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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-08-15


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Amazon says it will start donating unsold Marketplace stock in the
Vietnamese POS software firm KiotViet raises $6M Series A led by
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau says the company will release a second
Google Assistant adds a feature that lets users send reminders to
UK-based global remittance firm TransferWise expands its debit card service to
Adam Neumann, CEO and chairman of The We Company, has taken
China-based Lenovo says it may have to increase its PC prices
Spotify plans to test a more expensive subscription plan in Scandinavia,
Huawei is developing its own maps service, according to state-owned China
Huawei delays the launch of its Mate X folding smartphone; it
VMWare ($62.6B market cap) is in talks to acquire cloud computing
Huawei staff have helped at least two African governments spy on
Sega announces $80 Genesis Mini, which is 55 percent smaller than
UK-based proptech firm Flatfair raises $11M Series A led by Index
Facebook changes its Groups settings to public or private; public groups
Power storage firm Energy Vault raises $110M led by SoftBank’s Vision
Hundreds of Google employees sign a petition demanding the company not
Microsoft updates its privacy policy and websites to clearly indicate that
House Homeland Security Committee subpoenas 8chan owner Jim Watkins to testify
Scoop, a carpooling service for commuters, raises $60M Series C led
Customized apparel company Custom Ink's subsidiary Represent acquires concert merchandising platform
Misfit launches the $280 Vapor X Wear OS-powered smartwatch; features a
Austin-based Alegion, which uses humans and machine intelligence to label data
Berlin-based RV rental marketplace PaulCamper raises ~$7.8M Series A led by
Engineer.ai, which markets a human-assisted but mostly AI-powered app development service,
FCC Chair Ajit Pai formally endorses T-Mobile's $26B merger with Sprint;
The government is investigating Capital One hacker Paige Thompson for the
Berlin-based used car marketplace Heycar launches in the UK with 100k
Fort Lauderdale-based boat rental marketplace Boatsetter raises $10M Series A (extension)
Video infrastructure and analytics company Mux (YC W16) raises $20M Series
India-based hotel-booking company Oyo commits $335M to its vacation rental business;
Seattle-based Mason, which provides customized mobile hardware and software solutions, raises
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar