search tool for Android, leaked passwords for
Israel-based voice search platform Audioburst raises $10M from Hyundai, advertising firm
Plant-based meat substitute company Beyond Meat prices IPO; plans to raise
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar