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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-05-14


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City officials in San Francisco will decide today whether to block
Poland-based healthtech firm DocPlanner raises ~$90M Series E led by One
Former US vice president Joe Biden says the government should consider
Croatia-based EV firm Rimac Automobili raises €80M (~$90M) from Hyundai and
US trade officials say laptops and phones manufactured in China may
Sen Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduces a bill to restrict US companies
HP announces Omen X 2S, a 15-inch gaming laptop with a
Amazon launches Counter, a click-and-collect service for the UK and Italy;
Amazon rolls out its free Alexa Guard security monitoring feature to
Apple announces Apple Pay support for special NFC stickers that let
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi emails staff to discuss the company’s worse-than-anticipated
Walmart launches free one-day delivery on orders over $35; covers more
British telco Vodafone says it will launch its first 5G service
Facebook is set to agree to 20 years of oversight in
Facebook says it will raise its base pay for thousands of
WhatsApp fixes a vulnerability that let third-parties remotely install spyware on
UK-based wellness-booking platform Urban raises $10M Series B led by Accelerated
District judge sentences former Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain to five years
Uber ($62B market cap) closes its second day of trading on
Commercial Cisco router vulnerable to remote attack, according to Red Balloon;
Ubisoft announces that
Beijing Kunlun Tech must sell Grindr by June 30 of next
The US government increased the import tax on Chinese goods from
Twitter announces an iOS app bug that revealed location data for
Epic Games acquires the Twinmotion 3D modeling software for architects and
New York City-based podcast tools company Chartable launches SmartLinks, which generates
Slack plans NYSE direct listing on June 20; during the company's
E-commerce tools and services company Webscale raises $14M Series B led
Video, voice, and text chat app Discord announces 250M-plus registered users
Apple updates iOS and tvOS, releases the redesigned Apple TV app;
Lenovo announces ThinkReality, an AR and VR platform targeting businesses; the
Email campaign platform MailChimp expands to offer a range of marketing
Supreme Court rules 5-4 that iPhone users can pursue an antitrust
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar