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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-04-02


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Lyft hires former Waymo engineer Sacha Arnoud, reports The Information; at
Chinese coffee company Luckin Coffee fabricated $310M worth of transactions in
The Trump administration has settled on a new set of rules
SpaceX bans the use of Zoom citing “significant privacy and security
The FCC will vote April 23 on whether to allow Wi-Fi
Google donates 4k Chromebooks to students living in rural areas of
Microsoft plans to make many of its internal and public-facing events
Apple Card customers are being given the option to defer their
President Trump says he’s considering stopping flights to and from US
Vietnam is to institute a new law which bans fake online
AT&T appoints Jason Kilar as CEO of WarnerMedia, effective May 1;
OH-based healthtech firm Olive raises $51M led by General Catalyst with
Google is closing its community-centric app Q&A Neighbourly, which launched in
Video teleconferencing firm Zoom says it will address a series of
The FTC has filed a lawsuit to try and roll back
T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom is considering M&A deals within Europe as
Former Uber exec Anthony Levandowski has filed a motion to try
SoftBank reneges on a $3B tender offer for WeWork shares; SoftBank
Workplace productivity platform Notion raises $50M on a $2B post-money valuation
YouTube plans to launch a TikTok competitor, according to sources for
Slack rolls out a feature that allows users to launch Microsoft
UK-based games equipment firm Roto VR raises £1.5M (~$1.8M) led by
British-Israeli EV battery firm Addionics raises $6M led by Next Gear
An unknown number of Whole Foods employees have called in sick
Biotech firm Aspen Neuroscience raises $70M from OrbiMed, ARCH Ventures, Frazier
Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn says it’s still possible it can produce
Business communications platform Orion Labs raises $29M Series B led by
Officials in Russia announce an app for tackling the spread of
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is considering investments in companies hardest hit
Amazon warehouse workers in Detroit walk out over the company’s handling
Indonesia-based agritech firm TaniHub raises $17M led by Openspace Ventures and
WeWork is offering some tenants discounts of up to 50 percent
French groceries firm Carrefour partners with Uber Eats to deliver essential
T-Mobile closes its merger with Sprint; as part of the move,
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar