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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-10-08


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CMS platform Contentstack raises $31.5M Series A led by Insight Partners
Joe Purzycki has stepped down as chief strategy officer at premium
Adobe says it will deactivate all accounts based in Venezuela after
Japan-based digital media group Nikkei acquires a 14.8 percent stake in
Microsoft announces an expansion of its rural broadband program to parts
Instagram is shutting down its Following tab, a section of the
EU financial services commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis announces new proposals for regulating
Rob Wyatt, architect of the upcoming Atari console VCS, says he
Germany-based cannabis startup Demecan raises €7M (~$7.7M) Series A led by
Samsung vice chairman Jay Y Lee intends to give up his
Hulu adds a downloads feature for iOS; available to subscribers of
The We Company is in talks with SoftBank for a $1B
Samsung ($271B market cap) forecasts Q3 revenue of $51.8B, down 5.3
Stock-trading app Robinhood names former SEC commissioner Dan Gallagher to its
Instagram rolls out an update for iOS, adding a dark mode;
Houston-based healthtech firm BrainCheck raises $8M Series A led by S3
The US Commerce Department adds eight tech firms to a restricted
Group Nine acquires fellow digital media firm PopSugar; terms undisclosed, but
Walmart-owned clothing firm Bonobos lays off dozens of staff; it has
Oracle ($180B market cap) acquires customer loyalty and engagement company CrowdTwist;
The US blacklists eight Chinese tech companies, citing ties to human
The UK’s Department for International Trade selects 12 Canadian fintech startups
Blockchain management and monitoring tools company BlocWatch raises $5.5M seed from
Group of state attorneys general meets in Washington with officials from
Apple launches macOS Catalina; replaces iTunes with dedicated apps for Music,
Mobile gaming company Tenacious Entertainment raises $3.3M; CEO Roy Cronacher previously
NuCypher (YC S16), which provides privacy-focused infrastructure for the decentralized web,
Waymo to test autonomous vehicles on public roads in Los Angeles;
London-based fintech company and bank Tide raises $44M Series B led
KidPass, a marketplace for children's activities, acquires Mommy Nearest, a digital
BMO Financial Group donates $5M to the University of Toronto to
UK-based IoT company ProxiSmart raises $400k from North East Venture Fund;
App and service integration platform Celigo raises $20M Series B led
Apple is in early talks with record labels about bundling Apple
Toronto-based impact investment firm MaRS Catalyst rebrands as Amplify Capital, launches
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar