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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-06-18


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Nvidia signs a multi-year partnership with Volvo to develop autonomous tech
Niantic acquires UK-based games company Sensible Object; terms undisclosed; the company
Smartphone company HMD Global says it will store Nokia user data
Magic Leap files a lawsuit against former employee Chi Xu, accusing
Apple introduces active subscription alerts in the latest iOS 13 beta;
The Indian government says it will review proposed local data storage
JP Morgan is working on a new digital banking product based
Google announces a plan to roll out direct RCS support for
A/B testing platform Optimizely secures $105M in new funding; comprised of
Facebook announces Libra, a blockchain-based cryptocurrency that will launch in 2020;
Facebook establishes Calibra, a financial services subsidiary; the unit’s first product
Microsoft-owned GitHub acquires Pull Panda, a service to help teams with
UK-based insurtech startup Zego raises $42M Series B led by Target
Alibaba announces CFO Maggie Wu will also oversee the company’s strategic
Instagram begins testing tools to help users recover hacked accounts; includes
YouTube Kids has more than 20M users per week, according to
UK-based GuestReady, a service for managing short-term rentals, raises $6M Series
Apple adds picture-in-picture support in the latest tvOS 13 beta; lets
Atlassian publishes its term sheet for acquisitions; targets a streamlined process
The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns
Blockchain-based payments company Ripple to take an 8- to 10-percent stake
Austin-based Elsewhere Partners launches its first fund at $70M; plans 10-12
Waymo begins testing autonomous Jaguar I-Pace crossovers on public roads near
Canadian company LiveScale, which enables video streaming to multiple platforms simultaneously,
Twitch sues anonymous users who perpetrated coordinated troll attacks on the
Indian scooter-share company Bounce raises $72M Series C led by B
Israeli AI processor company Habana Labs announces the Gaudi AI training
NY lawmakers to vote on a bill that would legalize electric
New York City-based Livepeer, a decentralized, Ethereum-based platform for video encoding,
Apple likely to launch two 5G iPhones next year, according to
Paris-based PayFit, a SaaS HR solution serving ~3k European SMEs, is
Anti-phishing platform IronScales raises $15M Series B led by K1
Domino's announces autonomous pizza delivery pilot in Houston; will use Nuro’s
AI-powered calendar management startup Clockwise raises $11M Series A led by
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar