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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-04-21


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Facebook expands its Avatars feature to Europe; the Bitmoji-like tool lets
Hackers who stole $25M in crypto currencies from China-based dForce have
Didi Chuxing raises $150M for its bike-sharing unit Qingju, according to
John Martinis, former head of quantum computing hardware at Google, has
Samsung is working on camera sensors with resolutions of up to
China has started testing its own cryptocurrency across four cities; China’s
Germany-based foodtech firm YGulp raises €15M (~$16M) led by Felix Capital;
India-based news aggregation service Dailyhunt raises $23.5M Series G from ByteDance,
Nvidia announces that, effective April 24, its GeForce Now cloud gaming
The French government says Apple’s Bluetooth restrictions mean its contact tracing
Apple expands App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and Apple
Huawei reports $25.7B revenue for Q1, up 1 percent year-on-year; compares
WeWork co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann plans to sue SoftBank
The New York Times profiles development of the FDA-approved Spiro Wave,
WhatsApp is updating its group calling feature from a maximum of
Nintendo is asking its suppliers to ramp up Switch production following
SAP names Christian Klein as sole CEO, effective April 30; Klein
Uber says it doesn’t have to pay former exec Anthony Levandowski’s
France-based fashion firm Vestiaire Collective raises €59M (~$64M) from Korelya Capital,
Kickstarter informs staff it will likely have to cut its headcount
Google launches BeyondCorp Remote Access, enabling companies to offer VPN-free remote
Microsoft launches the CoVIg-19 Plasma Bot, a tool enabling people who
Faraday Future obtains a ~$9.2M Paycheck Protection Program loan from the
IBM ($107B market cap) withdraws 2020 forecast, reports revenue miss and
Pricing benchmark for crude oil to be delivered next month falls
Inria and Fraunhofer publish the technical specifications for contact-tracing protocol ROBERT
Facebook removes some events urging people to violate stay-at-home orders; the
NBCUniversal-owned ticketing company Fandango to acquire on-demand video service Vudu from
As companies heavily impacted by the pandemic have frozen or minimized
The Wall Street Journal examines how bidet makers are taking advantage
Travis Kalanick's CloudKitchens, which buys and leases space for restaurants to
Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel announces that the accelerator will run
Three Indonesian e-wallet operators approach Bank Indonesia for tentative approval to
The Verge's Dieter Bohn reviews Apple's new Magic Keyboard for iPad
Uber announces delivery services Direct and Connect, pilot programs developed for
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar