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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-05-07


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Cannabis-infused drinks startup K-Zen Beverages raises $5M seed from DCM; the
Email security firm Proofpoint acquires Israel-based zero trust network access firm
AMD and Cray Computing partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to
Facebook begins testing its fact-checking program against Instagram posts; content flagged
Google launches a four-month program to help Israeli startups expand into
Google Pixel 3a will feature the same back camera as Pixel
Barcelona-based chatbot platform Hubtype raises €1M (~$1.1M) seed led by K
Singapore-based marketplace Carousell names Lewis Ng as chief commercial officer; Ng
Ride-hailing firm Gett raises $200M on a $1.5B valuation from Volkswagen,
Samsung says it doesn’t have a revised ship date for Galaxy
Microsoft announces new open source software designed to detect ballot hacking
China-based EV startup Byton is in talks to raise $500M, according
Finland-based machine learning startup Aito raises €1M (~$1.1M) pre-seed from First
China-based cafe firm Luckin Coffee aims to raise ~$600M in its
Berlin-based travel booking platform Tourlane raises $47M Series C led by
Cybersecurity firm Symantec says two stolen NSA hacking tools were being
UK-based insurtech firm Urban Jungle raises £2.5M (~$3.3M) seed from Rob
Twitter launches a feature to let users add images, videos, and
Amazon is in talks with affiliate program publishers such as The
Microsoft teases a Minecraft AR game, Edge Browser for macOS, Windows
Microsoft patents an Xbox controller with built-in Braille display; would replace
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab to present
Canada's federal government to award $12M to Quebec incubators and accelerators
FTC files suit against Doug Monahan, who raised ~$800k for a
VR headset company Pimax announces the Sword and Sword Sense controllers
US Sens Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) urge the
Apple launches
Sequoia Capital China to lay off 10 to 20 percent of
Melbourne-based Elenium Automation raises ~$10.5M Series A led by Acorn Capital;
Mexico City-based payments company Clip raised $100M early this year, with
Microsoft launches Visual Studio Online in limited preview; intended as a
Apple is considering revealing the new Mac Pro and a new
Ownership and equity management platform Carta raises $300M Series E at
Microsoft to open-source its Quantum Development Kit this summer on GitHub;
Portugal-based printed products company 360imprimir raises ~$20M led by LeadX; the
Tim Cook says Apple averages one acquisition every two to three
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar