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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-09-13


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British police have arrested nine environmental activists that allegedly planned to
The CA State Assembly votes to block police from using body-mounted
A former Kickstarter employee says he believes he was fired for
Apple’s market cap once again passes $1T; the company’s stock has
Microsoft shares more details about its Oct 2 event in New
Goldman Sachs hires Marco Argenti as co-CIO; Argenti previously served as
The board of The We Company (aka WeWork) is considering reducing
Singapore-based Vertex Growth Fund (part of Temasek) closes its third fund
US officials have raised security concerns about Huawei with allies in
Mozilla introduces Firefox Premium Support, its first paid product; the $10
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the EU should introduce
Canada-based blockchain firm Dapper Labs raises $11.2M from Warner Music Group
AT&T-owned WarnerMedia signs a five-year content deal with JJ Abrams’ production
Google Photos launches Memories, a Stories-like feature that resurfaces images and
Facebook has pulled a fact-check on a video that made certain
Google announces changes to its Search algorithm to better surface original
India-based digital bookkeeping firm OKCredit raises $67M Series B led by
Chicago-based Valqari demonstrates its smart receptacle for drone deliveries; the company
Tel Aviv-based home urinalysis company Healthy.io raises $60M Series C led
Consorto, a B2B marketplace for commercial real estate, raises ~$550k seed
Incredible Health, a recruitment platform for medical professionals, raises $15M Series
Simbe Robotics, which produces autonomous retail inventory bots, raises $26M Series
French company Akeneo, which provides tools for product information management, raises
Applied Intuition, which provides a platform for developing, testing, and deploying
Panoramic, which provides cloud-based tools for marketing professionals, emerges with $35M
Shape Security, which protects against automated cyberattacks on web and mobile
Fair, which offers monthly subscription vehicle leases, to acquire competitor Canvas
Autonomous driving tech company Voyage raises $31M Series B led by
Amazon announces a Sept 25 hardware event in Seattle; this is
Nashville-based SmileDirectClub, which offers an at-home teeth straightening service, debuts on
Sidewalk Labs spins out Replica as a new Alphabet company; originally
Google to pay ~$1B to settle a fiscal fraud investigation in
Amazon launches Alexa Answers, a crowdsourced Q&A platform for Alexa devices;
The FBI is investigating Mithril Capital for potential financial misconduct, Recode
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar