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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-01-16


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Indian trade minister Piyush Goyal dismisses Amazon’s commitment to invest $1B
Estonia-based mobility firm Bolt raises €50M (~$56M) debt from the European
India-based Wipro Ventures announces it has raised $150M for its second
Wired profiles A Starting Point, a yet-to-launch civics understanding website co-founded
AT&T-owned Warner Bros and Comcast’s Universal Pictures announce a plan to
Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel has sold ~$50M worth of
Three Uber finance execs exit the company, according to sources for
The US and Iranian embassies in China are openly criticizing each
Far Point Acquisition is in talks to acquire Switzerland-based payments firm
Amazon announces its first UK corporate office will be located in
MA-based audio equipment firm Bose announces the closure of all its
Fitbit starts rolling out blood oxygen monitoring to some of its
Chinese ride-hailing firm Dida Chuxing (not to be confused with rival
Arrival, UK-based firm developing all-electric delivery vehicles, emerges from stealth, raises
Tesla says it plans to open a design and research facility
The US and China agree to work together to tackle the
Joby Aviation, a CA-based firm developing air taxis, raises $590M Series
UK-based VC firm Atomico promotes Irina Haivas to partner; as a
Collaborative Fund hires Ian Friedman, formerly of Bain Capital and Goldman
TechCrunch details Intel-owned Mobileye's expansion from producing autonomous driving tech into
Bose to shutter all retail locations in North America, Europe, Japan,
The National Retail Federation’s 2020 Vision conference featured companies pitching
Polygon speaks with former Microsoft employees and third-party game developers about
Indoor positioning company NextNav raises $120M in debt and equity to
Mozilla lays off ~70, TechCrunch reports; an internal memo from interim
YouTube launches Profile cards in general availability on Android; tapping a
Apple ($1.36T market cap) acquires Seattle-based edge AI computing company Xnor.ai
Sprint ($20B market cap) shares are trading at a 40-percent discount
The New York Times' Brian Chen explains how to back up
Cloudflare makes its security tools available for free to US political
US signs phase one of a broader trade deal with China;
US brokerage firms express concern that the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT)
YouTube launches Profile cards in general availability on Android; tapping a
A16Z Partner Jonathan Lai says game streaming services like Google's Stadia
Jack Dorsey says it's unlikely Twitter will ever implement a feature
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar