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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-04-22


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Huawei says it may purchase chips from Samsung, MediaTek, and other
Amazon Web Services (AWS) establishes its first data centers in Africa;
Coding bootcamp Lambda School lays off 19 staff and cuts some
Data mining firm Palantir has signed a contract with the Department
Facebook has agreed to restrict anti-government content in Vietnam, reports Reuters;
India-based hotel platform Oyo is cutting the pay of all staff
Facebook is rolling out its Messenger Kids app to more than
Google is rolling out a feature for Assistant-enabled devices that lets
Ericsson says coronavirus lockdowns may slow the rollout of 5G networks
In-flight internet firm Gogo furloughs more than 600 staff, equal to
Epic Games adds “Fortnite” to the Google Play Store more than
UK-based robotic process automation firm Blue Prism raises £100M (~$124M) on
Snap ($17.7B market cap) Q1 beats: $462M revenue, up 44 percent
Expedia is in advanced discussions to sell a stake to Silver
Netflix ($190.4B market cap) Q1 beats: $5.8B revenue, up 27.6 percent
Google announces new features for it's Duo video and voice calling
Activist investor ValueAct Capital has established a ~2.2 percent stake in
Creator support platform Patreon cuts 30 staff, equal to 13 percent
Facebook acquires a ~10 percent stake in India-based Reliance Jio Platfoms
Epic Games hires advisor in consideration of raising $500M to $1B,
Netflix added 15.8M new paid subscribers globally in the first quarter,
More than 350 Amazon workers from 40 US facilities to take
Apple to push iPhone SE Plus launch from the first half
Activist investor ValueAct has accumulated a $1.1B stake in Nintendo over
Home remodeling and design platform Houzz lays off 155 people, ~10
GM to shut down Maven, the car-sharing service it launched in
HBO to launch its Max streaming service on May 27 at
NY attorney general's office announces inquiry regarding Charter Communication's management of
Four zero-day vulnerabilities in IBM's Data Risk Manager (IDRM) pose severe
T-Mobile and Sprint begin merging networks following the closure of the
The FDA provides diagnostics company LabCorp with Emergency Use Authorization for
Britain has made a firm decision to allow Huawei to contribute
Confluent, which offers an Apache Kafka-powered event streaming platform, raises $250M
Sonos launches free radio streaming service Sonos Radio; rolling out now
Google makes its Shopping listings free for merchants; Google President of
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar