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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-03-04


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Huawei says it will still build a factory in France irrespective
FL-based scooter-sharing firm Bolt raises $30M Series A on a $100M
App marketing platform App Samurai raises $2.4M Series A from 212
Google pulls its March update for Pixel 4 and Pixel 4
Amazon says one of its employees in Seattle has contracted coronavirus;
Ford announces an all-electric version of its Transit cargo van; range
Sweden-based tech support firm Mavenoid raises $8M Series A led by
India-based hospitality firm Oyo cuts 5k staff, reducing its global workforce
ByteDance officially launches its music streaming service Resso in India; the
A bipartisan group of 20 Republican and Democratic senators sign a
India’s Supreme Court overturns a ban on cryptocurrency trading; in April
Tencent-owned messaging platform WeChat is censoring words and phrases linked to
UK-based self-driving software firm Five (formerly FiveAI) raises $41M Series B
Filings show India-based Zomato acquired Uber Eats’ local operations for $206M,
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will offer free ad slots to the
France-based co-living startup Colonies raises €30M (~$34M) from Idinvest Partners, Global
Ant Financial acquires a minority stake in Sweden-based digital payments firm
Eden acquires fellow workplace management firm Managed by Q from The
Legal workflow automation firm Atrium shuts down; the company has laid
Apple restricts employee travel to Korea and Italy after doing the
Sens Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
WhatsApp updates its iOS and Android apps with a dark mode,
Facebook, succumbing to pressure from regulators, will initially exclude proposed currency
Phoenix-based Nikola Motor Company, which develops hybrid hydrogen-electric semi-trucks, to merge
Peugeot CEO Carlos Tavares says EVs lack the appeal required
Beijing-based cybersecurity company Qihoo 360 claims to have found evidence that
Google cancels the physical events associated with this year's I/O conference
This Week in Startups: News Roundtable!Jason speaks with Lambda School CEO
Let's Encrypt discloses an error in its Certification Authority Authorization (CCA)
Health benefits platform Accolade files for IPO; the company used a
Cloud-based construction management software company Procore files for IPO; the S-1
MA-based Thermo Fisher Scientific, which provides instruments and equipment to pharmaceutical
Apple plans to launch six products with mini-LED tech this year
Honeywell plans to launch its quantum computing cloud service in general
Robinhood announces its second outage in two days; a rebounding market
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar