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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-04-16


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Switzerland-based fintech firm Crypto Finance raises €13.3M (~$14.5M) Series B led
The Indian government says Zoom is “not a safe platform”; a
Sony plans to limit production of its upcoming PlayStation 5 in
Germany-based tax-filing startup TaxFix raises $65M Series C led by Index
Sprout.ai, a UK-based insurtech startup, raises $2.5M seed led by Amadeus
Amazon is implementing a set of internal changes in an effort
India-based proptech firm NoBroker raises $30M Series D (extension) from General
UK-based meal-kit firm Gousto raises £33M (~$41M) led by Perwyn with
Amazon will temporarily close its French warehouses following a court order
UK-based fintech firm Previse raises $11M led by Mastercard and Reefknot
Online brokerage firm Robinhood is raising ~$250M on an $8B pre-money
Apple is developing over-ear wireless headphones with swappable parts, according to
US-based chipmaker Micron Technology announces a $35M scheme to support its
GoPro cuts over 200 jobs, equal to more than 20 percent
UK-based Huma (formerly Medopad) acquires fellow healthtech firms BioBeats and Tarilian
Lyft introduces delivery services, allowing customers to order groceries, restaurant meals,
Instagram announces a new scheme to support SMEs in the US
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai emails staff to say the
VC firm Mayfield Fund raises two new funds totaling $750M; Mayfield
Australia-based fintech firm Airwallex raises $160M Series D from ANZi, Salesforce
Zume lays off 200, ~one-third of the remaining workforce following cuts
Equity management platform Carta to cut 161 employees, or 16 percent
Federal judge rules Tesla shareholders can pursue a suit regarding Elon
NBCUniversal says its Peacock streaming service will go live for the
The New York Times' Brian Chen argues that the pandemic lockdown
Oyo to transfer some of its employees to SoftBank, which owns
The Inspector General for the Department of Defense finds the Pentagon's
Hackers disabled some NY state information systems in a previously unreported
This Week in StartupsJason speaks with 15Five Co-Founder and CEO David
Opendoor lays off 35 percent of staff, ~600 people; the company
NY district court rules that by publishing an original photo on
Current and former Amazon warehouse workers accuse the company of retaliating
Apple opens orders for the Magic Keyboard for the 2018 and
The Inspector General for the Department of Defense finds the Pentagon's
Apple reveals the new iPhone SE with A13 Bionic chip, 4.7-inch
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar