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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-10-04


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The Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) in FL has launched an
Samsung files a patent for flexible sliding smartphone display; paperwork describes
The US House Financial Services Committee wants Mark Zuckerberg to testify
Japan-based healthtech firm AI Medical Service raises $42.9M Series B from
Google rolls its Express ecommerce service into Shopping and rebrands its
HP says it plans to cut 7k to 9k jobs, the
SoftBank is struggling to raise money for its Vision Fund 2,
Apple has told its manufacturing partners it’s increasing iPhone 11 production
India-based on-demand courier firm Dunzo raises $45M Series D from Google,
The US and UK governments sign an agreement intended to speed
Apple has seemingly acquired UK-based motion capture firm IKinema, reports MacRumors;
Ex-Tinder CEO Greg Blatt files a defamation lawsuit against former exec
Apple will launch a replacement for iPhone SE in Q1 2020,
Instagram launches Threads (iOS, Android), a companion messaging app that utilizes
Twitter temporarily suspends Rudy Giuliani’s account after he publicly shared a
Officials from the US, UK, and Australia write to Facebook, asking
China-based TikTok bans paid political ads across its platform; the firm
The We Company is set to announce job cuts as early
In-orbit refueling tech company Orbit Fab raises $3M seed from TechStars,
Uber launches on-demand staffing business Uber Works in Chicago; the platform
Denver-based real estate software startup Apto raises $5M; provides CRM, property
Autonomous taxi company Zoox begins testing on public roads in Las
Chinese computer vision and edge computing company SimShine raises $8M pre-Series
No-code enterprise app development platform Unqork raises $80M Series B led
NY-based digital traffic management company NS1 raises $33M Series C led
Israel- and Los Angeles-based Waycare, which provides predictive analytics for vehicle
Aviation startup Kitty Hawk reveals Heaviside (HVSD), an all-electric, single-seat VTOL
Dockless scooter company Bird raises $275M Series D at a $2.5B
Osaro, which develops AI and deep learning solutions for industrial robotics,
Unity acquires UK-based live game operations company ChilliConnect; terms undisclosed; Unity
Boston-based revenue intelligence software company InsightSquared acquires Austin-based Olono, a guided
Tel Aviv-based mobile marketing company IronSource raises ~$400M at a $1B-plus
Impossible Foods Founder and CEO Patrick Brown says the company doesn't
BC-based HR tools company Rise People acquires San Francisco-based leadership training
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar