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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-09-08


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Elon Musk says Tesla will most likely unveil its electric pickup
TX officials announce that no municipality paid in response to a
Huawei subsidiary Honor unveils PocketVision, an AI-powered app for the visually
Hustle Fund GP Elizabeth Yin shares a Google Doc in which
Toronto-based theScore, which produces sports-related digital content, raises ~$30M private placement
Social VR platform VRChat raises $10M Series C from Makers Fund,
Happy Money, a marketplace for credit union debt consolidation loans, raises
Microsoft integrates TomTom's navigation tech into its Connected Vehicle Platform, which
Tracking tag company Tile plans to launch Google Assistant support by
Firefox to use HTTPS for DNS requests by default in the
Twitch launches native Apple TV app in public beta; requires Apple's
Grove Collaborative, a direct-to-consumer e-commerce company offering scheduled shipments of household
Ryan Hoover's VC firm, Weekend Fund, raises ~$8.7M of a $10M
Google open-sources two datasets for training natural language AI models; the
Denver-based smoothie startup reBLEND raises $550k led by True Wealth Ventures;
The Canadian federal and Quebec governments commit ~$11.4M to establish an
Uber surveys some drivers about a loan product, indicates it's launching
Two groups of state attorneys general announce separate antitrust investigations of
MIT Media Lab Director Joichi Ito resigns amidst public scrutiny regarding
Wikimedia says a broad DDoS attack incapacitated Wikipedia across Europe and
London-based PrimaryBid, a funding platform for public companies, raises $8.6M led
Chicago-based cannabis marketing startup Fyllo raises $16M seed led by K2
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar